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  • The maximum age to enroll a child in CHIP is how old?
  • In the LOGIC model, the step describing providing the program by listing necessary resources is which?
  • Asset mapping focuses on positive aspects of a community for which purpose?
  • ___ shows the concentration of disease.
  • What does the MAPP model stand for?
  • Which sequence accurately lists the four steps of health program planning?
  • Which strategies are recommended for obesity prevention at the population level?
  • CHIP stands for
  • What are key principles of risk communication in public health?
  • Which assessment model features end-in-mind, upfront evaluation, and a living document/action plan?
  • What is the purpose of a data use agreement in public health research?
  • Which contaminants are typically tested in community water quality assessments?
  • Health literacy impacts on health outcomes include what?
  • Which statement correctly relates cumulative incidence and incidence proportion?
  • Which of the following best describes the role of a public health nurse in policy advocacy?
  • Differentiate simple randomization from block randomization.
  • Which of the following are nursing roles with public health policy?
  • Ecological studies differ from individual-level analytic studies in that they use which type of data?
  • What is a QALY best described as?
  • Which statement best describes ICER for decision making?
  • Which statement is NOT one of Hill's criteria for causation?
  • KEEPRA helps assess community attributes related to which domains?
  • _____ includes data collected directly by the assessment team (for example, windshield survey).
  • When conducting a program evaluation, which two aspects should be ensured?
  • Within PROCEED, which component refers to the rules and guidelines governing program implementation?
  • Community organizing most frequently occurs in which type of communities?
  • Which strategy helps ensure there is no bias in community input?
  • What metrics best indicate the effectiveness of workplace wellness programs?
  • Which of the following sets includes the constructs described in the Health Belief Model?
  • What are the three basic terms relevant to community assessments?
  • What do setting-specific assessments do?
  • Which method provides ongoing public health indicators over time, while another measures actual environmental contaminants through samples?
  • Where does the needs assessment typically occur in the program planning process?
  • In the LOGIC model, which term describes changes expected 7-10 years after program completion?
  • Which of the following is included in disease control, epidemiology, surveillance, and regulation by local health departments?
  • Medicaid is a federal program that is jointly funded by the federal and state governments.
  • Explain what a population is.
  • Which statement about population-focused assessments is true?
  • The CHANGE model is based on which model?
  • Which of the following is an essential step in conducting a community health needs assessment?
  • What does social acceptability refer to in the context of public health policy?
  • What is the final step in the LOGIC model?
  • Which statement correctly differentiates centralized and decentralized public health departments?
  • Can nurses mandate public health actions?
  • Which phrase correctly defines PRECEDE?
  • What is the focus of asset mapping?
  • Healthy People 2030 focuses on improving health status and outcomes how often?
  • Which is the first step of the LOGIC model?
  • Which program provides health coverage to children in families with incomes too high for Medicaid but too low for private insurance?
  • Equity is defined as which of the following?
  • Identify the three roles of public health nurses.
  • The Relative Inequality Index (RII) is used to quantify health disparities in what way?
  • TANF stands for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
  • In Theory of Planned Behavior, which components predict intention and behavior?
  • “Numbers” data is best described as which type?
  • Which activity is commonly part of TB prevention efforts?
  • Why should evaluation be included at the beginning of the assessment process in the CHANGE model?
  • The impact stage of the LOGIC model corresponds to improvements expected over how many years?
  • Health Impact Assessment focuses on how policies, programs, and projects affect life and health.
  • What population does CHIP primarily provide coverage for?
  • Which function best describes the role of GIS in public health?
  • Developing community capacity primarily increases what outcome?
  • Cumulative incidence over a specified period is best defined as which of the following?
  • Medicare provides payment for hospital care, long-term care, and pharmaceutical, physician, and other services to which groups?
  • Which sequence outlines the steps of an outbreak investigation?
  • Health literacy is defined as what, and what are its public health implications?
  • A decentralized public health department is characterized by which of the following?
  • How many steps are described in the LOGIC model?
  • Who decides eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid?
  • Which is an example of primary data collection?
  • Which program is described as focusing on nutrition for at-risk populations including pregnant women, new mothers, and young children?
  • Social Security provides benefits to eligible people and their dependents, as well as people with disabilities who qualify.
  • The needs assessment is part of the evaluation phase: True or False?
  • Which statement describes a test with high sensitivity and low specificity?
