Deck 1: Public Health: The Population Health Approach

Question 1

Which of the following is an approach included in population health?

A) Use of the healthcare delivery system focused on individuals
B) Use of traditional public health focused on populations
C) Use of social policy interventions
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is not true of the history of public health?

A) Public health interventions date back to the earliest recorded civilizations.
B) Public health as a defined field dates back to the Renaissance.
C) Public health was regarded as the safety net for health services for much of the last half of the 20th century in the United States.
D) The germ theory of disease had a major impact on public health in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which public health strategy for reducing risk factors related to disease best explains the following example: High blood pressure is reduced by adding a new salt substitute to a range of foods?

A) Reducing the high risk
B) Improving the average risk
C) Narrowing the spread of the risk
D) None of these is correct.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which public health strategy for reducing risk factors related to disease best explains the following example: Those with blood sugar levels that satisfy the criteria for diabetes are aggressively treated?

A) Reducing the high risk
B) Reducing the average risk
C) Narrowing the spread of the risk
D) None of these is correct.

Question 5

Which public health strategy for reducing risk factors related to disease best explains the following example: Higher smoke stacks are used to more widely disperse air pollution from a factory?

A) Reducing the high risk
B) Reducing the average risk
C) Narrowing the spread of the risk
D) None of these is correct.

Question 6

Which of the following is the most accurate statement about the determinants of health?

A) Determinants of health reflect underlying forces that are at work in the subsequent development of disease.
B) Each determinant can usually be traced to specific diseases.
C) One determinant is operating to bring about each disease.
D) If a pathogenic organism can be shown to cause a disease, no other determinants are relevant.

Question 7

Which determinant is best associated with the following: The highest risk of HIV transmission through the sexual route is through anal intercourse?

A) Behavior
B) Geography
C) Socioeconomic
D) Genetics

Question 8

Which determinant is best associated with the following: The risk of HIV transmission is increased in locations where the chance that an individual is HIV positive is higher than in suburban and rural areas?

A) Behavior
B) Geography
C) Socioeconomic
D) Genetics

Question 9

Which determinant is best associated with the following: A small proportion of individuals do not develop active HIV infection despite repeated unprotected sexual exposure?

A) Behavior
B) Geography
C) Socioeconomic
D) Genetics

Question 10

Which of the following is the most accurate statement of public health?

A) Vulnerable populations are the focus of public health.
B) The mutual concerns of the entire population are the focus of public health.
C) Vulnerable populations and the mutual concerns of the entire population are the focus of public health.
D) Neither vulnerable populations nor the mutual concerns of the entire population are the focus of public health.