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- 1. Multiple ChoiceActions that society takes collectively to ensure that the conditions in which people can be healthy can occur is termed:public health.community health.health.population health.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceCommunity health concerns of the 21st century include:lifestyle diseases.environmental problems.healthcare delivery.All of these are correct.
- 3. Multiple ChoicePhysical factors affecting community health include geography, community size, and industrial development.truefalse
- 4. Multiple ChoiceGovernment health agencies began being created as a response to epidemics and mounting health problems in the later part of the 18th centurytruefalse
- 5. Multiple ChoiceLeading causes of death in the United States today are communicable diseases.truefalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA community is a group of people who have common characteristics.truefalse
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThere has been no evidence of community health activities dating back over 1,000 years.truefalse
- 8. Multiple ChoiceUpton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, drew attention to the plight of immigrants in the meat packing industry.truefalse
- 9. Multiple ChoiceIndividuals with lower socioeconomic status have poorer health status.truefalse
- 10. Multiple ChoiceChoosing to eat wisely, wearing a safety belt, and visiting the physician are examples of community/public health activities.truefalse
- 11. Multiple ChoiceDr. Edward Jenner successfully demonstrated the process of vaccination as a protection against smallpox in the twentieth century.truefalse
- 12. Multiple ChoiceHealthcare delivery is a public health concern of the twenty-first century.truefalse
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThe beginning of government’s major involvement in social issues, including health, was marked by the:Social Security Act of 1935.establishment of Medicare in 1965.United States involvement in World War II.Hill-Burton Act in 1946.
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