Preventive Medicine and Public Health Part 1

Mang Jose lost his vision because of bilateral retinal detachment. Fortunately, his building’s elevator has Braille on the elevator keys so he has no problem getting around. Mang Jose has:

Patient undergoes a screening test and a tumor was discovered. The screening advanced the time of diagnosis but no true
prolongation of life occurs because there are no effective treatments available. What form of bias is this?

The country of birth is an example of what measurement scale?

Screening for hypertension is an example of which level of prevention?

A researcher is conducting a study on the effects of exposure to arsenic and the development of skin cancer. He takes a group of patients with disease and compares them with case matched patients without the disease. The frequency of arsenic exposure is compared between the 2. Which of the following type of study is this?

This is an example of a sampling design wherein every kth element of the population is chosen.

Which of the following is the appropriate statistical test to analyze data comparing the prevalence of malnutrition between exclusively breastfed and non breastfed infants?

The incidence rate of cirrhosis is 80/100,000 person years for heavy alcoholic beverage drinkers and 10/100,000 for non alcoholic beverage drinkers. What is the relative risk of developing cirrhosis for heavy alcoholic beverage drinkers and nonalcoholic beverage drinkers?

A researcher wishes to test his new rapid test kit to diagnose malaria. He performs this test on 100 patients known to have malaria, 91 of which test positive. He then performs this test on 100 patients known not to have malaria, 12 of whom tests positive. What is the ability of the test to label negative those who do not have the disease?

An epidemiologist wishes to determine how fast people are added to the population through births. Which formula should be used?

Which of the following is a sensitive indicator of the standard of health care by analyzing the number of deaths over 50 years old?

This phase of communicable illness occurs in the environment. It is the preliminary interaction of potential agent, host and environmental factors in disease production.

The resistance of a group to invasion and spread of an infectious agent based on the immunity of a high proportion of individual members of the group, believed to be an important factor underlying the dynamics of propagated epidemic and periodicity of a disease is:

Which of the following family assessment tools is used to assess the capacity of the family to participate in provision of health care or to cope with crisis?

This stage of the family life cycle wherein there is increasing flexibility to boundaries to include children and independence. There is refocus on midlife, marital and career issues as well as beginning shift towards concern for older generations.

Which of the following is not a feature of Primary Health Care?

Which of the following Philippine Herbal Medicinal Plants is recommended for Diabetes?

A 4-year-old female patient comes to you because the pet dog licked her hand. PE revealed no break in the skin. What is the appropriate management?

Which of the following is an example of specific protection?

Which of the following is the millennium development goal aimed at combating HIV/AIDs, malaria, and other diseases?