Public Health Revision Exam

Primary Prevention

• Food Hygiene is a typical health intervention of primary prevention.
• Primary prevention includes preventive immunizations and chemoprophylaxis.
• Community screening is not a typical health intervention of primary prevention.

Determinants of Health

• Socio-economic conditions, environment, and education are key determinants of health in a community.
• Healthcare, disease prevention, and rehabilitation are not the primary determinants of health in a community.

Prevention and Health Promotion

• Prevention medicine is not equal to health promotion.
• Health protection is focused on the individual, not on the masses.
• Specific prevention is not aimed at the general population.

Demographic Indices

• An Index Fritz of 55 does not indicate a population with low life expectancy.
• An Index Fritz of 55 indicates a regressive population with high health status.
• An Index Fritz of 55 indicates a population with a high senile and juvenile dependency ratio.

Live Birth

• A live birth is defined as a child born alive.
• The death of a child within 3 hours of birth is not considered a live birth.

Census

• Census is not the responsibility of the Municipality.
• Census collects variables about the residents, the residence, and the building.
• Census is not individualized.

Health Indicators

• Gross birth rate is not a good health indicator for comparing countries with similar social structures.
• A fertility rate of 2 indicates good prospects for the survival of the species in a country.
• The Swaroop Index is used to measure healthcare, and a higher index indicates worse healthcare.

Fetal Mortality

• Fetal mortality refers to the period from conception to birth.
• Fetal mortality does not refer to the period from conception to 28 weeks or from birth to 7 days.

Demographic Indices

• An Index Fritz of 79.94 and a Sundbarg index of 30.27 to 47.71 indicate a mature and stationary population.
• An Index Fritz of 79.94 and a Sundbarg index of 30.27 to 47.71 do not indicate a young and progressive population.

Maternal Mortality

• Maternal mortality includes the death of a woman due to pregnancy-related complications.
• Maternal mortality does not include the death of a woman due to receiving drug treatment.

Infant Mortality

• Infant mortality rates are used to compare the health of different populations.
• Infant mortality rates are provided as a numerical value, such as 176 or 149.

Fertility Rates

• The general fertility rate is not the average number of children per woman at the end of reproductive life.
• The synthetic fertility rate is not the average number of children per woman at the end of reproductive life.
• The gross reproduction rate gives the average number of children per woman at the end of reproductive life.

Health Education

• The most receptive to health education are persons with acute diseases.
• Health education is not most effective for workers exposed to environmental risks.
• The indirect method of health education is not recommended for use in collective education.

Health Education Techniques

• Conferences are not the most effective technique for conveying complex messages.
• Counselling is a method that requires new skills.
• Counselling is a unidirectional method.

Health Promotion

• The first international conference on primary care took place in Alma-ATA.
• Health promotion was born due to a situation of social inequalities in health in the world.

Health Systems

• The health system with more equity and cost control is the National Health Service model.
• The free market model is not a system with more equity and cost control.
• The flat rate user fee is used to avoid over-saturation.

Health Systems

• The healthcare system in France corresponds to the Bismarck model.
• The healthcare system in France does not correspond to the Beveridge model.
• The healthcare system in France does not correspond to the free market model.

Test your knowledge on primary prevention, health interventions, and determinants of health in a community.