Chapter 13, 14, and 19 Quiz

Question 1

Supreme Court decision <i>Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts </i>upheld the state’s right to require vaccination for the common good

Answer 1

1905

Question 2

Prohibition was passed by a constitutional amendment

Answer 2

1919

Question 3

New York State’s decision to close bathhouses in New York City was upheld by the courts

Answer 3

1985

Question 4

Surgeon General issued the report <i>Smoking and Health</i>, the first authoritative statement from the federal government that smoking caused cancer and other life-threatening diseases

Answer 4

1964

Question 5

True or False? Opponents of explicit education about safe sex feel that young people should be taught that they can protect themselves only by abstinence.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

True or False? When public health is broadly defined, even murder and assault are public health issues.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

The ______________________ to health education has become popular with college administrators to curb high-risk student drinking. (3 words)

Answer 7

social norms approach

Question 8

True or False? During Prohibition, the rate of cirrhosis of the live declined to half that of 1910

Answer 8

true

Question 9

True or False? Individuals must believe in a problem and in the existence of a solution before they will act to prevent the problem.
Correct!

Answer 9

true

Question 10

True or False? Health status varies more among African Americans than among Hispanics.

Answer 10

false

Question 11

Absence of ___________________ has been related to an increase in coronary heart disease, complications in pregnancy and delivery, suicide, and other unhealthy outcomes.

Answer 11

social support

Question 12

True or False? Based on the health belief mode, the public health approach to changing behavior would be to convince people that they are vulnerable, that the threat is severe, and that certain actions are effective preventive measures.

Answer 12

true

Question 13

Application of which model, at the interpersonal level, would lead to different strategies in a teen drug prevention program depending on the nature of the teens’ social relationships?

Answer 13

ecological model

Question 14

Researchers at Harvard Medical School interviewed 10,000 adults asking questions designed to diagnose specific mental and substance abuse disorders

Answer 14

national comorbidity survey

Question 15

A state-based telephone survey that conducts approximately 450,000 adult interviews each year

Answer 15

behavior risk factor surveillance system

Question 16

Conducts in-person interviews with carefully selected representative households to identify serious psychological distress in the past 30 days

Answer 16

national health interview survey

Question 17

Participants chosen from carefully selected representative households are asked question on number of mentally unhealthy days as well as questions designed to measure depression

Answer 17

national health and nutrition examination survey

Question 18

The ____________________ is the source of the commonly cited findings about the high incidence and prevalence of mental illness in the United States.

Answer 18

national comorbidity survey

Question 19

Which area of the United States generally has the highest prevalence of depression, serious psychological distress, and mean number of mentally unhealthy days?

Answer 19

southeastern

Question 20

True or False? According to the World Health Organization, mental illnesses account for more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses, including cancer and heart disease.

Answer 20

true

Question 21

Are important in some mental disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Answer 21

genetic factors

Question 22

Neurophysiological deficits, difficult temperament, chronic physical illness, or below-average intelligence

Answer 22

individual factors

Question 23

Severe marital discord, social disadvantage, overcrowding or large family size, paternal criminality, maternal mental disorder, and admission into foster care

Answer 23

family factors