Deck 16: From Information to Action

Question 1

The U.S. population healthier compared to populations in other high-income countries

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Because resources are finite, achieving the correct balance between preventing disease and disability and caring for those with diseases is difficult.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Everybody agrees with public health advocacy positions.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

A quasi-governmental health agency receives funding from both public and private sources.

Question 5

Why are sound bites a useful tool in public health advocacy?

Question 6

Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," is the process of drilling down into the earth followed by injection of fracking fluid under high pressure. This creates cracks in deep rocks to allow natural gas to flow out. What are some of the problems associated with fracking?

Question 7

Name one infectious disease that the World Health Organization has helped to control or eradicate.

Question 8

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administers several programs. Match each program with its description.
-Medicare

A) Provides matching funds to states to provide health insurance to families with children.
B) An insurance program for individuals, regardless of age, whose income and resources are insufficient to pay for health care.
C) Provides health insurance to American workers over the age of 65 as well as younger people with disabilities, end-stage renal disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also called Lou Gehrig's disease).

Question 9

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administers several programs. Match each program with its description.
-Medicaid

A) Provides matching funds to states to provide health insurance to families with children.
B) An insurance program for individuals, regardless of age, whose income and resources are insufficient to pay for health care.
C) Provides health insurance to American workers over the age of 65 as well as younger people with disabilities, end-stage renal disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also called Lou Gehrig's disease).

Question 10

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administers several programs. Match each program with its description.
-State Children's Health Insurance Program

A) Provides matching funds to states to provide health insurance to families with children.
B) An insurance program for individuals, regardless of age, whose income and resources are insufficient to pay for health care.
C) Provides health insurance to American workers over the age of 65 as well as younger people with disabilities, end-stage renal disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also called Lou Gehrig's disease).