Self Assessment Quiz 8

1.	Which of the following does not represent an important achievement of public health in twentieth century America?
		fluoridation of drinking water to prevent dental caries
		prevention of bio-terrorism threats
		control of infectious diseases
		decline in deaths from heart disease and stroke

2.	Factors associated with the re-emergence of tuberculosis (TB) infections in the United States between 1985 and the early 1990s included all of the following EXCEPT:
		the emergence of drug-resistant strains of the TB bacilli
		the increase in the prevalence of HIV infections
		high rates among foreign born persons
		increasing rates of infection among white non-Hispanic populations

3.	During the 1990s, the rates of alcohol and illicit drug use among persons aged 18 years and older in the United States have:
		increased dramatically
		decreased dramatically
		decreased to achieve targets established for the year 2000
		changed little

4.	In the United States during the 1990s, the central strategy for the prevention and control of tuberculosis infections can be termed:
		primary prevention
		secondary prevention
		tertiary prevention
		clinical prevention

5.	The central problem that jeopardizes The Future of Public Health according to the Institute of Medicine is what?
		public health has taken on an expanded social agenda in addition to its traditional set of problems
		our society has lost sight of its public health goals and has taken public health for granted
		government has under-funded its public health agencies
		society lacks the scientific and technical knowledge to improve the public health

6.	The single term widely used to describe the status of public health in the U.S. in the Institute of Medicine's report on The Future of Public Health is:
		under-funded
		effective
		disarray
		futuristic

7.	Which of the following statements are not included in the Ten Commitments for Community Health Education?
		start where the people are
		recognize and build on community strengths
		foster individual and community improvement
		provide access to care

8.	Key elements of the community health improvement process (CHIP) model advanced by the Institute of Medicine in its 1997 report, Improving Health in the Community: a Role for Performance Monitoring, include all of the following except:
		using performance measures to link community partners to shared objectives
		advocating a broad, multi-factorial view of health its determinants
		an increased emphasis on accountability
		linking stages of problem identification, prioritization, analysis and implementation for community health problems and interventions

9.	Recent initiatives that support comprehensive and more effective community public health practice include all of the following except:
		The Tobacco Settlement with the nation's tobacco companies
		the National Turning Point Initiative supported by the Robert Wood Johnson and Kellogg Foundations
		the Healthy Communities Program
		Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP)

10.	Which of the following year 2010 national health targets will require the greatest relative improvement (percent improvement over baseline level)?
		overweight or obese children and adolescents
		motor vehicle death rate
		adults with depression who receive treatment
		exposure to environmental tobacco smoke