Deck 3: Public Health Data and Communications

Question 1

Data collected on which of the following are considered vital statistics?

A) Births
B) Deaths
C) Fetal deaths after 20 weeks' gestation
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following distinguishes DALYs from HALEs?

A) DALYs include a measure of morbidity.
B) DALYs include only measures of mortality.
C) DALYs include disease-specific measurements of morbidity and mortality.
D) None of these is correct.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is an important feature of a high-quality website?

A) The objectivity of the organization that produces the website
B) Recent updating of the website
C) The presence of references for the data or conclusions presented on the website
D) The availability of information on the source of funding for the website
E) All of these are correct.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which of the following types of data is illustrated by this example: Mad cow disease is diagnosed in a cow and the entire herd is subsequently slaughtered?

A) Single case or small number of cases
B) Statistics-vital statistics and reportable diseases
C) Survey data
D) Sentinel surveillance
E) Syndromic surveillance

Question 5

Which of the following types of data is illustrated by this example: Death certificates are used as the basis for measuring the number of deaths and the probability of death among infants?

A) Single case or small number of cases
B) Statistics-vital statistics and reportable diseases
C) Survey data
D) Sentinel surveillance
E) Syndromic surveillance

Question 6

Which of the following types of data is illustrated by this example: A sample of adolescents is questioned about their cigarette-smoking behavior?

A) Single case or small number of cases
B) Statistics-vital statistics and reportable diseases
C) Survey data
D) Sentinel surveillance
E) Syndromic surveillance

Question 7

A clinician drawing blood to determine whether or not a patient has diabetes, but deciding not to worry the patient with the results unless his or her blood sugar level is elevated, is an example of which of the following decision-making approaches?

A) Inform of decision
B) Informed decision making-informed consent
C) Shared decision making

Question 8

A clinician recommending surgery and discussing with the patient the steps that will occur as well as the potential harms and benefits, then asking the patient to sign permission to perform surgery, is an example of which of the following decision-making approaches?

A) Inform of decision
B) Informed decision making-informed consent
C) Shared decision making

Question 9

A clinician explaining the nature of the patient's illness, outlining the potential treatments, and explaining the positive and negative feature of each potential treatment, but not making a recommendation, is an example of which of the following decision-making approaches?

A) Inform of decision
B) Informed decision making-informed consent
C) Shared decision making