Exam 2 Flashcards
(30 cards)
As described in Mountains Beyond Mountains, this physician was influential in Paul Farmer’s intellectual development.
Rudolf Virchow.
Options include Julianna DeWolf, Graham Greene, and others.
Partners in Health found that this tuberculosis program in Peru was ineffective in treating multidrug resistant forms of the disease.
DOTS.
Options include GOBI, GAVI, and others.
Which of the following characterized the general health situation in Haiti in the post-independence period?
All of the above.
Includes a lack of clean water, high rates of malnutrition, and significant mortality from diarrheal diseases.
At its peak in the United States, HIV was the leading cause of death of this demographic group:
People 25-44 years of age.
Options include children ages 1-5 years and people 50 years old and older.
Which individual inspired Partners in Health leadership to undertake tuberculosis control in Peru?
Jack Roussin
Options include Todd McCormack, Jack Roussin, and others.
Which nickname was Paul Farmer referred to at times?
PJ
Includes Paul Foreigner, P.J., and Pel.
This antiretroviral drug was among the first biomedically approved therapy to treat HIV in the United States:
AZT.
Options include PIH, HRT, and others.
The Partners in Health model for tuberculosis control in rural Haiti included:
All of the above.
Includes community health workers, donkey rental fees, and adult literacy groups.
Which of the following was funded by a Boston philanthropist?
Project Bread
Includes Project Bread, a new clinic sink, and Paul Farmer’s lunch.
Which of the following was an overall finding from the Partners in Health tuberculosis study in Haiti?
All of the above.
Includes patient supernatural beliefs regarding tuberculosis and wraparound services.
Which of the following was an activist group founded during the HIV/AIDS pandemic?
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power.
Includes The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, The Health Global Action Project, and The Student Global AIDS Campaign.
AMCs refer to:
None of the above
Options include an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS and areas of moral clarity.
This program was promoted by a Republican United States President in the early 2000s as a means to provide funding to fight HIV/AIDS.
PEPFAR.
Options include The Global Fund and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Which of the following is a shorthand way to refer to essentials required for a basic primary health care delivery model?
The 4 S’s
Includes The Four Ss, The Three Fs, and 3 X 5.
Whom of the following was a national leader of Haiti?
Baby Doc Duvalier.
Options include Jerome Mirebalais and Tontons Macoutes.
In the selective primary health care model, which of the following factors are considered when determining priorities?
All of the above.
Includes disease prevalence, disease related mortality, and feasibility of disease control.
This basic model focuses on the integration of infectious disease interventions with a broad range of basic health services.
The diagonal approach.
Options include the horizontal approach and the selective primary health care approach.
In 1994, this organization launched an initiative to get 3 million people with HIV treated with antiretroviral therapy by the year 2005.
WHO and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.
Options include PEPFAR and The Global Fund.
This health economist was influential in developing ideas about selective primary health care model.
Julia Walsh
Options include Julia Walsh, Halfdan Mahler and James Hilts.
Which of the following is a recent news event with global health implications?
All of the above.
Includes the first measles-related fatality in the US in over a decade, bird flu transmission, and a mystery illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Which of the following trends are apparent in clinical data from the Partners in Health facility in Lascahobas?
All of the above.
Includes increased case detection of tuberculosis, increased ambulatory patient visits, and increased vaccination rates.
Which of the following is a principle of effective global health delivery?
All of the above.
Includes adapting to local context, constructing a care delivery value chain, and leveraging shared delivery infrastructure.
The case of “A to Z Textile Mills” illustrates which principle of effective global health delivery?
All of the above.
Includes adapting to local context, constructing a care delivery value chain, and improving both health care delivery and economic development.
The case of “Polio in Uttar Pradesh” illustrates which principle of effective global health delivery?
All of the above.
Includes leveraging shared delivery infrastructure, constructing a care delivery value chain, and improving both health care delivery and economic development.
