Question 1

What CDC publication can you access to find out public health information from individual states?

Accepted Answer

The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) includes state-specific public health information, including disease outbreaks, vaccination rates, and other health-related data.

Question 2

Public health provides both direct clinical services and community services.

Accepted Answer

Public health professionals provide direct clinical services such as vaccinations and disease screenings, as well as community services such as health education and policy development.

Question 3

Adolescents (ages 13-15) need a booster of Tdap (tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis)

Accepted Answer

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), adolescents aged 13-15 years old should receive a booster dose of Tdap vaccine to protect against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough).

Question 4

To achieve public health goals and to demonstrate these goals have or are being met, public health does not need

Accepted Answer

Although having one statewide vendor may be helpful for continuity among various entities, it is not necessary for achieving public health goals and demonstrating their achievement. The other options listed, such as data management systems, secure computer networks, and linkage between databases, are all important for collecting and analyzing data to achieve public health goals.

Question 5

Mexico has more current cases of tuberculosis than the United States.

Accepted Answer

According to the World Health Organization's 2021 Global Tuberculosis Report, Mexico reported 23,000 cases of tuberculosis in 2019, while the United States reported 8,920 cases in the same year. Therefore, Mexico has more current cases of tuberculosis than the United States.

Question 6

HEDIS reporting combines reference data from the CDC with HEDIS data.

Accepted Answer

HEDIS reporting incorporates reference data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in addition to HEDIS data. This helps to ensure that HEDIS measures reflect current public health priorities and standards.

Question 7

Clinical and public health practices can be harmonized when clinical EHR systems can automatically report certain data to authorized public health entities.

Accepted Answer

Clinical EHR systems can be integrated with public health reporting systems to automatically report certain data, such as disease outbreaks, to authorized public health entities. This facilitates timely and efficient public health response and can improve health outcomes.

Question 8

Eradicating tuberculosis is an example of a _____________________goal.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Eradicating tuberculosis is an example of a...

Question 9

Stage One of Meaningful Use for Public Health requires that an eligible professional successfully submit one test submission for each of these three types of data: lab data, syndromic surveillance data, and immunization data.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Stage One of Meaningful Use for Public...

Question 10

Public health focuses on what society can do to assure healthy conditions for its citizens and concentrates on populations, not individuals.

Accepted Answer

Public health is concerned with promoting and protecting health at the population level. It seeks to prevent illness and disease from occurring, particularly among vulnerable and marginalized groups, through policies and interventions that address the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health. It is not focused on individual-level health care, but rather on community-based approaches that can improve health outcomes for entire populations.

Question 11

The Public Health Services Act (PHSA) of 1944 was the original public health agency in the United States

Accepted Answer

The Public Health Service (PHS), which predates the Public Health Services Act of 1944, was established in the late 18th century (1798) as the Marine Hospital Service, making it the original public health agency in the United States. The PHSA of 1944 significantly reorganized and expanded federal public health programs and responsibilities.

Question 12

As eligible health professionals and hospitals adopt, implement, and upgrade their EHR systems through the CMS EHR Incentive programs (Meaningful Use programs), there is an opportunity for public health agencies (PHAs) to receive health data routinely from settings other than emergency departments and urgent care centers.

Accepted Answer

The statement is true. Through the CMS EHR Incentive programs, PHAs can receive health data routinely from eligible health professionals and hospitals who have adopted, implemented, and upgraded their EHR systems. This expands the sources of health data beyond emergency departments and urgent care centers.

Question 13

Which one of the following is not a public health obligation?

Accepted Answer

While access to healthcare is important for public health, it is not necessarily a specific obligation of public health. Public health focuses on preventing and controlling the spread of disease, promoting healthy behaviors, and preventing injuries. Access to healthcare falls more under the jurisdiction of healthcare policy and insurance.

Question 14

If we understood more about the causes of injuries, more could be done to prevent them.

Accepted Answer

Understanding the causes of injuries is a critical step in preventing them. By identifying the root causes of accidents, organizations and individuals can implement proactive measures to mitigate related risks and prevent workplace injuries or accidents from occurring. This understanding is essential for developing effective strategies to protect the health, safety, and well-being of workers and the public.

Question 15

Assuring and supporting healthy pregnancies is considered a core public health activity.

Accepted Answer

Assuring and supporting healthy pregnancies is considered a core public health activity as it involves promoting good nutrition, prenatal care, and childbirth education to prevent complications and ensure the best outcomes for mother and baby.

Question 16

The National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) is a conduit for

Accepted Answer

The National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (NEDSS) serves as a conduit for using data standards to facilitate timely, secure reporting of data by public health agencies to the CDC, as well as exchanging information to support the national disease surveillance system. Therefore, option D, "All of the above," is the best choice.

Question 17

Stage Two of Meaningful Use for Public Health requires public health agencies to be able to receive patient-identified data based on syndromic surveillance rules and send alerts to health care providers about public health events.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Stage Two of Meaningful Use for Public...

Question 18

The Healthy People 2020 goal for tobacco use for adolescents in grades 9-12 is to reduce this risk behavior from 26% to

Accepted Answer

The Healthy People 2020 goal for tobacco use for adolescents in grades 9-12 is to reduce the risk behavior from 26% to 21%. Therefore, the best choice is C. None of the other choices match the desired reduction rate.

Question 19

Because of agreed-upon public health measures throughout the world, international travel is no longer a reason for infectious diseases to spread.

Accepted Answer

While public health measures have helped to reduce the spread of infectious diseases through international travel, it is still possible for diseases to spread through travel. As seen with the COVID-19 pandemic, travel can facilitate the transmission of infectious diseases across borders. Additionally, the effectiveness of public health measures can vary by country and region, further increasing the risk of disease spread through travel.

Question 20

Prevention measures such as vaccines have contributed to the decrease in infectious diseases.

Accepted Answer

Vaccines are designed to prevent the spread of infectious diseases by providing immunity to the individual who receives it. Vaccines have contributed significantly to the decrease in the incidence of various infectious diseases such as smallpox, polio, measles, and many others.

Quiz 14: Public Health Informatics