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| - Office of the Secretary |
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| - Administration for Children & Families |
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| - Administration on Aging |
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| - Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality |
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| - Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry |
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| - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention |
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| - Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
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| - Food & Drug Administration |
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| - Health Resources & Services Administration |
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| - National Institutes of Health |
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| - Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration |
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| Priority Areas for DHHS under the OBAMA Administration: |
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- HIV/AIDS
- Chronic Disease Prevention Program
- Food Safety Issues (FDA)
- H1N1 (CDC) |
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| DHHS: Potential Challenges |
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- Inefficient sharing of information at local, state and federal levels
- Bureaucratic red tape
- Budget cuts
- New administration in 2009? |
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| True or False the CDC only looks at infectious diseases? |
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| CDC: Major responsibilities: |
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- Health promotion
- Disease Prevention
- Emergency and disaster preparedness |
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| Public health focus is the Prevent and control of: |
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- Infectious diseases
- Chronic diseases
- Injuries and workplace hazards
- Disabilities
- Environmental health threats |
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| True or False the CDC is involved in Global Issues |
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- TRUE
- Example: Epidemiologist from the CDC will go to another country and try to determine the epidemiology of a disease and ways to fight the disease |
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| What agencies are active in Autism? |
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| Health Protection Goals of the CDC: |
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- Healthy People
- Healthy Places
- Disater Preparedness
- GLOBAL HEALTH |
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- Autism(also DHHS)
- HIV/AIDS
- Pandemic Flu |
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| Current activities as part of the Department of Health and Human Services include all of the following EXCEPT: - a. Food safety (as part of the FDA) - b. Medical research (as part of NIH) - c. Environmental health concerns (as part of EPA) - d. Substance abuse (as part of SAMHSA) |
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| C. Environmental health concerns (as part of EPA) |
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One method of determining the strengths and weaknesses of DHHS is to visit the website "expectmore.gov”. Which of the following is the rating system that this website uses to determine if DHHS’ programs are performing well (i.e. DHHS’ strengths)?
-a. “effective”, “moderately effective”, “adequate”
-b. “excellent”, “very good”, “good”
-c. “A”, “B”, “C”
-d. this website does not have a rating system |
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| a. “effective”, “moderately effective”, “adequate” |
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Public health focus areas of the CDC include:
-a. Chronic diseases
-b. Workplace hazards
-c. Environmental health threats
-d. all of the above |
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Which of the following is NOT considered a strength of the CDC?
-a. Scientific advances in identify the causes of illness
-b. Agreeing with local and regional agencies on who should get the H1N1 vaccine.
-c. Awareness programs to help people make healthier lifestyle choices.
-d. Developing strategies to eliminate health disparities and improve the health care of children.
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| b. Agreeing with local and regional agencies on who should get the H1N1 vaccine. |
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Potential challenges for DHHS may come from:
-a. The Obama Administration
-b. Congress -c.conflicts with local and state health authorities -d. all of the above |
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The CDC was initially formed to respond to:
a. injuries in the workplace
b. infectious disease threats
c. chronic illnesses such as diabetes and hypertension
d. environmental health threats |
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| b. infectious disease threats |
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Which of the following are focus areas for the CDC?
a. autism
b. HIV/AIDS
c. pandemic flu
d. all of the above |
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Potential strengths of the CDC include all of the following except:
a. Awareness programs to help people make healthier lifestyle choices.
b. Describing methods and safe practices to prevent injury.
c. Working with pharmaceutical manufacturers on improving drug labeling.
d. Developing strategies to improve the healthcare of children. |
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| c. Working with pharmaceutical manufacturers on improving drug labeling. |
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| Which of the following is a TRUE statement about healthcare in the elderly population? -a. Healthier lifestyles and medical innovations now allow elderly members to live well into their 80s and 90s. -b. Many who reach significant seniority find that they are easily able to find assistance and companionship in their daily activities. -c. With recent concerns with H1N1, those over 65 years of age have the greatest concerns with contracting this illness. -d. Due to poverty and pollution, it is estimated that a there will be an insignificant increase in life expectancy for those children born today. |
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| -a. Healthier lifestyles and medical innovations now allow elderly members to live well into their 80s and 90s. |
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| True statements about health concerns in the elderly: -a. The risk of disease and disability is an inevitable consequence of aging. -b. Like their younger counterparts, regular health screenings and avoiding tobacco use are some measure to improve health. -c. Depression and suicide occur less frequently in the very old. -d. b and c only |
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| -b. Like their younger counterparts,regular health screenings and avoiding tobacco use are some measure to improve health. |
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