Deck 11: Community Health and Preventive Medicine

Question 1

One of the symptoms of Chlamydia is

A) most people do not develop symptoms.
B) blister near the genital region.
C) burning sensation while urination.
D) cervical cancer.

Answer 1

most people do not develop symptoms.

Question 2

Gonorrhea can be spread through

A) through the air.
B) anal sex only.
C) contact with penis, vagina, mouth or anus.
D) blood transfusions.

Answer 2

contact with penis, vagina, mouth or anus.

Question 3

Which STD has the highest direct medical cost?

A) HPV
B) Genital Herpes
C) Chlamydia
D) Syphilis

Answer 3

HPV

Question 4

What percentage of sexually active men and women will contract genital HPV in their lifetime?

A) 15%
B) 30%
C) 50%
D) 60%

Question 5

What are CPOL's?

A) Cancer Prevention Organization Lima
B) Community Popular Opinion Leader
C) Community Prevention Operational Leader
D) California Program on Organizational Leadership

Question 6

What was one of the benefits of the Popular Opinion Leader program in Lima Peru?

A) Sense of empowerment among community leaders
B) Lower pregnancy rate
C) Increased access to care
D) More cohesive community organization

Question 7

What was one of the unattended consequences of the AID vaccine development?

A) Increased sexual activity among study participants as they felt false sense of protection.
B) Cellular immunology against other STI including HPV.
C) Increased risk of HIV transmission.
D) Large distrust among different international organization.

Question 8

In 2007, how many people are living with HIV worldwide?

A) 33 million
B) 70 million
C) 21 million
D) 52 million

Question 9

What minority group in the US has the highest prevalence of HIV?

A) Pacific Islander
B) African American
C) Latinos
D) Native Americans

Question 10

According to CDC researchers, what is NOT a reason why women in North Carolina engaged in high risk sexual behaviors

A) low self esteem.
B) alcohol and drug use.
C) stress relief.
D) did not feel at risk for HIV.

Question 11

What was NOT one of the suggestions for a CommunityBased Approach for HIV?

A) Prevention
B) Increase Access to Care
C) Increased Testing
D) Free care to all those who are HIV positive

Question 12

The BPA program is based on

A) culturally sensitive advocacy group.
B) Asian specific prevention program.
C) increasing communication between patients and health care providers.
D) Both a and c

Question 13

According to the book, on average, how much earlier do smokers die than their nonsmoker counterparts?

A) 20-25 years
B) 57 years
C) 13-14 years
D) There is no difference

Question 14

Tobacco use causes more deaths than:

A) HIV.
B) illegal drug use.
C) car accidents.
D) All of the above.

Question 15

Based on current data, cigarette use among youth:

A) is slowly declining.
B) has largely stayed the same over the past decade.
C) is now increasing slightly after a long term decline in use.
D) is rising in dramatic numbers.

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT a strategy of MPOWER, the WHO's effort to counter the tobacco epidemic?

A) Monitoring tobacco use
B) Altering the chemical makeup of cigarettes so they are less dangerous
C) Raising taxes on tobacco
D) Enforcing bans on tobacco advertising

Question 17

Alcohol use among young people is:

A) more common than tobacco use.
B) more common among White females than females from other ethnic groups.
C) reached an all time low in 2010.
D) All of the above.

Question 18

"Binge drinking" is defined by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism:

A) as drinking that brings a person's BAC to .08 or above.
B) in various ways, depending on the persons height and weight.
C) as the main symptom of alcoholism.
D) as an American phenomenon.

Question 19

A promising strategy in preventing alcohol abuse, supported by research, is:

A) devices that disable a car if the BAC of the driver is above .02.
B) schoolbased programs such as DARE that educate kids about different drugs.
C) family and school based programs that combine parent education with youth skills building.
D) None of the above.

Question 20

The most popular illicit drug used by youth, according to your text, is:

A) methamphetamine.
B) marijuana.
C) cocaine.
D) inhalants.

Question 21

The category of drugs (excluding tobacco and alcohol) that should be the greatest cause of concern to parents is:

A) bath salts.
B) prescription drugs.
C) hallucinogens.
D) caffeine.

Question 22

All but one of the following is an objective of the National Drug Control Strategy:

A) disrupting domestic drug trafficking.
B) improving information systems to better analyze drug use.
C) legalizing marijuana for medical use to generate tax revenue.
D) integrating substance abuse treatment into health care.

Question 23

Which of the following is NOT a part of the public health package recommended by the WHO:

A) encouraging sexual behavior only among married couples.
B) education and counseling on ways to avoid infections.
C) promotion of correct use of condoms.
D) promotion of early healthcare seeking behavior.

Question 24

Obesity is defined as:

A) a body mass index above the 95th percentile.
B) a body mass index between the 8595% percentile.
C) a body mass index anywhere above the 75% percentile.
D) None of the above.

Question 25

The rapid increase in childhood obesity is generally explained best by:

A) genes.
B) environment.
C) cultural food preference.
D) All of the above.

Question 26

Two promising community based approaches to obesity prevention are

A) BMI testing and community gardens.
B) community gardens and school food substitutions.
C) school food substitutions and BMI testing.
D) increasing time for gym classes in school and school food substitutions.

Question 27

All but the following is a critique of the approaches to obesity prevention discussed in the text.

A) The danger of vilifying certain food groups
B) The danger of encouraging dieting in children
C) The injustice of making parents responsible for their children's eating behavior
D) The continuing need to create more opportunities for access to healthy foods in poor communities

Question 28

Vaping/ECigarette use is a relatively new phenomenon in substance use behavior. While still early in terms of data that are available, recent trends suggest which of the following:

A) vaping will be key in helping people learn to quit smoking tobacco products
B) vaping may ultimately increase the number of people using drugs such as nicotine or marijuana
C) vaping is likely to be a short-lived fad
D) it is likely that the U.S. government will soon regulate vaping like it has regulated smoking

Question 29

Describe one of the successful programs targeting HIV and STI's prevention. What made the program effective? How would you argument and/or change the program using a community based psychology perspective?

Question 30

Provide a brief history of HIV/AIDS. How have highrisk populations changed over the decades? What have been the greatest failures and successes?

Question 31

You are in charge of the developing US international HIV policy? How would you allocate resources? What are the greatest needs globally?

Question 32

Should the HPV be mandated for all girls under the age of 14? What are the possible health benefits and consequences?

Question 33

What are the recommendations of the Advisory Committee for HIV and STD Prevention? What is the feasibility of each recommendation?