Public Health Institutions
What is the full name of the CDC?
What is Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?
Give at least 2 examples of Primary Prevention methods?
What are...
-Immunization
-Health education about diet and exercise
-Legislation and education about seatbelt and helmet use
-Exams and screening tests to monitor risk factors for illness
-Blood pressure and cholesterol screening
-Maintaining a safe home and workplace
-Baby-proofing one’s home
-Ergonomic work station
What is the official healthcare system for the United Kingdom?
What is the National Health Service?
Which country has the highest per capita spending on healthcare?
What is the US?
What does MMWR stand for?
What is Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report?
Which type of prevention aims to reduce the negative impact of extant disease by restoring function and reducing disease-related complications?
What is Tertiary Prevention?
Which international country does not cover drugs in its universal public insurance program?
What is Canada?
How does the US Obesity Rate (2017) compare to the OECD average?
A) Below Average
B) Exactly Average
C) Double the Average
D) Triple the Average
What is C) Double the Average? (OECD avg: 21% vs. US obesity rate is 40%)
The USPSTF is an independent panel of non-Federal experts in ________ and _______ and is composed of primary care providers?
What are experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine?
What is the population targeted in selective prevention based on work by Godon, Kumpfer, and Baxley in substance abuse prevention?
What are groups whose risk of developing problems for substance abuse or dependence is above average
Name the three international countries with a Statutory Health Insurance System
What are Germany, France, and Japan?
According to the Commonwealth Fund, what type of immunization and what type of screening does the US perform above the OECD average?
What are Flu Immunizations and Breast Cancer Screenings?
In the USPSTF select recommendations shown in lecture slides, which topic was assigned a letter Grade A?
A) Alcohol Misuse
B) Tobacco Use
C) Diabetes Screening
D) Obesity Screening
What is
C) Tobacco Use?
Name the three preventive intervention classification system (Based on Godon, Kumpfrey, and Baxley in substance abuse prevention)
What are Universal prevention, Selective Prevention, and Indicated Prevention?
Which country's public medical insurance program has been overburdened, resulting in governmental incentives for people to enroll in private insurance?
What is Australia?
According to the Papanicolas reading, the data suggest that the main driving factors were related to what? (Include at least 2 examples)
What are prices?
Ex: prices of physician and hospital services, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostic testings
What is the role of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices?
What is to provide advice that will lead to a reduction in the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases?
What are the three leading causes of preventable deaths resulting in over 1 million deaths in 2005?
What are smoking, hypertension, and overweight?
In the Papanicolas reading, which country had the highest number of physician visits per capita, the highest number of hospital bed days per inpatient, and the highest length of stay per inpatient?
What is Japan?
In 2018, what is the US healthcare spending as a percent of GDP? (Rough estimate, must be within 1%)
What is 16.9% of the GDP? (Accepted: ~16% or ~17%)