Deck 10: Environmental and Global Health Nursing

Question 1

Lydia is an experienced nurse-midwife with an interest in sharing her expertise in healthy birthing and neonatal care to benefit childbearing women and their infants in Sub-Saharan Africa.Which of the following approaches would be most effective for this type of initiative?

A)Interprofessional education
B)Simulation labs
C)Train-the-trainer program
D)Telehealth

Answer 1

Train-the-trainer program

Question 2

Globally,what is known about deaths among children under the age of five years?

A)Boys are at the highest risk due to accidental deaths.
B)Half of all deaths under the age of five occur in Africa.
C)Infanticide and selective abortion puts girls at more risk than boys.
D)Almost 75% of childhood deaths worldwide occur within the first month of life.

Answer 2

Infanticide and selective abortion puts girls at more risk than boys.

Question 3

Each year since the SARS outbreak in Canada,there has been global monitoring of the H1N1 virus.What is this process called?

A)Endemic control
B)Surveillance
C)Disaster Assistance Response
D)Contingency planning

Answer 3

Surveillance

Question 4

What should Canadian nurses know about climate change,sanitation,and indoor and outdoor pollution?

A)Older adults are the most vulnerable to illnesses caused by environmental factors.
B)Indoor air pollution is a common cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
C)These all describe major contributing factors in the deaths and burden of illness.
D)The disposal of human sewage defines solid waste management.

Question 5

Empowering women,combating disease,and ensuring environmental sustainability are some goals contained within which agreement?

A)United Nations Millennium Declaration
B)Brundtland Commission Report
C)Declaration of Alma Ata
D)Capacity Building National Summary

Question 6

What is depicted in the United Nations' (2008)Champagne glass distribution of income for world populations?

A)The richest one-fifth of countries received over 80% of the total world income.
B)G8 and G20 countries are listed in order of their incomes in this graphic depiction.
C)The poorest countries received only 25% of the world's total income.
D)One-quarter of the world's population lived on less than $2.50 per day.

Question 7

What is meant by the term developing country?

A)It means a country formed as the result of warfare
B)One that was a former communist country
C)A country possessing a low level of material well-being
D)The standard of living is low in a developing country

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true about global warming?

A)Emission levels are similar for countries of the same size.
B)Rainfall will decrease everywhere because of global warming.
C)Global warming is most intense over land masses.
D)Adaptation to global warming will increase population vulnerability.

Question 9

What is a source of funding for nurses interested in global health and studying abroad?

A)Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
B)The Social Institutions Foundation
C)Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
D)The Integrated Management Program

Question 10

A citizens' rally is being held for covenant changes in their subdivision that would permit the installation of environmentally-friendly solar panels on their homes.Which proposed solution to climate change is being advocated by their actions?

A)Adaptation
B)Sustainability
C)Deforestation
D)Mitigation

Question 11

According to the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA),what is an important component to be included in the education of nurses wishing to work in a global health context?

A)Global geography
B)Fluency in a second language
C)Infection control
D)Cultural competence

Question 12

For disadvantaged populations,the reduction of indoor pollution,handwashing,and sleeping under mosquito nets treated with insecticide are all interventions towards what goal?

A)Increasing the health of childbearing women
B)Decreasing the incidence of respiratory illnesses
C)Reducing mortality in children under five years of age
D)Educating populations in health promotion activities

Question 13

What is a common characteristic of Indigenous peoples worldwide?

A)Most of the world's Indigenous peoples live within 20 countries.
B)Infant mortality is low due to high breastfeeding rates of Indigenous women.
C)Although distinct cultural groups,they remain part of the dominant society or culture.
D)Indigenous peoples experience similar health issues and determinants of health.

Question 14

What term is used to describe the goal of improving health for all people worldwide?

A)International health
B)Public health
C)Global health
D)Determinants of health

Question 15

Aspirations,organizational skills,human resources,and culture are all components of what health-related framework?

A)Millennium goals
B)Social justice
C)Global health
D)Capacity building

Question 16

According to the 2009 annual report to parliament on immigration,what do we know about immigration in Canada?

A)Immigration is the responsibility of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
B)Canada now has the highest per capita immigration rate in the world.
C)Currently,25% to 28% of Canada's population is foreign-born.
D)Canada's immigration rate is below that of Asian countries with similar population.

Question 17

Lijuan is a recent Canadian nursing graduate who wishes to start her career in China to be near her extended family.With an interest in public health nursing,what predominant population health issues should Lijuan be prepared to encounter?

A)Cardiovascular disease
B)Diabetes and obesity
C)Depression and stress
D)Respiratory diseases and cancer

Question 18

How did the West Nile virus get established in Canada?

A)Respiratory illnesses
B)Inadequate immunization practices
C)Vectors of disease
D)Unsanitary meat processing

Question 19

What is the term used to describe the circumstances in which people live,their behaviour,and the environment?

A)Global health
B)Determinants of health
C)Capacity
D)Migration

Question 20

What causes global warming?

A)Ozone,oxygen and carbon dioxide
B)Carbon dioxide,methane,and nitrous oxide
C)Oxygen,carbon monoxide,and methane
D)Carbon monoxide,nitrous oxide,and methane

Question 21

Why does the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)expect all practising nurses to take the responsibility of learning about global health?

A)All Canadian schools of nursing now have a global health course.
B)CNA has established competencies in global health that nurses must meet.
C)CNA holds the position that global health is a fundamental right.
D)Health Canada requires nurses to understand global health issues.

Question 22

What is defined as "the allocation of health care resources and equitable access to these resources,as well as the broader determinants of health"?

A)Health promotion
B)Public health
C)Social justice
D)Sustainability

Question 23

Life expectancy of a man in Uganda is now less than 40 years of age.What is the main reason for this?

A)Poverty
B)HIV/AIDS
C)Malnutrition
D)Political strife

Question 24

In low-income countries,what is the most significant factor in gender inequality?

A)Employment
B)Reproductive health
C)Poor nutrition
D)Cardiovascular health

Question 25

What do we know about the effects of climate change?

A)Global warming will reduce weather-related deaths.
B)Climate change will increase malnutrition,death,and injuries.
C)Warmer air will reduce diarrheal and cardiorespiratory health problems.
D)There will be a reduction in disease patterns with global warming.

Question 26

What does the term epidemiological transition mean?

A)The cause of a disease changes in a new environment,such as occurs with migration patterns.
B)Changes occur in a country's health practices,such as new handwashing protocols.
C)A country undergoes the process of modernization from third-world status to first-world status.
D)Sanitation systems are compromised by flooding that overruns pit latrines,septic tanks,or piped sewage systems.

Question 27

According to WHO,what is accomplished when all people at all times have access to sufficient,safe,nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life?

A)Food security
B)Food access
C)Food availability
D)Food use

Question 28

The Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART)offers assistance in the event of a natural disaster such as an earthquake.What is known about this group?

A)The team is composed of members of the Canadian Armed Forces.
B)The team stays at the disaster site to organize long-term relief activities.
C)DART was formed through a collaborative effort of United Nations countries.
D)DART is a special land,air,and sea operations unit of the U.S.navy.