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- What was the first large scale survey of mental health in the U.S.?
- Top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century:1. Routine use of _____2. Improvements in motor vehicle safety3. Safer workplaces4. Control of _____ diseases5. Decline in deaths from heart disease and stroke6. Safer and healthier _____7. Healthier _____ and babies8. Access to family planning and contraceptive services9. _____ of drinking water10. Recognition of _____ use as a health hazard
- Public health approach to injury control (chain of causation):- _____: person/patient - _____: automobile, gun, etc. - _____: road conditions, weather, social network, etc.
- Integration of public health and medical practice: - _____ _____ _____ (MCOs): move incentives of medicine closer to the mission of public health- _____ _____ _____ (Obama Care): provisions that could improve health outcomes through integration (free preventive, lower medical costs, increased access to health insurance)
- True/False: The average age of Americans is decreasing.
- What are the 2 most prevalent mental health diagnoses in the U.S.?
- Which "E" of injury prevention?- Via laws and regulations, requires person to adopt behaviors to reduce risk; more effective than education alone - Ex. Seat belts, pool fencing, minimum drinking age, speed limit
- What is the leading cause of preventable injury death?
- True/False: Category A bioterrorism includes: smallpox, anthrax, Ebola, plague, botulism, tularemia, hemorrhage fever.
- Which common factor contributes to a large majority of preventable injury deaths?
- Which term refers to an intentional act, or failure to act, by a caregiver or another person in a relationship providing an expectation of trust that causes or creates at risk of harm to an older adult?
- Which "E" of injury prevention?- Product or environmental design; builds safety into product to protect or decrease injury; most expensive and most effective - Ex. Window guards, childproof caps, non-flammable sleepwear
- Which interactive, online database on fatal and nonfatal injury contains violent death data and cost of injury data?
- What are the top 2 public health challenges for the 21st century?
- Which "E" of injury prevention?- Teach to adopt safety precautions; persuade high risk groups to change risky behavior; most effective with enforcement and engineering - Ex. Education to teach about fall prevention or poisoning, gun locks, swim lessons
- True/False: The FDA can revoke approval of medications through post-marketing surveillance.
- On September 11 and during Hurricane Katrina, what were the 2 most problematic issues?
- 3 E's" of injury prevention:- _____: teach to adopt safety precautions; persuade high risk groups to change risky behavior; most effective with enforcement and engineering - _____: via laws and regulations, requires person to adopt behaviors to reduce risk; more effective than education alone - _____: product or environmental design; builds safety into product to protect or decrease injury; most expensive and most effective
- Which type of prevention is most important for elder medical care?
- What is 1 strategy to prevent poor maternal/infant outcomes?