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Which of the following is a key aspect of public health accountability?
Which of the following is a key aspect of public health accountability?
- Providing medical care to the chronically ill
- Conducting research on new medical treatments
- Promoting healthy behaviour
- Ensuring patients receive the right care at the right time without harm (correct)
What is the primary focus of the second core activity of public health?
What is the primary focus of the second core activity of public health?
- Responding to disasters
- Protecting the environment, workplace, food, and water (correct)
- Assuring the quality of medical care
- Promoting healthy behaviour
What is the main purpose of monitoring the health status of the population?
What is the main purpose of monitoring the health status of the population?
- To promote healthy behaviour
- To identify, measure, and monitor community and global health needs (correct)
- To respond to disasters
- To assure the quality of medical care
What is the purpose of the ninth core activity of public health?
What is the purpose of the ninth core activity of public health?
What is the focus of the eighth core activity of public health?
What is the focus of the eighth core activity of public health?
What is the percentage of the world's population that lives below the internationally defined poverty line?
What is the percentage of the world's population that lives below the internationally defined poverty line?
Which of the following is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
Which of the following is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease?
What is the projected increase in NCD deaths globally between 2010 and 2020?
What is the projected increase in NCD deaths globally between 2010 and 2020?
Which of the following is a communicable disease?
Which of the following is a communicable disease?
What is the estimated number of annual tobacco-related deaths projected to occur by 2030?
What is the estimated number of annual tobacco-related deaths projected to occur by 2030?
Which of the following is a non-communicable disease?
Which of the following is a non-communicable disease?
What percentage of NCD deaths occur among people under the age of 60 in low- and middle-income countries?
What percentage of NCD deaths occur among people under the age of 60 in low- and middle-income countries?
What is the percentage of all deaths in the world attributable to insufficient physical activity?
What is the percentage of all deaths in the world attributable to insufficient physical activity?
What is the estimated number of deaths per year attributable to the harmful use of alcohol?
What is the estimated number of deaths per year attributable to the harmful use of alcohol?
What is the prevalence of raised blood pressure in high-income populations?
What is the prevalence of raised blood pressure in high-income populations?
What is the multidimensional nature of health according to the World Health Organization?
What is the multidimensional nature of health according to the World Health Organization?
According to Winslow (1923), what does public health primarily focus on?
According to Winslow (1923), what does public health primarily focus on?
Which of the following is not listed as one of the core efforts in public health as defined by Winslow?
Which of the following is not listed as one of the core efforts in public health as defined by Winslow?
Which of the following is NOT considered a core activity of public health?
Which of the following is NOT considered a core activity of public health?
What are the three specific dimensions of health according to the WHO definition?
What are the three specific dimensions of health according to the WHO definition?
Which of the following is part of Winslow's definition of public health?
Which of the following is part of Winslow's definition of public health?