  • A primary difference between primary and tertiary prevention is that tertiary prevention aims to...
  • What is a main limitation of cross-sectional studies?
  • Which step of the LOGIC model describes the evidence of service delivery produced by activities?
  • KEEPRA stands for which acronym?
  • In meta-analysis, what is the key distinction between fixed-effects and random-effects models?
  • What is the goal of community health assessments?
  • In the LOGIC model, which step corresponds to changes expected 1-3 years and 4-6 years later?
  • If a child has no primary provider and is at school, who serves as the primary provider?
  • Which statement correctly defines incidence rate in comparison to prevalence?
  • What is the most important thing about a community-based participatory research?
  • WIC provides nutritional supplements to which groups?
  • Which of the following is NOT listed among the most common maternal and child health services?
  • In a logic model, which term refers to the long-term changes expected after completion?
  • Which statement about likelihood ratios is true?
  • Which service is commonly provided by a school nurse?
  • The example of building a park for kids to reduce obesity and noticing a hardware store with materials and a good land space illustrates which concept?
  • WIC stands for
  • Which of the following is a category of LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT activities?
  • Which model served as the basis for planning models such as MAPP and CHANGE?
  • Which surveillance type is defined by actively seeking cases rather than relying on reports?
  • Which role best describes how nurses can contribute to public health departments in the community?
  • Setting-specific assessments focus on?
  • TANF cash assistance is generally limited to how many months in an adult's lifetime?
  • Which of the following are examples of population-focused assessments?
  • DALYs and QALYs are used in public health decision making primarily to do what?
  • Which metric is commonly used to assess biometric impact of workplace wellness programs?
  • How is vaccine effectiveness measured in populations, and how does it differ from vaccine efficacy?
  • Which statement best defines a population-focused assessment?
  • In health impact assessment, whose findings inform policy decisions?
  • Which statement is true about sensitivity and specificity?
  • Where does the PRECEDE model begin?
  • A relative risk of 2.0 for disease in exposed versus unexposed groups indicates what?
  • In survey sampling, what does the design effect describe?
  • Which type of data is represented by beliefs, opinions, and ideas?
  • Which statement about secondary data is true?
  • In program evaluation, which two aspects are emphasized?
  • Community organizing that targets lower-resourced, disenfranchised communities to pursue social justice illustrates which concept?
  • What is the role of IRB oversight in public health research?
  • KEEPRA includes which domain addressing organized groups and associations?
  • What causes nonresponse bias and how can it be mitigated?
  • Which strategy is appropriate for the late majority in Diffusion of Innovations?
  • Type II error is defined as which of the following?
  • Medicaid is funded by which levels of government?
  • Which of the following is NOT one of the three aspects of a community included in asset mapping?
  • Public health policy is defined as policies that are intended to direct or influence actions, behaviors, or decisions that influence the health of populations.
  • Vital statistics include which event?
  • Which statement correctly describes WIC benefits for breastfeeding mothers?
  • What strategies promote the sustainability of community health programs after initial funding ends?
  • Program goals should be which of the following?
  • A centralized public health department is operated by which entity, and how many states use this method?
  • Define a comprehensive assessment.
  • _____ includes data collected for another purpose (for example, census data).
  • Which evaluation occurs at the end of a program when outcomes are assessed?
  • WIC is administered by which federal agency?
  • Which statement correctly defines sensitivity and specificity?
  • Which indicators are commonly used to assess maternal and child health?
  • Education is a social determinant of health.
  • Which framework is used to guide cultural competence in public health?
  • Which metrics are commonly used to assess water quality in community health?
  • Which of the following is commonly considered during program evaluation?
  • In PRECEDE-PROCEED, PRECEDE addresses which types of factors?
  • Which element is included in the MAPP model?
  • The statement 'Public health departments report each STI case to the state department of health, which then reports to the CDC' is true.
  • Political feasibility refers to which of the following?
  • What is the best model to use for developing a program with community stakeholders?
  • In hypothesis testing, which statement best distinguishes a p-value from a confidence interval?
  • Describe what the nurse's role in a setting-specific assessment is.
  • Which statement is true about the relationship between population attributable risk (PAR) and relative risk (RR)?
  • In outbreak settings, which entity is often responsible for mass immunization?
  • What is the rapid needs assessment and when is it used?
  • Which of the following is a category of LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT activities?
