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What was the #1 risk factor for global DALYs in 2010?
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Drug Use
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High Blood Pressure
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Low Physical Activity
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Tobacco Smoking
Pregunta 2
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Infectious diseases kill more people every year than noncommunicable diseases do.
Pregunta 3
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Which of the following can facilitate analysis of the relationship between population health and spatial data?
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The Behavioral Surveillance Survey (BSS)
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Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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The Routine Health Information Network (RHINO)
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The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Pregunta 4
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According to the article, which of the following is NOT one of the three global drivers of rapid transitions in global health?
Pregunta 5
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How many Sustainable Development Goals are there?
Pregunta 6
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Which of the following MDG targets have been met?
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HIV
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TB
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Malaria
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All of the above
Pregunta 7
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What component of the United Nations authorizes the adoption of international development goals, including the SDGs and the MDGs?
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The General Assembly
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The Secretariat
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The Security Council
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The Trusteeship Council
Pregunta 8
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Approximately how many Global Health Initiatives (GHIs) currently exist?
Pregunta 9
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What is the number one cause of death throughout the world?
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HIV/AIDS
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Ischemic Heart Disease
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Malnutrition
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Cancer
Pregunta 10
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Which of the following is a key difference between global health estimates that come from UN Agencies compared to those from academic institutions?
Pregunta 11
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_______ describes “the freedom, scope, and mechanisms that governments have to choose, design and implement public policies to fulfill their aims”
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Chronicity
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Free will
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Policy capacity
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Policy space
Pregunta 12
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International travel with the purpose of seeking medical care, including surgeries, is rare and does not significantly contribute to the global spread of infections.
Pregunta 13
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What is the main source of healthcare financing in low income countries?
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Private prepaid plans
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Out of pocket spending
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Social health insurance
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Territorial government
Pregunta 14
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International trade mainly impacts infectious disease transmission, and has little effect on the global spread of chronic diseases.
Pregunta 15
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______ is a worldwide communication and data collection network of travel and tropical medicine clinics started more than a decade ago that systematically gathers information on ill international travelers and migrants.
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The GeoSentinel Network
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The Centers for Disease Control
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The Global Burden of Disease
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The Travelers Illness Database
Pregunta 16
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As of 2015, how many countries did not meet the 2006 World Health Report threshold of 22.8 skilled health professionals per 10 000 population?
Pregunta 17
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During the 1980s and 1990s, international financial institutions, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), embraced a set of economic policies known as:
Pregunta 18
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) came out of the:
Pregunta 19
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Globally, approximately how many people are pushed below the poverty line each year due to spending on healthcare?
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500 million
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100 million
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50 million
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1 million
Pregunta 20
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The global deficit of health workers is approximately:
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10.2 million
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7.2 million
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5.2 million
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1.2 million
Pregunta 21
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What pollutant affects more people than any other type?
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Nitrogen dioxide
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Ozone
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Particulate matter
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Sulfur dioxide
Pregunta 22
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What percentage of Canadian households is estimated to experience food insecurity?
Pregunta 23
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The right of peoples and sovereign states to democratically determine their own agricultural and food policies is known as:
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Food policy
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Food safety
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Food security
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Food sovereignty
Pregunta 24
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Unfair systematic differences in health that are judged to be avoidable by reasonable action are known as:
Pregunta 25
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The valued social networks and reciprocal social bonds that sustain human engagement and cooperation are known as:
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communities of care
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the human connection
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social capital
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systems of value
Pregunta 26
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The World Health Organization estimates that the majority (80%) of outdoor air pollution-related premature deaths are the result of:
Pregunta 27
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True or False: Both of the global Millenium Development Goal (MDG) targets for drinking water and sanitation were met.
Pregunta 28
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Which of the following is NOT considered a social determinant of health?
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Age
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Disability
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Education
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Income status
Pregunta 29
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_____ refers to the idea that each culture has developed its own ways of solving the problems of how to live together, obtain the essentials of life--such as food and shelter--and explain phenomena.
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Cultural appropriation
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Cultural competence
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Cultural relativism
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Cultural safety
Pregunta 30
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The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions is known as:
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Education level
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Empowerment
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Health literacy
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Individual agency
Pregunta 31
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Which of the following is NOT a major provider of funding for global health?
Pregunta 32
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Who was the first director general of the World Health Organization (WHO)?
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Hiroshi Nakajima
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Brock Chisholm
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Marcolino Candau
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Margaret Chan
Pregunta 33
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Under the governance principles of the UN system, _______ functions as the central governing body of the World Health Organization and is responsible for appointing the Director General, overseeing all major decision making, and approving the program budget.
Pregunta 34
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The bilateral aid agency of the United Kingdom is called:
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The Department for International Development (DFID)
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The United Agency for International Development (UAID)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Development (DFATD)
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None of the above
Pregunta 35
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The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is an example of which of the following:
Pregunta 36
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A large number of global health actors support the sharing of intellectual property, guideline development, and surveillance activities.
Pregunta 37
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The network of transnational actors that have a primary intent to improve health and the polylateral arrangements for governance, finance and delivery within which these actors operate is known as:
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The Global Health System
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The World Health Organization
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The International Health Network
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The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations
Pregunta 38
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The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) was founded before the World Health Organization (WHO).
