Question 1

Public health does which of the following?

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Question 2

What is the science of protecting populations and improving the health of human communities called?

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Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.

Question 3

The growth patterns of infants aged 6-24 months were assessed on the basis of a single measurement of height, weight and head circumference of the population receiving care at the Family Health Centers in the northern and southern regions of Jordan?

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Question 4

The association between levels of air pollution and mortality rate in different European countries was studied?

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Question 5

The reduction in the likelihood of experiencing myocardial infraction (MI) amongst women who stopped smoking was shown by comparing the smoking habits of women who had experienced a MI with the smoking habits of women free of MI?

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Question 6

A proposal was recently accepted to study the association between exposure to radiation as a treatment for trichophytiasis (a dermatological condition of the scalp) and brain tumors, the proposed study will compare the rate of brain tumors among persons who had received the radiation treatment in the 1950s with the rate of brain tumors among persons who received other modes of treatment during those same years?

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Question 7

The study of type A personality as a predictor of the risk for stroke?

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Question 8

An Investigator takes a sample of healthy individuals, record their ongoing solar exposure, and relate that to the subsequent occurrence of skin cancer in the same group?

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Question 9

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of HIV infection on mortality among people in Kenya with TB. Individuals with TB were recruited from hospitals and their HIV status determined. They were then followed-up over ten years to compare mortality rates in the HIV positive group and HIV negative group?

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Question 10

A study was conducted to determine whether recurrences of urinary tract infection (UTI) can be prevented with cranberry-lingonberry juice?

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Question 11

A study was conducted to examine the effectiveness of a community-based multimodal intervention program for suicide prevention in regions where the suicide rate was relatively high compared to control regions?

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Question 12

A study was conducted to assess the effect of vitamin supplementation on the intelligence development of 6-8-year-old children?

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Question 13

An evaluation was conducted for participant after 3 months of intervention to Increase awareness for hypertension.?

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Question 14

Survey a sample of people with a written questionnaire or physical exam for habits, activities, characteristics, current state of health; provides a health snapshot of a target population (unknown what came before or after)?

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Question 15

Number of new health-related events in a defined population within a specified period of time; includes numerator ( new cases), denominator (population at risk) and time?

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Question 16

Measure the number of people in a population who have the disease at a given point in time?

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Question 17

Measures the rate at which people without the disease develop the disease during a specified period of time; used to study disease etiology (risk)?

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Question 18

The term DALY means?

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DALY stands for Disability-Adjusted Life Years, which is a measure of the burden of disease that combines years of life lost due to premature death and years lived with disability.

Question 19

A study that measures the number of persons with influenza in a calendar year?

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A cross-sectional study measures the prevalence of a condition, such as influenza, at a specific point in time or over a short period, like a calendar year.

Question 20

When was the Alma-Ata Declaration signed?

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Quiz 1: Public Health