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Question 1 2 pts Public health focuses primarily on treating individuals after they become sick or injured. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 2 Question 2 2 pts Which one of the following is not considered an example of public health work? Group of answer choices Promoting a nonsmoking campaign Researching prevention of falls among the elderly Monitoring a measles outbreak Treating a person with high blood pressure Flag question: Question 3 Question 3 2 pts Many partnership ideas originate from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientists and other staff who see the value in collaborating with partners to extend CDC’s public health priorities. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 4 Question 4 2 pts Public health is the science of clinically treating disease and injury. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 5 Question 5 2 pts One focus of public health work is to recommend policies to prevent problems from happening. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 6 Question 6 2 pts The Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals are best described as a narrow set of specific skills that are required for all public health practitioners to get a job in public health. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 7 Question 7 2 pts Which of these essential services is a component of the “Assessment” core function of public health? Group of answer choices Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the population All of the above Flag question: Question 8 Question 8 2 pts Ensuring access to high-quality and cost-effective healthcare and social services is an example of the Essential Service “enable equitable access.” Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 9 Question 9 2 pts “Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public’s health” is a component of the “Assessment” core function. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 10 Question 10 2 pts “Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research, and continuous quality improvement” is an example of which core function of public health? Group of answer choices Assurance Assessment Policy development None of the above Flag question: Question 11 Question 11 2 pts Which of the following is one of the 10 Essential Public Health Services? Group of answer choices Assess and monitor population health status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the population Both of the above None of the above Flag question: Question 12 Question 12 2 pts The essential service “Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health” aligns best with the policy development core function of public health. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 13 Question 13 2 pts Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals can be used for assessing workforce knowledge and skills. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 14 Question 14 2 pts Which of these essential services is not a component of the policy development core function of public health? Group of answer choices Communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce Flag question: Question 15 Question 15 2 pts Which of the following public health workers is demonstrating the essential service “Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public’s health”? Group of answer choices The worker who is evaluating research on the effects of lead paint on children The worker who is creating a toolkit for a developing country to help them establish laws to phase out lead in paint The worker who is enforcing a policy to remove lead paint from low-income housing The worker who is monitoring the number of children who have been exposed to lead in the community Flag question: Question 16 Question 16 2 pts Public health sciences skills are important for public health professionals but are not one of the eight domains identified as a Core Competency. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 17 Question 17 2 pts Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals can be used for which of the following? Group of answer choices Identifying training needs Developing workforce development and training plans Conducting performance evaluations All of the above None of the above Flag question: Question 18 Question 18 2 pts Health educators may find themselves working in which of the following settings? Group of answer choices Healthcare facilities Clinics Public health departments All of the above Flag question: Question 19 Question 19 2 pts In order to work in the field of public health in the United States, one must successfully pass the certified public health exam. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 20 Question 20 2 pts Which of the following is not one of the three main elements that comprise the foundational ethical values of public health practitioners? Group of answer choices Understanding the practice of modern public health as a practical and solution-focused discipline. Appreciation of the history of public health and the continually evolving views about the relationship between citizens, science, and the state. Understanding the practice of public health as a science that aligns with one approach that is focused on keeping people healthy no matter the cost. A notion of a common and professional morality. Flag question: Question 21 Question 21 2 pts The process for developing and implementing solutions is integral to the ethical practice of public health. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 22 Question 22 2 pts The philosophy of public health is to treat the sick individual with the physician-patient relationship at its core, while the philosophy of medicine is to prevent illness and injury in populations. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 23 Question 23 2 pts The idea of professional morality in public health includes all but which of the following? Group of answer choices Public health values some transparency and confidentiality but only under particular circumstances. Public health research ethics ensure respectful treatment of both human research participants and nonhuman research subjects. Public health is a participatory field that depends on collective action. Public health is often about fighting health-related inequities. Flag question: Question 24 Question 24 2 pts Policymaking is considered to be one of public health’s most essential and effective tools to promote public health. Group of answer choices True False Flag question: Question 25 Question 25 2 pts The idea that the government should provide for a basic level of health for everyone is based in the concept of social justice. Group of answer choices True False