Chapter 1 Multiple Choice: 1) Which of the following statements characterizes an important difference between public health and most other professions? [1] Education and training beyond the undergraduate (college) level is not available for public health

[1] Education and training beyond the undergraduate (college) level is not available for public health.

[2] Large professional organizations do not exist for public health.

[3] Public health professionals work only in the public sector.

[4] Although they come from many professions and disciplines, their common bond is not one of a shared body of knowledge or academic preparation, but a commitment to the goal of improved population health.

2. In which form of justice are collective actions leading to the assumption of additional burdens often necessary in order to assure the fair distribution of societal benefits?

[1] Market justice

[2] Judicial justice

[3] Social justice

[4] Individual justice

3. Public health was characterized as fulfilling society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people could be healthy by:

[1] U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Healthy People 2020.

[2] Institute of Medicine in The Future of Public Health.

[3] C.E.A. Winslow.

[4] Sir Geoffrey Vickers.

4. Introduction of smallpox vaccination is credited to which of these individuals?

[1] Virchow

[2] Pasteur

[3] Lister

[4] Jenner

5. Between 1900 and 2000, the crude infectious disease mortality rate in the United States:

[1] remained unchanged.

[2] declined by about 50%.

[3] declined by about 90%.

[4] increased slightly due to the emergence of HIV infections.

6. Which of these statements regarding trends in life expectancy and infant mortality rates in the United States is False?

[1] The percentage of improvement in life expectancy at birth was greater than the percentage improvement in infant mortality rates between 1900 and 2000.

[2] The percentage of improvement in life expectancy at age 65 was greater than the percentage improvement in life expectancy at birth between 1950 and 2000.

[3] The U.S. infant mortality rate declined by more than 90% between 1900 and 2000.

[4] Life expectancy at age 65 improved by more than 25% between 1950 and 2000.

7. What are the public health activities that should be undertaken in all communities?

[1] Essential public health functions (or services)

[2] Preventive services

[3] Core functions

[4] Health protection

8. Which of these domains of determinants is included in the     ?

[1] Living and working conditions

[2] Social, family, and community networks

[3] Individual behavior

[4] All of these options are included.

True and False:

9. The cholera epidemic of 1854 disproportionately affected lower social classes in London.

[1] True

[2] False

10. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) landmark report, The Future of Public Health, established recommendations for a new way of organizing public health activities around three core public health functions: assessment, policy development, and assurance.

[1] True

[2] False

11. Age-adjusted mortality rates for heart disease and stroke declined by more than 50% between 1950 and 2000.

[1] True

[2] False