Deck 31: Public Health in the Twenty-First Century

Question 1

What factor has the most substantial contribution to premature mortality in the United States?

A) Infectious disease
B) Chronic disease
C) Motor vehicle accidents
D) Human behavior

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In the 21^st century, AIDS, antibiotic resistance, and foodborne pathogens offer a renewed threat from which of the following?

A) Chronic diseases
B) Infectious diseases
C) Congenital abnormalities
D) Genetic malformations

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is already transforming the assessment and evaluation activities that are so important to the practice of public health and the promise also to improve outcomes in the practice of medicine?

A) Epidemiologic surveillance
B) Biotechnology
C) Information technology
D) Genetic engineering

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The successes of public health in the 20^th century led to increases in resources and support for preventive activities.

Question 5

The global economy has increased Americans' vulnerability to many of the health threats faced by residents of less developed nations.

Question 6

In 1990, the Public Health Service set goals for reduced mortality in a number of categories.

Question 7

One goal of Healthy People 2010 was to end health disparities in the United States.

Question 8

Managed care has faced a backlash since the early 1990s.

Question 9

The U.S. Public Health Service began using "management by objectives" in 1979.

Question 10

Financial incentives for managed care organizations promote their cooperation with public health initiatives that make their customers healthier.

Question 11

The developments of biotechnology will raise many legal and ethical issues, which will have to be faced through public debate and difficult policy choices.

Question 12

The CDC's ______________________________ is a national initiative to increase the capacity of public health agencies to electronically exchange data and information across organizations and jurisdictions.

Question 13

As the 2003 IOM report noted, the _______________________ of fall 2001 demonstrated the weaknesses of public health communication and information systems being used at the time.

Question 14

whats the appropriate year of the events?
-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a "top ten" list of great public health achievements of the 20^th century

Question 15

whats the appropriate year of the events?
-Institute of Medicine published The Future of Public Health report

Question 16

whats the appropriate year of the events?
-Institute produced the report For the Public's Health: Investing in a Healthier Future

Question 17

whats the appropriate year of the events?
-Congress passed a federal law, which became effective in 2003, that was designed to protect

Question 18

whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Regulates mobile medical apps that it considers medical devices because they would pose a risk to a patient's safety if the app were not to function as intended

Question 19

whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Has a mobile application that allows people to sign up to get emergency alerts, new research and reports, and health tips

Question 20

whats the appropriate description of the agency?
-Has developed software that is available to hospitals, physicians' offices, pharmacies, labs, insurance companies, and other components of the healthcare system, to enable them to connect to each other to share data

Question 21

When the results of the first planning cycle were tallied in 1990, the numerical mortality goals were met for three of the four age groups, but for which age group was the goal not met?

A) Infants
B) Children
C) Adolescents and Young Adults
D) Adults aged 25-64

Question 22

Which of the following was an overall goal for Healthy People 2010?

A) Eliminate health disparities
B) Reduce deaths from coronary heart disease and cancer
C) Reduce AIDS incidence
D) Reduce homicide, suicide, and firearm-related deaths

Question 23

Which of the following is an overarching goal for Healthy People 2020?

A) Promote quality of life, health development, and health behaviors across all life stages
B) Reduce deaths from coronary heart disease and cancer
C) Increase quality and years of healthy life
D) Reduce homicide, suicide, and firearm-related deaths

Question 24

The decline in cigarette smoking has decelerated in recent years.

Question 25

There has been a surge in recent decades in deaths due to drug overdoses, reversing previous improvements.

Question 26

Later in the 20th century, resource allocation to medical care overtook that for preventive care.

Question 27

One of the greatest needs today is increased preventive care to help reverse the crisis in obesity and cardiac issues that flow from it.

Question 28

The incentives for MCOs to keep their patients healthy discourage medical plans from using public health strategies to prevent disease and promote health behaviors among members.

Question 29

With managed care, medicine is driven by the same kind of measurable goals and objectives that public health has been developing.

Question 30

The Internet poses challenges to government agencies charged with regulating medical care because of lack of accountability on the part of those who create websites.

Question 31

Today, the Internet allows for the linking of public health data at a range of levels, allowing trends to be identified quickly and more easily, for better care of citizens.

Question 32

In 1979, the U.S. Public Health Service adopted ___________________, which requires managers jointly define a set of measurable goals as a guide to their actions and regularly measures progress toward achieving them.

Question 33

President Obama's reform of the healthcare system included incentives for physicians, hospitals, and medical providers to use ______________________ to improve the efficiency and quality of medical care for all American citizens.

Question 34

Whats the appropriate description of the publication?
-Prompted public health agencies, policy makers, and academic institutions to initiate a national discussion on the role of public health and the steps necessary to strengthen its capacity to fulfill its role

Question 35

Whats the appropriate description of the publication?
-Was published in 2003 and includes lessons learned from the 2001 attacks

Question 36

Whats the appropriate description of the publication?
-Concluded that the health system's failure to develop and deliver effective prevention strategies continues to take a toll on the economy and society

Question 37

Whats the appropriate description of the publication?
-Sets targets for reducing mortality rates in different age groups with specific objectives designed to meet each target

Question 38

Whats the appropriate description of the following?
-Would help to overcome the fragmentations of medical care which leads to duplicate services

Question 39

Whats the appropriate description of the following?
-Was successful in supporting young people with Type I diabetes

Question 40

Whats the appropriate description of the following?
-Promises to solve many medical problems with new drugs and procedures that will contribute to the spiraling costs of medical care

Question 41

Whats the appropriate description of the following?
-Allows the detection of individual differences in people's response to various drugs

Question 42

Whats the appropriate description of the following?
-Promotes the use of standards and defines functional and technical requirements for management and public health information exchange