Question 1

Improving worker health and safety results in which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Improving worker health and safety results in improved health status, increased productivity, and decreased health care/related costs.

Question 2

Regular physical exercise results in:

Accepted Answer

Regular physical exercise is associated with an increase in average life span, a reduced incidence of cardiovascular diseases, and a reduced risk of certain cancers such as breast and colon cancer, making all the options correct.

Question 3

Which of the following do NOT determine morbidity and mortality?

Accepted Answer

All the options listed (A, B, and C) are factors that can determine morbidity and mortality, so none of them are incorrect in this context.

Question 4

For what reasons do we monitor health and disease?

Accepted Answer

Monitoring health and disease helps in setting public health priorities, understanding trends in causes of death and disease, evaluating the impact of health programs, and improving the quality of healthcare science.

Question 5

Which of the following terms can be defined as follows: 'the number of new cases of disease, injury or death in a population during a specified time period'?

Accepted Answer

Incidence refers to the number of new cases of a disease, injury, or death in a population during a specified time period.

Question 6

Criteria of causation?

Accepted Answer

All the options listed are criteria for establishing causation: replication of findings, study design, and consistency with other knowledge are all important factors.

Question 7

Which of the following is not one of the five steps in the public health approach?

Accepted Answer

Assessing public perceptions of the intervention is not one of the five steps in the public health approach, which typically includes defining the problem, identifying risk factors, developing interventions, implementing interventions, and evaluating their effectiveness.

Question 8

The standard medical definition of health refers to health as?

Accepted Answer

The standard medical definition of health traditionally refers to it as the absence of disease, focusing on the physical state of being free from illness or injury.

Question 9

The term used to describe measurable differences in attaining health is?

Accepted Answer

Health inequality refers to measurable differences in health outcomes or access to healthcare across different population groups.

Question 10

Health is best described as a resource that allows a person to have?

Accepted Answer

Health is considered a resource that enables individuals to lead a productive social and economic life, allowing them to participate fully in society and achieve their potential.

Question 11

What distinguishes primary health care from primary care?

Accepted Answer

Primary health care works within a multidisciplinary framework, involving various health professionals and sectors to address broader determinants of health, whereas primary care typically refers to the first point of contact in the healthcare system, focusing on individual patient care.

Question 12

The main aim of public health is to improve health by:

Accepted Answer

Public health focuses on promoting health and preventing disease at the population level, rather than individual medical interventions or genetic advice.

Question 13

Identify what this situation reflects: Over 20 million people worldwide died from influenza in 1918 -1919?

Accepted Answer

The 1918-1919 influenza outbreak was a pandemic because it affected a large number of people across multiple countries and continents.

Question 14

A person working as a health educator use an approach that views health as related to?

Accepted Answer

Health educators often focus on behavioral change as a key approach to improving health outcomes, emphasizing the adoption of healthier lifestyles and practices.

Question 15

which of the following studies apply to this: Persons diagnosed with new-onset Lyme disease were asked how often they walk through woods, use insect repellant, wear short sleeves and pants, etc. Twice as many patients without Lyme disease from the same physician's practice were asked the same questions, and the responses in the two groups were compared?

Accepted Answer

This study is observational case-control because it compares individuals with Lyme disease (cases) to those without (controls) to identify factors associated with the disease.

Question 16

In which one of the following circumstances will the prevalence of a disease in the population increase, all else being constant?

Accepted Answer

If survival time with the disease increases, individuals live longer with the disease, thus increasing the number of existing cases and raising prevalence.

Question 17

The ……………. rate is the average number of children per women in reproductive age?

Accepted Answer

The fertility rate is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime.

Question 18

Health Equality is the opportunity for everyone to attain his or her full health potential.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Health Equality is the opportunity for everyone...

Question 19

The individual's culture does not impact his/her views towards health issues.

Accepted Answer

Culture significantly influences an individual's beliefs, practices, and attitudes towards health and healthcare, affecting how they perceive and respond to health issues.

Question 20

Health promotion became a core policy for the World Health Organization with the Alma-Ata Declaration in 1978 and the 'Health-for-All by the Year 2000 Program.

Accepted Answer

The Alma-Ata Declaration in 1978 emphasized primary health care and health promotion as essential components of the World Health Organization's strategy to achieve "Health for All by the Year 2000."

Quiz 1: Public Health