Exempeltenta

Question 1

Proportion of persons with a particular conditions (cases) who die from that condition is called:

Answer 1

Case fatality rate

Question 2

Termination of all cases of disease and its transmission globally is called:

Answer 2

Eradication (of disease)

Question 3

Which statement about health equity is true?
* It only refers to differences in health across countries
* It only refers to difference in health within countries
* It does not include justice issues
* It is a multidimensional concept that includes issues of fairness within and across countries

Answer 3

It is a multidimensional concept that includes issues of fairness within and across countries

Question 4

Vad står HALE för?

Answer 4

Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy

Question 5

What would you expect to happen to the incidence and prevalence of a disease if a new drug were discovered that prevented mortality from the disease but did not cure it?

Answer 5

Incidence unchanged, prevalence increases

Question 6

In which World Bank region would you expect the maternal mortality ratio to be the highest?
- High-income OECD
- East Asia and the Pacific
- Middle East and North Africa
- Latin America and the Caribbean

Answer 6

Latin America and the Caribbean

Question 7

The maternal mortality ratio is:

Answer 7

The number of women who die as a result of pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100 000 live births in a given year

Question 8

Mental health issues are projected to increase in importance in all income groups over the period 2004 to 2030. The largest percentage increase will occur in:

Answer 8

Low-middle income countries

Question 9

Which type of intervention is typically targeted at people with early, asymptomatic disease, so that health problems can be diagnosed before they become so severe that the individuals with them seek health services?

Answer 9

Secondary prevention

Question 10

The number for neonatal mortality rate is:

Answer 10

The number of deaths of infants under 28 days och age in a given year

Question 11

Which of the following are most likely to be the top three causes of DALYs in sub-Saharan Africa?
a) Protein-energy malnutrition, HIV/AIDS, measles
b) Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, perinatal conditions
c) Malaria, HIV/AIDS, lower respiratory infections
d) HIV/AIDS, malaria, measles

Answer 11

c) Malaria, HIV/AIDS, lower respiratory infections

Question 12

Which intervention would be the most cost-effective for averting DALYs in South Asia?

Answer 12

Childhood vaccines

Question 13

What would buy you the most health gained for the least cost?

Answer 13

Childhood vaccination

Question 14

To decrease the number of new HIV infections, on which age group would you focus?

Question 15

Which statement about health expenditure and outcomes is false?
* Sri Lanka spends relatively little on health and has a relatively higher life expectancy
than many countries that spend a higher share of GDP on health
* Cuba spends a relatively high share of its GDP on health and has a low life expectancy
* Kenya spends a relatively low share of its GDP on health and has low life expectancy
* The U.S. spends a relatively high share of its GDP on health and has lower life
expectancy than many countries that spend a lower share of GDP on health

Answer 15

• Cuba spends a relatively high share of its GDP on health and has a low life expectancy

Question 16

One of the primary goals of humanitarian disaster response is to:
* Promote a return to normalcy
* Promote government foreign policies
* Promote the implementation of NGOs
* Promote vaccine use

Answer 16

Promote a return to normalcy

Question 17

Which statement about low- and middle-income countries is false?
* Urban dwellers are generally less healthy than rural dwellers
* Poor people suffer more smoking- and alcohol-related diseases than better-off people
do, as a share of their total burden of disease
* Women suffer a number of conditions that relate to their weak social positions

Answer 17

Urban dwellers are generally less healthy than rural dwellers