Unit 1-A3: Assessment for the Core Functions of Public Health

Question 1

Health policy and management or health administration is one of the 5 Areas of Public Health.

Answer 1

-FALSE

Question 2

The purpose of this study is to better understand disease causation and to prevent disease in groups of individuals

Answer 2

-Epidemiology

Question 3

Which of the following areas of public health is concerned as the basic science of public health

Answer 3

-Epidemiology

Question 4

Policy Development involves the action to inform, educate and empower people about health issues

Answer 4

-TRUE

Question 5

Main task of prevention is to develop interventions designed to prevent specific problems that have been identified through an assessment process

Answer 5

-TRUE

Question 6

Assessment, Policy Development and Assurance are the three core functions of public health

Answer 6

-TRUE

Question 7

The study of distribution and determinants of health-related states or event in specified population, and the application of this study to the control of health problems

Answer 7

-Epidemiology

Question 8

Which area of public health is concerned with preventing the spread of disease through water, air, and food?

Answer 8

-Environmental Science

Question 9

Biomedical Sciences provides understanding on the nature of causative agents (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites)

Answer 9

-True