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Raising money to fund their programs, providing education, providing service to those affected, and advocacy are the basic objectives of

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Voluntary Health Agencies

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Which agency is a leading medical research center, and the federal focal point for medical research in the United States?

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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The largest and most visible international health agency is the

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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Most voluntary health agencies exist at the

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Local, state, and national levels

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The contributions of religious groups to community health have been

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Substantial

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The activities of philanthropic foundations are unique because

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They have money to give away

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An example of a quasi-governmental health organization is

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American Red Cross

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Nongovernmental health agencies are funded primarily by

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Private donations

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Which agency maintains records, analyzes disease trends, and publishes epidemiological reports on all types of diseases?

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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The mission of professional health organizations is to

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Promote high standards of professional practice for their specific professions

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True or False? Physical factors affecting community health include geography, community size, and industrial development.

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True

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True or False? A community is a group of people who have common characteristics.

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True

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services is

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Appointed by the President

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True or False? Choosing to eat wisely, regularly wearing a safety belt, and visiting the physician are examples of community health activities.

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False

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True or False? Politics and religion are examples of social and cultural factors affecting community health.

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True

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A temporary group that is brought together for dealing with a specific problems is a

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task force

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True or False? Those who control, both formally and informally, the political climate of the community are referred to as gatekeepers.

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True

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For community organizing/building and health promotion programming efforts to be successful, people must

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change their behavior

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If those who initiate community organization are members of the community, then the movement is referred to as

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grass-roots

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The final steps in community organizing/building include

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looping back

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The evaluation that focuses on immediate observable effects of a program is

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impact evaluation

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Relationships and structures within a community that promote cooperation for mutual benefit describes

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social capital

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True or False? Those who the health promotion program is intended to serve are the priority population.

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True

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An example of a community gatekeeper is

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A. a politician B. a teacher C. a member of the clergy

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True or False? Community capacity is the characteristics of communities that affect their ability to identify, mobilize, and address social and public health problems.

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True

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Program goals

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are more encompassing than objectives

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Prior or existing programs that have not gone through the critical research and evaluation studies and thus fall short of best practice criteria but nonetheless show promise in being effective are known as

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best experiences

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True or False? In using a generic approach for community organizing, the first step in the process is recognizing the issue.

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True

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The first step in the process of community organizing/community building is

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recognizing the issue

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True or False? The process for people to gain mastery over their lives and the lives of their communities is social capital.

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False

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When using criteria of causation, the criterion that addresses the issue of whether the association been reported in a variety of people, exposed in a variety of setting, and can have repeatable results by other researchers is

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consistency

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True or False? An endemic disease is one that occurs regularly in a population but does not occur at unexpectedly high levels.

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True

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True or False? The early diagnosis and prompt treatment of diseases before the disease becomes advanced and disability becomes severe is secondary prevention.

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True

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In conducting a school based childhood obesity program using an ecological approach, which level would be addressed by targeting the relationships between family members?

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Interpersonal Level

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True or False? The number of years of healthy life expected, on average, in a given population is the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).

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False

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True or False? The center of the multicausation disease model is behavioral choices.

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False

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True or False? Community capacity is the characteristics of communities that affect their ability to identify, mobilize, and address social and public health problems.

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True

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One's race and age are examples of

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non-modifiable risk factors

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The capability of a communicable disease agent to cause disease in a susceptible host is

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Pathogenicity

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The number of events that occur in a given population in a given period of time is a

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rate

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True or False? A disease that lasts three months or less is a chronic disease.

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False

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In an effort to promote more daily physical activity in children you have been assisting the school board, PTA and the city council to develop initiatives that will encourage parents to allow their children to walk or bike to and from school. This is an example of influencing behavior at what level of the Social Ecological Model?

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Community Level

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An outbreak of disease over a wide geographic region is a

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pandemic

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True or False? An unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related event in a particular population defines a pandemic.

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False

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The underlying concept of the social ecological model is best reflected in which of the following statements?

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Behavior is influenced by the interplay between personal, social and environmental factors.

