Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Center for Local Public Health Services What is Public Health?
Public health’s disease control efforts have led to a sharp decline in deaths from infectious diseases since 1900
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Public health’s disease control efforts have led to a sharp decline in deaths from infectious diseases since 1900.Missouri’s Public Health System However, as these infectious diseases decreased, chronic diseases increased.Missouri’s Public Health System “Health is worth more than learning.”Missouri’s Public Health System “Health is worth more than learning.”-Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)letter to his cousin John Garland Jefferson,June 11, 1790Top Five Leading Causes of Death, Missouri 2005Tobacco UseProportion of Current Smokers Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Older, Missouri and the U.S., 1990-2006 Tobacco UseProportion of Current Smokers Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Older, by Region, Missouri, 2006 Northwest: 23.4% Kansas City Area: 20% Southwest: 23.8% Northeast: 26.6% Central: 31.1% St. Louis Area: 19.8% Southeast: 29.7% BOONE AUDRAIN HOWARD CHARITON SALINE MORGAN PETTIS CARROLL COLE COOPER MILLER CAMDEN MONT-GOMERY GASCONADE PULASKI LACLEDE DENT POLK GREENE WEBSTER WRIGHT DOUGLAS HOWELL SHANNON CARTER WAYNE MADISON BOLLINGER ST. FRANCOIS STE. GENEVIEVE WASHINGTON JEFFERSON PERRY CAPE GIRARDEAU SCOTT MISSISSIPPI STODDARD BUTLER PEMISCOT DUNKLIN ST. LOUIS ST. CHARLES LINCOLN PIKE MACON MONROE JOHNSON LAFAYETTE JACKSON RAY CLAY PLATTE CLINTON BUCHANAN ATCHISON NODAWAY LAWRENCE JASPER BARRY TANEY WORTH HARRISON MERCER PUTNAM SCHUYLER SCOTLAND CLARK HOLT ANDREW GENTRY DEKALB GRUNDY DAVIESS SULLIVAN ADAIR LINN LIVINGSTON CALDWELL KNOX SHELBY RANDOLPH LEWIS MARION RALLS CALLAWAY CASS WARREN FRANKLIN CRAWFORD IRON REYNOLDS TEXAS MARIES NEW MADRID RIPLEY OREGON DALLAS HICKORY BENTON ST. CLAIR HENRY CEDAR DADE BARTON VERNON BATES STONE McDONALD NEWTON CHRISTIAN OZARK MONITEAU OSAGE PHELPS ObesityProportion of Obesity Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Older, Missouri and the U.S., 1990-2006 ObesityNorthwest: 28.6% Kansas City Area: 28.3% Southwest: 26.7% Northeast: 30.5% Central: 25.1% St. Louis Area: 23% Southeast: 32.6% Proportion of Obesity Among Adults Aged 18 Years and Older, by Region, Missouri, 2006 BOONE AUDRAIN HOWARD CHARITON SALINE MORGAN PETTIS CARROLL COLE COOPER MILLER CAMDEN MONT-GOMERY GASCONADE PULASKI LACLEDE DENT POLK GREENE WEBSTER WRIGHT DOUGLAS HOWELL SHANNON CARTER WAYNE MADISON BOLLINGER ST. FRANCOIS STE. GENEVIEVE WASHINGTON JEFFERSON PERRY CAPE GIRARDEAU SCOTT MISSISSIPPI STODDARD BUTLER PEMISCOT DUNKLIN ST. LOUIS ST. CHARLES LINCOLN PIKE MACON MONROE JOHNSON LAFAYETTE JACKSON RAY CLAY PLATTE CLINTON BUCHANAN ATCHISON NODAWAY LAWRENCE JASPER BARRY TANEY WORTH HARRISON MERCER PUTNAM SCHUYLER SCOTLAND CLARK HOLT ANDREW GENTRY DEKALB GRUNDY DAVIESS SULLIVAN ADAIR LINN LIVINGSTON CALDWELL KNOX SHELBY RANDOLPH LEWIS MARION RALLS CALLAWAY CASS WARREN FRANKLIN CRAWFORD IRON REYNOLDS TEXAS MARIES NEW MADRID RIPLEY OREGON DALLAS HICKORY BENTON ST. CLAIR HENRY CEDAR DADE BARTON VERNON BATES STONE McDONALD NEWTON CHRISTIAN OZARK MONITEAU OSAGE PHELPS Core Public Health General Revenue Funding Per CapitaFiscal Year Missouri Public Health and You
Test1. A public health nursing department seeks data to confirm that its service is most efficiently using limited resources. This type of analysis is known as:A. a cost-benefit analysis.B. a cost-effectiveness analysis.C. cost documentation.D. productivity analysis.2. The author of a research study states that the lack of statistical significance in the results may be related to the sample size and suggests that the study be replicated with a larger sample. Which statement is accurate?A. An exact replication may produce the same results.B. Replication of a well-designed study is appropriate.C. Sample size is not important if the appropriate statistical techniques are applied.D. Sample size is not related to statistical significance, so the author's suggestion is illogical.3. Which rate is produced by dividing the number of deaths during one year by the estimated (mid-year) population?A. Crude deaths B. Morbidity incidenceC. Mortality prevalence D. Proportional population rate4. Within an epidemiological framework, interrelationships among a multitude of factors constitute the:A. confounding variables.B. natural history of a disease.C. systems effect.D. web of causation.5. A statistical source for population age distributions, dependency ratios, and socioeconomic characteristics is:5. A statistical source for population age distributions, dependency ratios, and socioeconomic characteristics is:A. census data.B. morbidity data.C. service utilization data.D. vital statistics.6. Which scale refers to levels of magnitude or ranking?A. IntervalB. NominalC. OrdinalD. Ratio7. Which type of power is associated with the role of the advanced public health nurse?A. ExpertB. LegitimateC. ReferentD. Reward8. A grant proposal for a domestic violence prevention program addresses which characteristic of the target population?A. Current health care needsB. Prevalent risk factorsC. Specific health conditionsD. Utilization of health care services9. Surveying clients' knowledge of resources, identifying resource eligibility criteria, and comparing income levels with agency fee structures are steps in which part of the grant proposal process?9. Surveying clients' knowledge of resources, identifying resource eligibility criteria, and comparing income levels with agency fee structures are steps in which part of the grant proposal process?A. BudgetingB. EvaluationC. Needs assessmentD. Program design10. When assessing a community's health care needs, an advanced public health nurse interviews a first-grade teacher and the editor of the weekly news bulletin. The nurse is using which data collection method?A. Key informantB. Nominal groupC. Participant observerD. Social surveyDownload 1.9 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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