Chapter 13, 14, and 19 Quiz Flashcards
(23 cards)
Supreme Court decision <i>Jacobson v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts </i>upheld the state’s right to require vaccination for the common good
1905
Prohibition was passed by a constitutional amendment
1919
New York State’s decision to close bathhouses in New York City was upheld by the courts
1985
Surgeon General issued the report <i>Smoking and Health</i>, the first authoritative statement from the federal government that smoking caused cancer and other life-threatening diseases
1964
True or False? Opponents of explicit education about safe sex feel that young people should be taught that they can protect themselves only by abstinence.
True
True or False? When public health is broadly defined, even murder and assault are public health issues.
True
The ______________________ to health education has become popular with college administrators to curb high-risk student drinking. (3 words)
social norms approach
True or False? During Prohibition, the rate of cirrhosis of the live declined to half that of 1910
true
True or False? Individuals must believe in a problem and in the existence of a solution before they will act to prevent the problem.
Correct!
true
True or False? Health status varies more among African Americans than among Hispanics.
false
Absence of ___________________ has been related to an increase in coronary heart disease, complications in pregnancy and delivery, suicide, and other unhealthy outcomes.
social support
True or False? Based on the health belief mode, the public health approach to changing behavior would be to convince people that they are vulnerable, that the threat is severe, and that certain actions are effective preventive measures.
true
Application of which model, at the interpersonal level, would lead to different strategies in a teen drug prevention program depending on the nature of the teens’ social relationships?
ecological model
Researchers at Harvard Medical School interviewed 10,000 adults asking questions designed to diagnose specific mental and substance abuse disorders
national comorbidity survey
A state-based telephone survey that conducts approximately 450,000 adult interviews each year
behavior risk factor surveillance system
Conducts in-person interviews with carefully selected representative households to identify serious psychological distress in the past 30 days
national health interview survey
Participants chosen from carefully selected representative households are asked question on number of mentally unhealthy days as well as questions designed to measure depression
national health and nutrition examination survey
The ____________________ is the source of the commonly cited findings about the high incidence and prevalence of mental illness in the United States.
national comorbidity survey
Which area of the United States generally has the highest prevalence of depression, serious psychological distress, and mean number of mentally unhealthy days?
southeastern
True or False? According to the World Health Organization, mental illnesses account for more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses, including cancer and heart disease.
true
Are important in some mental disorders including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
genetic factors
Neurophysiological deficits, difficult temperament, chronic physical illness, or below-average intelligence
individual factors
Severe marital discord, social disadvantage, overcrowding or large family size, paternal criminality, maternal mental disorder, and admission into foster care
family factors