Pregunta 39
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Which foundation was a significant player in international health in the early 20th century?
Pregunta 40
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The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership was initiated by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, UNDP, and the World Bank. When was RBM founded?
Pregunta 41
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The process by which populations shift from high rates of infectious disease and short life expectancies to increasing rates of chronic non-communicable diseases that have time to develop over longer life expectancies is known as: ______.
Pregunta 42
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Which of the following is essential for a successful multicultural collaboration?
Pregunta 43
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Critical reflectivity is a highly structured process that should be practiced according to specific guides.
Pregunta 44
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People or groups that are indirectly affected, either positively or negatively, by an effort or the actions of an agency, institution, or organization are known as:
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Key stakeholders
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Primary stakeholders
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Secondary stakeholders
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Non-stakeholders
Pregunta 45
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To build trust, what should be the first task of any public health intervention?
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Establish clear communication channels with the media
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Seek permission and get buy-in from local authorities
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Reach out to local communities
Pregunta 46
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_______ is an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide while emphasizing transnational health issues, determinants, and solutions, involving many disciplines within and beyond the health sciences, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, and synthasizing population based prevention with individual-level clinical care.
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Global Health
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Public Health
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International Health
Pregunta 47
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Individuals and groups who have an interest or share responsibilities in a given issue, such as policymakers, community leaders, special groups, and community members are known as:
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Stakeholders
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Communities
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Vulnerable populations
Pregunta 48
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Which of the following is NOT a major macro-level challenge that global health will likely face in the next decade?
Pregunta 49
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Which of the following can lead to distrust in public health?
Pregunta 50
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Which of the following is NOT a goal of community engagement in research?
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To assess the contextual acceptability of research
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To avoid exploitation
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To bring money to communities
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To ensure the relevance of findings
Pregunta 51
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The balancing of the positive features and benefits of a particular intervention, policy, or research study against its negative features and effects, when deciding whether or not to implement it is known as:
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Distributive Justice
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Egalitarianism
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Procedural Justice
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Proportionality
Pregunta 52
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When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted?
Pregunta 53
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Procedures for obtaining informed consent should always be the same, even in different cultural context, in order to maintain consistency and rigor.
Pregunta 54
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Prevention efforts that aim to shorten the duration of a condition after infection or onset are known as:
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Primary
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Secondary
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Tertiary
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None of the above
Pregunta 55
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The primary document that governs human subjects research in Canada is:
Pregunta 56
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Colonialism plays a fundamental role in the history of the field of global public health
Pregunta 57
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Which of the following are guidelines for the international conduct of research?
Pregunta 58
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Angelina is training to be a medical doctor and will be travelling to a developing country for a rotation. What are some steps that Angelina can take to help her adapt her skills to resource-limited settings?
Pregunta 59
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According to the psychosocial model of complete patient care, physicians must address not only a patient’s physical ailments, but his psychological and social needs as well.
Pregunta 60
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High-income countries spend about how many times more on health per capita than low-income countries?
Pregunta 61
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Which of the following is an essential right that states must fulfill under the 'core minimum obligation'?
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Access to the minimum essential food which is nutritionally adequate and safe
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Access to shelter, housing and sanitation and an adequate supply of safe drinking water
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The provision of essential drugs
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All of the above
Pregunta 62
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Which of the following is NOT a recommended strategy for low- and middle-income countries to address healthcare worker migration?
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Diversify skill-mix
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Increase health worker wages to match those in developed countries
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Place emphasis on non-wage retention strategies
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Promote circular migration
Pregunta 63
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Which of the following is widely considered to be the central instrument of protection of the right to health?
Pregunta 64
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four criteria by which to evaluate the right to health--according to General Comment 14 on the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights?
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Availability
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Accessability
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Acceptability
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Quality
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Quantity
Pregunta 65
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Trained and authorized health workers in communities carrying out a variety of healthcare tasks is known as _________.
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Community leadership
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Offloading
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Task sharing
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Traditional Medicine
Pregunta 66
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_____________ is a programming strategy of the World Health Organization (WHO) that was popularized in the 1970s. This strategy represented the WHO's effort to re-engage with human rights language.
Pregunta 67
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Which of the following is NOT a key principle of Community Based Participatory Research?
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Continually facilitating collaboration and partnership in each phase of the research
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Interrogating knowledge and action
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Partnering on the dissemination of research findings
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Researchers clearly determine the research question before engaging the community
Pregunta 68
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The principle of _________ seeks to guarantee that human rights are exercised without discrimination of any kind based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status such as disability, age, marital and family status, sexual orientation and gender identity, health status, place of residence, economic and social situation.
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Accountability
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Fairness
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Non-discrimination
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Universality
Pregunta 69
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According to World Health Organization estimates, what is the minimum annual cost per person (excluding basic needs) to ensure the right to health?
