Deck 10: Target Populations

Question 1

Family caregivers may be responsible for providing which type of care to their family member?

A) Scaling
B) Prophylaxis
C) Oral hygiene care
D) Professional dental care
E) Both B and D

Answer 1

Oral hygiene care

Question 2

Women who are pregnant present with a variety of oral health needs, including which of the following?

A) Changes in oral health because of pregnancy
B) Education in the care of their infant's oral health needs
C) Education in denture care
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above

Answer 2

Both A and B

Question 3

A positive role model in dental care and oral health education is rapidly effective in which age group?

A) Preschoolers
B) Infants
C) Adults
D) Older adults
E) All of the above

Answer 3

Preschoolers

Question 4

Barriers to dental hygiene care can be defined as ________.

A) Issues pertaining to the individual's needs
B) Needs assessment
C) Treatment planning
D) A limitation to receiving dental hygiene services
E) None of the above

Question 5

What is a group of individuals with some similarities?

A) Cohort
B) Study group
C) Target population
D) Needs assessment
E) None of the above

Question 6

What disability is either present at birth or occurs during the developmental period?

A) Acute
B) Developmental
C) Life-threatening
D) Accidental
E) None of the above

Question 7

What group of disease damages a person's joints?

A) Arthritis
B) Crohn's disease
C) Asthma
D) Depression
E) All of the above

Question 8

What age group tends to be more engaged in the learning process if the members are aware of the benefits?

A) Adults
B) Preschoolers
C) Infants
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 9

A two-year-old child with severe stages of early childhood caries who has Medicaid insurance may face which barriers to care?

A) Severity of the dental disease
B) Age
C) Lack of qualified practitioners accepting Medicaid insurance
D) None of above
E) All of the above

Question 10

When treating a school-aged child it is important to direct the question to the child first so that the child realizes that he/she is your patient.

A) The first statement is true, the second statement is false.
B) The first statement is false, the second statement is true.
C) Both statements are true.
D) Both statements are false.
E) None of the above

Question 11

Schoolteachers have influence on students.

Question 12

In the United States, what percentage of our gross national product is spent on public assistance and social and health programs for those in need?

A) > 6%
B) > 14%
C) > 50%
D) > 1%
E) None of the above

Question 13

What age group is interested in obtaining knowledge and continuing to strive for independence?

A) Infants
B) Pregnant women
C) Older adults
D) Elementary school-age children
E) None of the above

Question 14

Medical conditions frequently affect oral health.

Question 15

A presentation provided to pregnant women should include information on early childhood caries.

Question 16

With which age group is it most appropriate to discuss halitosis?

A) Teenagers
B) Day care workers caring for infants
C) Older adults
D) Preschoolers
E) Both A and B

Question 17

What group of workers includes professionals working together to make terminal illness more tolerable and comfortable for patients and their families?

A) Dental hygienists
B) Social workers
C) Hospice workers
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 18

Inmates are defined as individuals living in a state or federal prison.

Question 19

The activity of professionals who work with individuals/communities to enhance or restore their capacity for social functioning is referred to as ________.

A) Cultural diversity
B) Social work
C) Dental hygiene
D) Nursing
E) None of the above

Question 20

A developmental disability is not present at birth and does not occur during the developmental period.

Question 21

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
A legal barrier to dental care

A)Anorexia nervosa
B)Hearing impairment
C)Faith-based initiatives
D)Visual impairment
E)Lack of faith in treatment
F)Supervision of dental hygienists by dentists
G)Bulimia

Question 22

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
The role of religious organizations in health care

A)Anorexia nervosa
B)Hearing impairment
C)Faith-based initiatives
D)Visual impairment
E)Lack of faith in treatment
F)Supervision of dental hygienists by dentists
G)Bulimia

Question 23

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
An eating disorder that includes purging

A)Anorexia nervosa
B)Hearing impairment
C)Faith-based initiatives
D)Visual impairment
E)Lack of faith in treatment
F)Supervision of dental hygienists by dentists
G)Bulimia

Question 24

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Limitation in hearing

A)Anorexia nervosa
B)Hearing impairment
C)Faith-based initiatives
D)Visual impairment
E)Lack of faith in treatment
F)Supervision of dental hygienists by dentists
G)Bulimia

Question 25

Choose the item that best matches each item of the following:
Limitations in sight range from a slight impairment in vision to complete blindness

A)Anorexia nervosa
B)Hearing impairment
C)Faith-based initiatives
D)Visual impairment
E)Lack of faith in treatment
F)Supervision of dental hygienists by dentists
G)Bulimia