HLTH 349 Midterm Exam Answers updated 2025/2026

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1. Communicable diseases remain a concern in the 21st century because they are the primary cause for 2. Differences in health among different populations defines: 3. True or False? Individuals with ... lower socioeconomic status have poorer health status 4. True or False? Choosing to eat wisely, regularly wearing a safety belt, and visiting the physician are examples of community/public health activities. 5. Actions that society takes collectively to ensure that the conditions in which people can be healthy can occur defines 6. The main reason for corporate involvement in community health is due to 7. True or False? Philanthropic foundations spend most of their efforts on fundraising. 8. Agencies that are funded primarily through tax dollars are referred to as 9. The largest and most visible international health agency is the 10. The power to arrest someone who refuses to undergo treatment for a communicable disease lies with 11. Morbidity rates measure: 12. True or False? An unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other health-related event in a particular population defines a pandemic. 13. True or False? Sometimes notifiable diseases are not reported to the local health department because patients recover without a diagnosis being confirmed. 14. How might health workers use U.S. Census data? 15. When mapping community capacity, the least accessible assets are: 16. True or False? A trial run of an intervention is a pilot test 17. True or False? Evaluation that is done during the planning and implementing processes is summative evaluation. 18. True or False? Those who the health promotion program is intended to serve are the priority population 19. For community organizing/building and health promotion programming efforts to be successful, people must: 20. True or False? In using a generic approach for community organizing, the first step in the process is recognizing the issue. 21. True or False? Community capacity is the characteristics of communities that affect their ability to identify, mobilize, and address social and public health problems. 22. True or False? Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of mortality in children 23. True or False? Nearly all maternal deaths occur in developing countries 24. The process of determining the preferred number and spacing of children in one's family and choosing the appropriate means to achieve this preference defines: 25. The overwhelming majority of all abortions are performed on 26. Health screenings, treatment for medical conditions, and education are important components of 27. True or False? The percentage of adults with diagnosed diabetes has decreased significantly over the past 20 years. 28. True or False? The percentage of children younger than 18 living in a single-parents family has been decreasing ever since 1965. 29. True or False? Mortality during adult years of life are primarily characterized by chronic diseases stemming from poor health behaviors and poor lifestyle choices made during the earlier years of life. 30. True or False? When looking at violence and behaviors of high school students, females are more likely than males to get in a fight or carry a weapon. 31. Most of the physical threat to health for adolescents and young adults stems from 32. A myth of common ancestry is a main feature of 33. People born in and owing allegiance to a country other than the one in which they live are referred to as: [Show More]

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