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Correct. MDG 7 focuses on environmental sustainability, which directly impacts waterborne diseases.
According to MDG 7, how
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Answer: reduce carbon levels and deforestation
Answers: ensure safe housing
reduce population in slum areas provide water and sanitation
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reduce carbon levels and deforestation
Correct. By reducing carbon levels and deforestation, participating nations can combat climate change.
When does population growth occur?
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Answer: When death rates decline before birth rates decline
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When death rates decline before birth rates decline When birth rates and death rates do not change
When birth rates and death rates decline simultaneously
When birth rates decline before death rates decline
Correct. Population growth occurs when death rates decline before birth rates decline
Which of the following measures how many births have occurred in a year per 1,000 people in a population?
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Answer: Crude birth rate
Answers: J-Curve Demography
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Crude birth rate Total fertility rate
Correct. The crude birth rate measures how many births have occurred in a year per 1,000 people in a population.
Why don't the same control methods work for all types of vectors?
Selected
Answer: differing feeding patterns
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differing feeding patterns human movement unintended consequences varying disease treatments
Correct. Since vectors vary widely in many ways including feeding patterns, tailor-made control measures are needed for various vectors.
In highly populated urban areas in , many children suffer from asthma and respiratory illness to a much greater degree than most anywhere else in the world as the result of air pollution due to industrialization and dense populations.
Selected Answer: China
Answers: Bolivia
Afghanistan
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China
Correct. In highly populated urban areas in China, many children suffer from asthma and respiratory illness to a much greater degree than most anywhere else in the world as the result of air pollution due to industrialization and dense populations.
The design and implementation of must factor in local cultural belief systems and practices.
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health interventions
Answer:
Answers: human ecologies
health equities HRBAs
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health interventions
Correct. Health care providers need to keep local cultural belief systems and practices in mind when designing health interventions.
Which of the following diseases was spread through the movement of goods and people across borders from Asia into Europe and on to the Americas during the nineteenth century?
Selected Answer: Cholera
Answers: Yellow Fever
Black Death
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Cholera Leprosy
Correct. Cholera was spread through the movement of goods and people across borders from Asia into Europe and on to the Americas during the nineteenth century.
In addition to political stability, the ability to is important in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Selected
Answer: Impart new cultural beliefs
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Implement public policy Communicate political philosophies Impart new cultural beliefs
Incorrect. Imparting new cultural beliefs is not important in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
The parasitic disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes and is particularly prevalent in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa is called:
Selected Answer: Malaria
Answers: Typhoid Schistosomiasis Dengue
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Malaria
Correct. Malaria is a parasitic disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes and is particularly prevalent in Southeast Asia and sub- Saharan Africa.
The three communicable diseases that are the leading causes of death globally are HIV/AIDS, malaria, and .
Selected Answer: Tuberculosis
Answers: Diabetes
Asthma
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Tuberculosis Heart disease
Correct. The three communicable diseases that are major killers as well as sources of illness and poverty in developing regions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, are HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis
Which of the following calculations include deaths from specific causes in the numerator and the number of people at risk for dying from that cause in the denominator?
Selected
Answer: Cause-specific mortality
Answers: Incidence
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Cause-specific mortality Period prevalence Morbidity
Correct. Cause-specific mortality calculations include deaths from specific causes in the numerator and the number of people at risk for dying from that cause in the denominator.
Personal and inborn features such as sex, age, and are leading determinants of women's health.
Selected
Answer: personal style
Answers: personality hobbies personal style
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genetic makeup
Incorrect. Personal style is associated with a woman's appearance, but is not a leading determinant of her health.
WASH factors include , sanitation, and hygiene.
Selected Answer: water
Answers: wellness
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water weather
waste removal
Correct. WASH represents the risk factors for vector-borne disease that relate to water, sanitation, and hygiene.
Which infectious disease makes the body more at risk for other infections?
Selected Answer: HIV/AIDS
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