  • If there is a reportable STI case, who should you contact?
  • What core public health functions were identified in the 1988 report titled The Core of Public Health?
  • If a diagnostic test has LR- < 1, what does it signify when the test is negative?
  • What is a nurse's role in budgeting and program planning?
  • Vital statistics are part of which data collection category?
  • How do you interpret a 95% confidence interval for a mean difference that does not include zero?
  • Which statement correctly describes how disease prevalence affects positive predictive value (PV+)?
  • In Diffusion of Innovations, which group is typically the first to adopt new ideas?
  • Type I error is defined as which of the following?
  • What are the three aspects of a community included in asset mapping?
  • What is confounding, and how can stratification help control it?
  • Which function is a local health department activity related to licensing?
  • Which statement describes the phase of emergency management that includes evacuation and shelters?
  • Which action reflects TB prevention effort focused on education?
  • What is a key limitation of ecological studies?
  • In a Health Impact Assessment, whose findings inform the development and implementation of policies, programs, and projects?
  • What is important about creating a SMART goal?
  • A DALY combines which of the following components?
  • The Indian Health Service (IHS) may refer tribal members for services. True or false?
  • Which element is used to rank individuals on a social dimension when quantifying health disparities with RII?
  • What are community statistics used for?
  • A community diagnosis includes which elements?
  • What is the first step to any community assessment?
  • In a randomized trial, blinding helps reduce bias by concealing allocation from which parties?
  • Medicaid eligibility includes which groups?
  • Who is responsible for getting a call on food poisoning?
  • Qualitative data would come from whom?
  • Which are common environmental health hazards typically assessed in communities?
  • In the LOGIC model, the step describing addressing the problem by listing the activities to undertake?
  • What is ICER and how is it used in decision making?
  • Medicare eligibility includes which groups?
  • Which is a tertiary intervention a public health nurse can use when teens are vaping?
  • PROCEED stands for?
  • Why is it recommended to have an end date in health program planning?
  • Health Impact Assessment is a means of assessing health impacts of policies, plans, and projects in diverse economic sectors using quantitative, qualitative, and participatory techniques.
  • Who is included in the first step of a community assessment?
  • In Social Cognitive Theory, what is self-efficacy?
  • An important education point for TB management is to ensure what?
  • What is a main advantage of cross-sectional studies?
  • When community members are engaged as full partners in an assessment, this describes what?
  • What is community capacity?
  • SNAP is commonly known as the food stamp program administered by which agency?
  • Which phase of emergency management includes preparedness activities such as training and stockpiling?
  • Define information bias and give an example.
  • Which statement best describes the role of stakeholders and key informants in the needs assessment phase?
  • Which data types are typically collected in a community health needs assessment?
  • HIA uses which methods?
  • During the evaluation phase of a program, which item is typically examined to inform decisions about re-evaluation?
  • As a nurse, you have the authority to quarantine individuals during an outbreak.
  • Which statement best describes CHIP?
  • What is essential when communicating findings during an outbreak investigation?
  • Reaching migrant populations is a component of TB prevention efforts.
  • Which statement is true about incidence rate calculations?
  • What does the planning include that uses findings from evaluation for program improvement so the program is sustained?
  • Upstream approaches address root causes at which level?
  • Medicaid provides financial assistance to states and counties for which groups?
  • A logic model in program planning typically includes which core components?
  • Which of the following are listed as special populations?
  • In the Health Belief Model, what are cues to action?
  • How does community health program planning begin?
  • Which type of public health surveillance actively seeks cases rather than waiting for clinician reports?
  • Which evaluation type occurs during development of the program while activities are being implemented for the first time?
  • What are vital statistics?
  • In a case-control study, why is the odds ratio used, and when does it approximate relative risk?
  • Which elements are included in a logic model for a community health initiative?
  • Which demonstrates accountability when a program is funded by the federal government?
  • What are the phases of the policy cycle in public health?
  • Define selection bias and give an example in a community health study.
  • In public health practice, what is the primary purpose of contact tracing in TB prevention?
  • In the CHANGE model, who helps with evaluation and creating community change?
  • What does MCL stand for in drinking water regulation?
  • Which of the following is an example of vital statistics?
  • Formative evaluation versus summative evaluation: which statement is correct?
  • What does the CHANGE model stand for?
  • Public health departments ensure communities receive federal funds due to them.
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