Healthcare
Epidemiology
Ecological Assessment
Health Promotion and Planning
100

What is the difference between Medicaid and Medicare 

  • Medicare is a federal program that provides health coverage if you are 65 and older or have a severe disability, no matter your income.
  • Medicaid is a state and federal program that provides health coverage if you have a very low income
100

What is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in men or women? 

Men Prostate Cancer

Women - Breast cancer

100

List reinforcing factors related to healthcare? 

Attitudes and behaviors of colleagues, staff and patients, professional associates - medical society

100

Which of the following is NOT a method of collecting Primary Data?

A) Literature Reviews

B) Observations

C) Focus Groups

D) Surveys 

A) Literature Reviews

200

What the three levels of health promotion prevention? and provide at least one example?


Primary - Prevent disease before it occurs (vaccination) 

Secondary - screening to manage existing but asymptomatic disease (i.e. pap smear) 

Tertiary - Treatment to reduce complications from disease that is ongoing or has long term effects (i.e. chemotherapy)

200

What percentage of the population sees a physician at least once a year?

78%

200

List some predisposing healthcare factors?

  • Precursor factors that impact motivation (knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and perceptions about patient willingness to change), commitment to prevention practice, self-efficacy, health values

  • Physician attitudes, beliefs, values
200

During which phase of PRECEDE-PROCEED is theory applied?

A) Social Assessment

B) Administrative & Policy Assessment

C) Process Evaluation

D) Educational & Ecological Assessment 

D) Educational & Ecological Assessment 

300

List one of the 5 elements of healthcare related program implementation. 

  • Overall to implement a healthcare related program we must consider the following factors:


    • Recognition of the importance of acute care 

    • Focus on preventive care at the population level

    • Greater emphasis on self-care and patient centered authority and responsibility for planning and controlling the healthcare regimen

    • Addressing the cultural, environmental and behavior of healthcare professionals 

300

The US will see a shortage of up too __ physicians by the year 2030

shortage of up to 120,000 physicians (mostly primary care physicians) 

especially important with the vastly increasing population

300

List some enabling factors in healthcare?

Enabling factors - skills, access, availability, rules/laws


    • Ex. time, pt. Expectations regarding prevention, educational materials, prevention oriented office structure, staff attitudes, reminders for preventive health

300

What core function of public health involves developing, implementing and evaluating programs?

A) policy development

B) Assurance

C) Assessment

D) None of the above

B) Assurance

400

List at least 2 specialties of primary care?


Family medicine 

Internal Medicine

Pediatrics 

(sometimes psychiatry and emergency medicine can be considered primary care as well)

400

What is the percentage of the US population with healthcare insurance coverage for the year 2016? (+/- 10% points)

91.2%

400

To successfully implement a healthcare program what is the logical order of enabling/reinforcing/predisposing factors? 

Enabling, Predisposing, Reinforcing factors

400

List the 8 phases of the Precede-Proceed Model.

Phase 1 - Social Assessment

Phase 2 - Epidemiological Assessment

Phase 3 - Educational/Ecological Assessment

Phase 4 -  Administrative and Policy Assessment

Phase 5 - Implementation

Phase 6 - Process of Evaluation

Phase 7 -Impact evaluation

Phase 8 - Outcome evaluation

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