Quiz

Question 1

What are the six building blocks of the health system?

Answer 1

1. service delivery
2. health workforce
3. information
4. medical products, vaccines, and technologies
5. financing
6. leadership/governance

Question 2

What are the 4 overall goals/outcomes of the six building blocks of the health system?

Answer 2

1. improved health
2. responsiveness
3. social and financial risk protection
4. improved efficiency

Question 3

What are the two additional building blocks of the health system?

Answer 3

• the community
• culture

Question 4

What are the six WHO world regions?

Answer 4

1. EURO
2. PAHO/AMRO
3. AFRO
4. EMRO/MENA
5. SEARO
6. WAPO

Question 5

Where is the WHO headquarters located?

Answer 5

Geneva, Switzerland

Question 6

What does HRH stand for?

Answer 6

Human resources of health

Question 7

What are the six types of global HRH challenges?

Answer 7

1. global HRH shortages
2. migration
3. maldistribution
4. skill mix imbalances
5. weak knowledge base
6. retention (leaky bucket)

Question 8

Which WHO region(s) do you think have the greatest shortages of health workers?

Answer 8

AFRO

Question 9

What are the four categories of retention interventions?

Answer 9

1. education
2. regulatory
3. financial
4. professional support

Question 10

Which site of health care delivery care do you think is closest to the population in rural areas?

Answer 10

health post

Question 11

Name the four health service delivery places.

Answer 11

• health posts
• health centers
• district hospitals
• regional referral hospitals

Question 12

What are the two types of health policies?

Answer 12

• public policy
• private policy

Question 13

What type of policy is established by the federal, state, and local levels of government?

Answer 13

public policy

Question 14

What type of policy is established by private organizations?

Answer 14

private policy

Question 15

What are the three sources of health service financing?

Answer 15

1. public expenditure
2. private expenditure
3. external aid

Question 16

What is social insurance?

Answer 16

compulsory and established through legislation

Question 17

What is compulsory?

Answer 17

everyone in the eligible group must enroll and pay a specific premium contribution in exchange for a set of benefits

Question 18

How is private insurance financing deivided?

Answer 18

on an individual basis and group basis

Question 19

What are the three principles of community based financing?

Answer 19

1. community cooperation
2. local self-reliance
3. pre-payment

Question 20

What are the four parts of the supply chain model?

Answer 20

1. selection
2. procurement
3. distribution
4. use

Question 21

What are the four concepts of difference?

Answer 21

1. disparity
2. inequity
3. inequality
4. burden

Question 22

What is the number of health workers that the world is currently short by?

Answer 22

4.2 million

Question 23

What does the TTR or the WHO stand for?

Answer 23

Treat
Train
Retain

Question 24

Define task-shifting.

Answer 24

Shifting specific tasks from a highly trained health worker to a less highly trained health worker, including trained community health workers and expert patients

Question 25

What are the 4 ways that task-shifting is classified?

Answer 25

Task-shifting I, II, III, IV

Question 26

What does the acronym ESR stand for?

Answer 26

Expanded Service Role

Question 27

What are the two ways that Tasks can be shifted from one cadre to another?

Answer 27

supervision and delegation

Question 28

What are 5 examples of a type of regulation?

Answer 28

1. laws and statutes 2. guidelines 3. general and specific policies 4. program guidance 5. executive orders

Question 29

What are the nine regulatory framework areas for regulating areas of health workers?

Answer 29

- scope of practice and competencies - standards of care - standard pre-service education and certification - licensing and registration and certification - standard in-service training and certificate - recruitment, deployment, promotion, salary, and other human resources issues - working conditions - financing and sub-national implementation - supervision/mentoring and accountability