Question 1

The "public health system" includes?

Accepted Answer

The public health system includes employers, the community, and the media because they all play a role in promoting and protecting the health of the population. Employers can provide health insurance and wellness programs to their employees, the community can provide support for healthy lifestyles, and the media can educate the public about health issues.

Question 2

The magnitude of disease burden can be measured by?

Accepted Answer

The magnitude of disease burden is a comprehensive measure that includes morbidity/disability, mortality, economic cost, and prevalence, making all options relevant.

Question 3

Epidemiology is a methodology of studying a health problem; it is not a body of Knowledge.

Accepted Answer

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Question 4

The role of the public health professional is to?

Accepted Answer

Public health professionals are responsible for educating the public, alerting them to current health issues, and anticipating future health problems, making all the options relevant to their role.

Question 5

To avoid getting the flu you should:

Accepted Answer

All of the options listed (A, B, and C) are effective measures to help prevent the flu, making "All of the above" the correct choice.

Question 6

The underlying cause of the most ill health world-wide is:

Accepted Answer

Poverty is the underlying cause of many health issues worldwide as it leads to inadequate access to resources such as nutritious food, clean water, and healthcare, which in turn contributes to poor health outcomes.

Question 7

The basic measure of functional loss due to disease is:

Accepted Answer

Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) measure the overall disease burden, expressed as the number of years lost due to ill-health, disability, or early death, thus reflecting functional loss.

Question 8

What are the three major functions of public health?

Accepted Answer

The three major functions of public health are assessment, policy development, and assurance. These functions involve systematically collecting data on the population's health, developing policies to support the health of the population, and ensuring that services are provided to achieve health goals.

Question 9

Which of the following services to advance health requires the least individual initiative?

Accepted Answer

Environmental improvements require the least individual initiative as they are typically implemented at a community or governmental level, affecting the population as a whole without requiring individual action.

Question 10

In epidemiologic studies, time, place and person(s) are used to characterize the relationship between:

Accepted Answer

In epidemiologic studies, the triad of agent, host, and environment is used to understand the dynamics of disease spread, and time, place, and person are used to describe the distribution of health events in relation to these factors.

Question 11

The numerator of prevalence of a disease in a population at a particular point of time is:

Accepted Answer

Prevalence is the measure of all existing cases (both new and old) of a disease in a population at a specific point in time.

Question 12

Which of the following parameters is most useful to measure the impact of diseases that rarely cause death?

Accepted Answer

Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) measure the overall disease burden, including both years of life lost due to premature death and years lived with disability, making it useful for diseases that rarely cause death.

Question 13

The first step in developing a comprehensive health plan for a city is:

Accepted Answer

Assessing the current health situation in the population is the foundational step to understand the existing health issues, needs, and resources, which informs all subsequent planning and interventions.

Question 14

Which of the following programs contributes to health care costs specifically for the poor and disabled?

Accepted Answer

Medicaid is a program that provides health care coverage specifically for low-income individuals and families, including the poor and disabled.

Question 15

Which of the following public health strategies is used to assess the current health situation in a country?

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

Epidemiology is useful for?

Accepted Answer

Epidemiology is useful for all the listed purposes: describing disease history, establishing clinical characteristics, evaluating interventions, and identifying risk factors.

Question 17

Medicine focuses on the individual with disease, whereas public health focuses on the health of a population.

Accepted Answer

Medicine typically addresses individual patient care and treatment, while public health aims to improve health outcomes and prevent disease across entire populations.

Question 18

Disease is a result of the balance between?

Accepted Answer

Disease is often understood as a result of the interaction between the agent (cause of disease), host (organism harboring the disease), and environment (external factors affecting the disease). This is known as the epidemiological triad.

Question 19

What is the "epidemiological transition"?

Accepted Answer

The "epidemiological transition" refers to the shift in disease patterns where societies move from a prevalence of infectious and communicable diseases to a predominance of non-communicable and chronic diseases as they develop and industrialize.

Question 20

Public health?

Accepted Answer

Public health involves both the science and art of preventing disease (A) and the process of mobilizing resources at various levels (B). However, it does not guarantee the health of all community members (C).

Quiz 1: Public Health