Chapter 05 Essentials of Public Health 2nd Edition By Turnock

Chapter 05 Essentials of Public Health 2nd Edition By Turnock

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

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Multiple Choice

1. The concept that government is responsible to ensure that standards are met in every community developed with the 1979 revision of the Model Standards and is referred to as:

1. primary care
2. coordinated delivery
3. governmental presence in health
4. eminent domain

Ans: C

2. Which one of these has the fundamental responsibility to determine the health status and the health needs of the people within its jurisdiction, determine to what extent these needs are being effectively met by effective measures currently available, and take steps to see that the unmet needs are satisfied?

1. US Public Health Service
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
3. State and local health departments
4. Public hospitals

Ans: C

3. Which of these pairs were not included among the so-called “Basic 6” services of public health that characterize public health practice over the first half of the 20th century in the U.S.:

1. Communicable disease control and health education
2. Primary care and chronic disease prevention
3. Sanitation and laboratory services
4. Vital statistics and maternal and child health

Ans: B

4. Which of these essential public health services is not a component of the policy development core function?

1. informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
2. mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
3. developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
4. enforcing laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety

Ans: D

5. Which of these essential public health services is a component of the assessment core function?

1. diagnosing and investigating health problems and health hazards in the community
2. informing, educating, and empowering people about health issues
3. developing policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
4. enforcing laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety

Ans: A