Quiz 2: Chapter 46

Question 1

Federal Public Health Agencies

Answer 1

Develop regulations that implement policies formulated by Congress, provide a significant amount of funding to state and territorial health agencies for public health activities, survey the nation’s health status and health needs, set practices and standards, provide expertise that facilitates evidence-based practice, coordinate public health activities that cross state lines, and support health services research.

Question 2

Incident Commander

Answer 2

Public health nurses respond to community-wide disease outbreaks within the framework of the incident command structure.

Question 3

Local Public Health Agencies

Answer 3

Have responsibilities that vary depending on the locality, but they are the agencies that are responsible for implementing and enforcing local, state, and federal public health codes and ordinances and providing essential public health programs to a community.

Question 4

Partnerships

Answer 4

Public health is built on partnerships.

Question 5

Public Health Program

Answer 5

Are designed with the goal of improving a population’s health status.

Question 6

Public Health

Answer 6

Not a branch of medicine; it is an organized community approach designed to prevent disease, promote health, and protect populations.

Question 7

Public Health Nursing

Answer 7

The health of communities is a shared responsibility that requires a variety of diverse and often nontraditional partnerships.

Question 8

State Public Health Agency

Answer 8

Managed by a state health commissioner.