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$20 USD
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$40 USD
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$100USD
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$500USD
Pregunta 70
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Systematic, plausibly avoidable differences in health, varying according to levels of social advantage, are known as:
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Health inequities
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Poverty
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Disadvantage
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Health differences
Pregunta 71
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The permanence of structures, roles, and processes for prolonged periods of time (sometimes despite preferable alternatives) is known as _______. This phenomena can stifle economic and health systems development, particularly when created to privilege the interests of particular groups in society.
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Organizational norms
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Path dependence
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Resistance to change
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Rigidity
Pregunta 72
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Which of the following is NOT one of the seven main perspectives within the discipline of organizational studies?
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Contingency
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Complexity
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Institutional
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Relational
Pregunta 73
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_________ is an initiative that was created by The World Health Organization (WHO) to provide free access to thousands of journals for low- and middle-income institutions.
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Data Repository
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FOSCOLLAB
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HINARI
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WHOLIS
Pregunta 74
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The existence of structures and processes that allow a program to leverage resources to effectively implement and maintain evidence-based policies and activities is known as:
Pregunta 75
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Which of the following is a benefit of a community dialogue?
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Build the capacity of the group to act on ideas
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Focus corporate and organizational investment towards community benefit
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Generate local media attention
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All of the above
Pregunta 76
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Which of the following is NOT an international document that is focused on the importance of country ownership in development?
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The Accra Agenda for Action (2008)
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The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005)
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Guidelines from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
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The Paris Agreement (2016)
Pregunta 77
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Which of the following is NOT a prerequisite of effective research?
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Individual research skills and ability
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Appropriate infrastructure
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Relevance to national policies
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The ability to contribute to global research and policy needs
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Technological advancements
Pregunta 78
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A community asset can be:
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A person
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A physical structure
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A community service
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A business
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All of the above
Pregunta 79
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Which of the following has been a criticism of the term 'community capacity building'?
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it is too expensive to conduct
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it implies that experts ‘teach’ communities what to do
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it takes too much time
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communities do not want to build their own capacity
Pregunta 80
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According to The WHO European Office for Investment for Health Development, the resources that individuals and communities have at their disposal, which protect against negative health outcomes and/or promote health status are known as:
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Health assets
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Strengths
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Health promotion skills
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All of the above
Pregunta 81
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What report or document is called for at the beginning of the project lifecycle?
Pregunta 82
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Circumstances beyond the control of the project manager or government that might impact the success of an international development project are known as _________.
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Cultural factors
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Managerial factors
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Physical factors
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None of the above
Pregunta 83
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__________ is intended to help plan effectively for a project by breaking key tasks or activities into more manageable and smaller units of work.
Pregunta 84
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The specific changes in program participants’ behavior, knowledge, skills, status and level of functioning are known as __________.
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Goals
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Objectives
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Outcomes
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Outputs
Pregunta 85
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Which of the following is a systematic and visual way to represent how a program works?
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A Logic Model
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The Planning Cycle
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Program Framework
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None of the above
Pregunta 86
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Which of the following is a horizontal bar chart used in project scheduling?
Pregunta 87
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Which of the following is a limitation of the logic model?
Pregunta 88
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As the gold standard for evidence in public health, public health interventions, priorities, and policies should always be grounded in randomized control trials.
Pregunta 89
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Which of the following is NOT a reason why the logic model is an effective tool in program design, implementation, and evaluation?
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It logically links activities and effects
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It is visually engaging
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It provokes thought and triggers questions
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It includes forces known to influence the desired outcomes
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It displays the 'whole picture' of what is going on with a project
Pregunta 90
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Which of the following types of statements are based on the results of Randomized Control Studies?
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Plausability statements
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Probability statements
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Adequacy statements
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All of the above
Pregunta 91
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Which of the following should NOT be included in a situation analysis?
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A comprehensive plan for program implementation
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Facts describing the epidemiology, demography and health status of a population
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An assessment of the current health situation as compared to the expectations and needs of a country
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An assessment of stakeholder positions
Pregunta 92
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A situation analysis is a collection of facts describing the epidemiology, demography and health status of the population.
Pregunta 93
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When should community needs and assets be assessed?
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Prior to planning a global health intervention
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During program implementation
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At the end of a program
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Multiple times on an ongoing basis throughout all program stages
Pregunta 94
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It is more important to assess community needs than it is to assess community assets and resources.
Pregunta 95
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Individual-level interventions are characterized by higher levels of personal interaction between the targets of the interventions and their providers and are more likely to be based on psychosocial or biomedical explanations for behavior.
Pregunta 96
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Systems thinking is specific to the field of public health.
Pregunta 97
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Advertisements by a national government encouraging physical activity in its populace are an example of what level of intervention?
Pregunta 98
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An intervention to get hospitalized cancer patients to give up smoking to promote recovery from their surgery is an example of what type of health intervention?
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Primary
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Secondary
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Tertiary
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None of the above
Pregunta 99
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Community leaders and policy makers are examples of:
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Agents of change
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Targets of change
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All of the above
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None of the above
Pregunta 100
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Which of the following is NOT one of the four areas that a situation analysis gathers information in?
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The problem, its severity and its causes
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The people affected by the problem
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The broad context in which the problem exists
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Factors inhibiting or facilitating behavior change
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Financial resources for potential interventions