Deck 12: Adolescent Health

Question 1

A young adult is defined as a person:

A) 10-24 years of age
B) 15-24 years of age
C) 15-20 years of age
D) 20-24 years of age

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Puberty now comes:

A) Later for most boys and girls than in the past
B) Earlier for most boys and girls than in the past
C) About the same time for most girls and boys as in the past
D) At widely varying times for boys and girls globally

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In high-income countries, the leading causes of death among adolescents are likely to be:

A) Pneumonia, HIV
B) TB, road traffic injuries
C) Road traffic injuries, self-harm
D) Both Pneumonia, HIV and TB, road traffic injuries

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Young adult males face higher risks than females of the same age of death from:

A) War and violence
B) Road traffic injuries
C) Drowning
D) All of these are correct

Question 5

HIV is a particularly significant cause of death among adolescents in what region:

A) South Asia
B) Latin America and the Caribbean
C) Sub-Saharan Africa
D) Europe and Central Asia

Question 6

As country incomes rise from low- to middle-income, we should expect the prevalence of tobacco smoking among adolescents to:

A) Go down
B) Go up
C) Stay about the same
D) Vary widely, with no consistent pattern

Question 7

Mental health problems are more prevalent among:

A) Adolescent males
B) Adolescent females
C) They are about equally prevalent among males and females

Question 8

Measures to address the range of key adolescent health issues will need to be:

A) Taken by the ministry of health and agriculture
B) Taken by a range of ministries, working with the ministry of health
C) Taken by ministries outside the health sector
D) Taken by the ministry of health and the ministry of finance

Question 9

Improving the nutrition of adolescent females in low- and middle-income countries will require:

A) Addressing undernutrition of younger adolescents
B) Addressing growing amounts of overweight and obesity in adolescent females
C) Focusing exclusively on stunted females
D) Both addressing undernutrition of younger adolescents and addressing growing amounts of overweight and obesity in adolescent females

Question 10

To reduce road traffic injuries among older adolescents and young adults, policies should focus on:

A) Delaying licensing
B) Graduated licensing, better driver education, and enforcement of drunk driving laws
C) Better road engineering
D) All of these are correct

Question 11

WHO defines an adolescent as a person:

A) 10-14 years of age
B) 14-19 years of age
C) 10-19 years of age
D) 20-24 years of age

Question 12

Some of the most important changes that occur in 10-14 year old's include:

A) Puberty, menstruation
B) Voice deepening
C) Muscle acquisition
D) All of these are correct

Question 13

In low-income countries, the ten most important causes of death for adolescents and young adults include:

A) Road injuries, malaria
B) TB, HIV
C) Chronic kidney disease
D) Road injuries, malaria, TB and HIV

Question 14

For individuals 15-19 years old and 20-24 years old, we should expect relatively similar importance in the ranking of the causes of death for:

A) TB
B) Interpersonal Violence
C) Road injuries
D) All of these are correct

Question 15

The fertility rate among older adolescents is higher in what regions:

A) North Africa and the Middle East, South Asia
B) Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
C) Europe and Central Asia and South Asia
D) South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

Question 16

Adolescents and young adults globally are seeing increasing rates of:

A) Measles
B) Obesity
C) Malaria
D) Stroke

Question 17

Alcohol is an important risk factor for adolescents, except in which regions:

A) South Asia and The Middle East and North Africa
B) Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe and Central Asia
C) Europe and Central Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean
D) South Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean

Question 18

Keeping adolescent females in school longer can:

A) Reduce the risks of early marriage
B) Reduce the risks of HIV
C) Reduce the risks of early pregnancy
D) All of these are correct

Question 19

To reduce the uptake of tobacco smoking by adolescents, countries should:

A) Tax cigarettes, prohibit advertising of tobacco products
B) Ban sales to minors
C) Offer tobacco cessation programs
D) All of these are correct

Question 20

To best protect the health of adolescents, it is especially important to:

A) Preserve the gains made in the past few decades in child health
B) Stop the spread of parasitic infections
C) Stop the spread of measles
D) Stop the spread of malaria