Chapter 3 Knowledge Check

Chapter 3

Quiz yourself using the following chapter review questions to check how well you can recall the material.

Review Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a Healthy People 2030 objective related to economic stability?
   a. Reducing the number of families who lack stable access to food
   b. Providing a universal basic income for all U.S. citizens
   c. Improving workplace safety to reduce the number of workplace injuries
   d. Raising the number of individuals living above the poverty line
2. Which of these Healthy People 2030 categories focuses on improving neighborhoods? (Select all that apply)
   a. Economic stability
   b. Education access and quality
   c. Healthcare access and quality
   d. Neighborhood and built environment
   e. Social and community context
3. Which category of Healthy People 2030 directly addresses minimizing “equity gaps that interfere with access to higher education, well-paying jobs and services”?
   a. Economic stability
   b. Education access and quality
   c. Neighborhood and Built Environment
   d. Social and Community Context
4. The Dickey Amendment prohibits using federal funding to study gun death, true or false?
5. This term refers to the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states among specific populations and the application of that knowledge to control health problems.
   a. Distribution
   b. Determinants
   c. Epidemiology
   d. Pathology
6. During COVID-19, the public health sector of the U.S. federal government provided at-home tests, drive-up testing, meals for school children, and vaccine research for the population of the U.S., true or false?
7. __________________________ focus on improving the quality of life and longevity of people with chronic illnesses.
8. Systemic __________________________ underlies many disparities in social determinants of health that vary between ethnic or racial groups.
9. What is one benefit of removing racial coefficients from kidney function tests?
   a. Younger patients can now get tested for kidney function
   b. Asian patients had higher rates of kidney function testing done
   c. Black patients had higher rates of kidney transplant eligibility
   d. Native American patients had poorer results of kidney function testing
10. Which of the following is NOT an example of how religion might affect health?
    a. Family planning and contraceptive values
    b. Euthanasia and assisted dying beliefs
    c. Dietary restrictions or guidelines
    d. Access to clean air and water

Answer Key

1. b. Providing a universal basic income for all U.S. citizens
2. d. Neighborhood and built environment; e. Social and community context
3. b. Education access and quality
4. False
5. c. Epidemiology
6. True
7. Tertiary interventions
8. Racism
9. c. Black patients had higher rates of kidney transplant eligibility
10. d. Access to clean air and water