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True or False? Years of potential life lost (YPLL) is the single best way to prioritize prevention and control efforts.

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False

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If you were planning a social ecological intervention at the interpersonal level to address distracted driving among Cal Poly students which of the following would be the best choice?

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Ask club officers, team captains, ASI President and Board Members, RAs serve as role models by publicly taking the pledge to not text or call while driving.

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The number of new and old cases of a disease in a population in a given period of time, divided by the total number in that population is the

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prevalence rate

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True or False? In the chain of infection, a disease-producing agent leaves its reservoir through a portal of exit.

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True

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True or False? Health education and health promotion are terms that can be used interchangeably.

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False

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In planning an intervention using the social ecological model, which level would you be addressing by focusing on attitudes, beliefs and knowledge?

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Intrapersonal level

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True or False? Mammography for breast cancer is an example of primary prevention.

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False

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Health screenings are important measures in

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Secondary prevention

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Health education and health promotion programs are examples of

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Primary prevention

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The national health survey that is a state-based telephone survey of the civilian, noninstitutional, adult population that seeks to ascertain the prevalence of high-risk behaviors is the

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Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

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True or False? A disease that lasts three months or less is a chronic disease.

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False

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A study that seeks to compare those diagnosed with a disease with those who do not have the disease for prior exposure to specific risk factors is a

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case/control study

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The process of determining the preferred number and spacing of children in one's family and choosing the appropriate means to achieve this preference defines

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family plannnig

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Components of the Coordinated School Health Program include

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A. physical education B. nutrition services C. health promotion for staff

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An infant death is the death of a child younger than

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one year

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All children should be immunized at regular healthcare visits beginning at birth through age

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6

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True or False? Sleeping on the side or back rather than the stomach greatly increases the risk of SIDS among healthy full-term infants.

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False

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True or False? The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies be breast-fed for the first year of life.

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True

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Monitoring the Future is a current data source available regarding health behaviors of

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college students

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Approximately how many female college students reported experiencing some form of sexual abuse/assault in the past school year?

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25%

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Adolescents and young adults are classified as those ages

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15-24

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The leading modifiable cause of low-birth-weight during pregnancy is

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cigarette smoking

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Groups at higher risk of unintended pregnancy are

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those living in poverty

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The majority of unintentional deaths in children are the result of

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motor vehicle crashes

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Those served by family planning clinics funded by Title X are predominantly

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poor

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A low-birth-weight infant is one that weighs less than

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5.5 pounds at birth

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Barriers to school health education include

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lack of time in the school year/day

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True or False? Approximately one-half of pregnancies in the United States are unintended.

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True

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Title X was signed into law to provide

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family planning services and help to all who wanted them but could not afford them

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The promotion, maintenance, and utilization of safe and wholesome surroundings in a school is the definition of

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healthy school environment

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Teenagers who become pregnant and have a child are more likely than their peers who are not mothers to Select one:

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not get married or have a marriage end in divorce

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True or False? FMLA provides paid family leave for women and men after the birth of a child.

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False

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The diseases that cause considerable morbidity in adolescents and young adults are

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sexually transmitted diseases

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True or False? The 'gag rule' regulations on discussing abortion in family planning clinics has been stable and unchanged since its enactment in 1984.

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False

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True or False? Babies born prior to 37 weeks of gestation are referred to as premature, or preterm births.

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True

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Homicide and suicide rates for adolescents and young adults have

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increased significantly over the last 50 years

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Approximately how many teenage girls in the United States get pregnant at least once before the age of 20?

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1/3

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that at minimum schools should provide the following three types of services:

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A. state-mandated health services B. assessment of minor health complaints, medication administration, and care for students with special needs C. management of emergencies and other urgent situations

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Most of the physical threat to health for adolescents and young adults stems from

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behavior

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The neonatal mortality period is death that occurs up to

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28 days after birth

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To improve the school climate as it relates to violence, the CDC recommends that schools

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provide opportunities for students to discuss their concerns

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Exercise and nutrition programs that help reduce the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease for adults are examples of

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primary prevention

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