Midterm 1 Flashcards
(T/F) Public health is defined as the science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency through organized community efforts.
True
The Healthy People objectives have been most successful in the area of:
Life expectancy increase
An important skill that a public health nutritionist would need that a clinical nutritionist would probably NOT need is:
An ability to market nutrition programs
Fortifying milk with vitamin D is an example of _____________ prevention.
Primary
Conducting a screening of people at the mall for those at increased risk of diabetes and providing them with tips on how to lower their risk of diabetes is an example of ________ prevention.
Secondary
Counseling a patient who has had a heart attack about a heart healthy diet is an example of _______ prevention.
Tertiary
The new food label laws requiring that added sugar be specified on the Nutrition Facts label is an example of the _____________ based level of prevention.
Systems
Posters on the subway promoting a message of reducing sugar-sweetened drinks are examples of the ______________ based level of prevention.
Community
Educating a new mother on breastfeeding to support her infant’s health is an example of the _____________ based level of prevention.
Personal
Advocating for fast-food restaurants to provide information on the fat content of meals. This is an example of:
System approach
Education for the public and industry to produce low-fat foods is an example of:
Tertiary Prevention
A bias inherent in self-reported nutrition data is: (select two options)
- Recall bias
- Social bias
(T/F) A test with high sensitivity is able to correctly identify and classify individuals within the population who are truly malnourished as confirmed by test (a true positive).
True
Researchers are developing a non-invasive test for iron deficiency. Upon testing it, they find that everyone who is truly iron deficient is accurately identified. However, they also find that about 20% of people who are not iron deficient are identified as iron deficient by the test. The test has __________ for iron deficiency.
High sensitivity
A food frequency questionnaire designed to assess the fruit and vegetable intake of Hispanic teenagers is shown to underestimate their actual intake. Thus, the questionnaire has poor ____________.
Validity
