Question 1

WHO 1986 definition of health is?

Accepted Answer

D

Question 2

All of the following are considered functions of public health, Except?

Accepted Answer

Public health focuses on prevention, health promotion, and community health initiatives, while heart transplant operations are specialized medical procedures typically performed in clinical settings.

Question 3

Which of the following are the major determinants of health?

Accepted Answer

The major determinants of health include human biology, environment, lifestyle behavior, and health care organization, as these factors collectively influence an individual's health status.

Question 4

The following are determinant of inequities Except?

Accepted Answer

Differences in the incidence and prevalence of health conditions and health status between groups are outcomes of inequities, not determinants. The other options are determinants that contribute to inequities.

Question 5

_ _ _ _ _ _affects the health of a community and it includes the geography (e.g., High land versus low land), the environment (e.g., Manmade or natural catastrophes) and the industrial development (e.g., pollution occupational hazards)?

Accepted Answer

Physical determinants affect the health of a community by including factors like geography, environment, and industrial development.

Question 6

Maternal mortality ratio is defined as?

Accepted Answer

The maternal mortality ratio is defined as the number of maternal deaths during a given time period per 100,000 live births during the same time period.

Question 7

Infant mortality rate is the number of deaths of infants under one year old measured per?

Accepted Answer

The infant mortality rate is typically measured per 1000 live births.

Question 8

Epidemiological transition refers to?

Accepted Answer

Epidemiological transition describes the shift in disease patterns where mortality from infectious diseases declines and is replaced by an increase in chronic and degenerative diseases as societies develop.

Question 9

The health and wellbeing of the community is dependent on a good start, good future, good care and support. These include social, economic, physical and environmental factors which are known as?

Accepted Answer

Determinants of health are the social, economic, physical, and environmental factors that influence the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

Question 10

_ _ _ 	is the difference in health care which is not only unnecessary and avoidable but unfair and unjust?

Accepted Answer

Health inequity refers to differences in health that are unnecessary, avoidable, and considered unfair and unjust.

Question 11

The primary purpose of social determinants of health is to ensure?

Accepted Answer

Social determinants of health focus on reducing inequities by addressing the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, which affect health outcomes.

Question 12

Health illness continuum, it is?

Accepted Answer

The health illness continuum is a concept that illustrates the dynamic and ever-changing state of health, where individuals can move between optimal health and illness based on various factors, including social conditions.

Question 13

Major public health achievements in the 20" century Except?

Accepted Answer

CT scans are a medical imaging technology and not considered a public health achievement. Public health achievements focus on population-wide health improvements, such as seat belts, recognizing tobacco as a health risk, and vaccines.

Question 14

Economic and social relationships, employment, housing, and education that contribute to or detract from the health of individuals and communities are known as the---------?

Accepted Answer

Social determinants of health refer to the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, including the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.

Question 15

The epidemiologic analytical triad of disease causation refers to: (Choose one best answer)?

Accepted Answer

The epidemiologic triad consists of three components: agent, host, and environment, which interact to cause disease.

Question 16

________: differences in the incidence and prevalence of health conditions and health status between groups?

Accepted Answer

Health disparities refer to the differences in the incidence and prevalence of health conditions and health status between different groups.

Question 17

A study in which cancer patients are randomly assigned to receive either a newly formulated chemotherapy or the currently available chemotherapy, and are followed to monitor for side effect and effectiveness of each drug, is an example of which type of study?

Accepted Answer

This study is interventional because it involves actively assigning participants to different treatments to compare outcomes, which is characteristic of clinical trials.

Question 18

Comparison of study designs: …. Best for rare diseases?

Accepted Answer

Case control studies are best for rare diseases because they start with the outcome and look back to find exposures, making them efficient for studying diseases with low incidence.

Question 19

A prevalence rate is?

Accepted Answer

Prevalence rate is defined as the total number of cases of a disease existing in a population divided by the total population.

Question 20

A study that measures the incidence of a disease?

Accepted Answer

A cohort study measures the incidence of a disease by following a group of people over time to see who develops the disease.

Quiz 1: Public Health