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- Which of the following knowledge components of health education provides an individual the skills necessary to engage in a desired healthy behavior?A)Ecological framework knowledgeB)Knowledge of underlying principlesC)How-to knowledgeD)Awareness knowledge
- Which of the following statements about the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is FALSE?A)They provide science-based recommendations to promote health and lower chronic disease risk through diet and physical activityB)They are used to design nutrition programs, develop educational materials, and counsel patients.C)They are oriented towards policymakers, nutritionists and nutrition educators, and health care providersD)They must be reviewed, revised, and published every year.
- The goal of ____________ health promotion interventions is to create an environment that enables residents to be healthyA)State levelB)Community levelC)National levelD)Individual level
- Which of the following health promotion interventions are aimed at local government, local organizations, community coalitions, and community health centers involved in promoting health?A)Community level interventionsB)individual level interventionsC)State and national interventionsD)None of the above
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- There are THREE questions associated with the SAME case A pharmacist decides to develop an initiative that promotes healthier food choices, smaller portion sizes, and physical activity after carefully determining the need for it in her community. She is concerned about the high obesity rate in her patients and its detrimental effects on their quality of life. The pharmacy is located in a dangerous, low socioeconomic status neighborhood that hes several fast-food restaurants but few grocery stores carrying good-quality produce. Among other things, the pharmacist must consider the convenience and affordability of the fast-food establishments, the distance the intended audience may have to travel to access healthier foods, and the availability of safe places to exercise. Question #1: What should be the pharmacist's next stop in the planning and implementation process?A)Determine the focus and intended audienceB)Understand the intended audienceC)Determine the mode of deliveryD)identity and engage key community partners
- The Newest Vital Sign assesses which component of health literacy?A)Word recognitionB)Word and number literacyC)ActionabilityD)Pronunciation
- The Short Assessment of Health Literacy assesses which component of health literacy?A)ActionabilityB)Word and number literacyC)PronunciationD)Word recognition
- Which of the following is assessed by the PEMAT?A)Accuracy and actionabilityB)Numeracy and understandabilityC)Understandability and actionabilityD)Readability and accuracy
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- You are scheduled to see Mrs. Brown today for a medication review You discovered during your last visit with Mrs. Brown that she had low health literacy. Which of the following techniques will you use with Mrs. Brown today to help ensure that she understands the information?(SATA)A)Discuss 1 or 2 topics maximum during your visitB)Provide Mrs. Brown with a list of medical terms to memorizeC)Use patient education materials with pictures or drawingsD)Give Mrs. Brown a medication list containing her current medications
- Tatjana, a third-year pharmacy student, had learned about Cultural Competence from multiple classes through the curriculum. She knows that next year during her APPE rotations she will encounter patients from diverse cultural backgrounds and she is passionate and genuinely wants to be open and flexible with others, to accept differences and build on similarities, and to be willing to learn from others as cultural informants so she is using any available resource available to her to enhance her knowledge, skills and maintain her genuine desire to provide culturally competent care. Based on the Campinha-Bacote's Culturally Competent Model of Care, Tatjana behavior demonstrateA)Cultural DesireB)Cultural EncountersC)Cultural SkillsD)None of the above
- A pharmacist decides to develop an initiative that promotes healthier food choices, smaller portion sizes, and physical activity after carefully determining the need for it in her community. She is concerned about the high obesity rate in her patients and its detrimental effects on their quality of life. The pharmacy is located in a dangerous, low socioeconomic status neighborhood that has several fast-food restaurants but few grocery stores carrying good-quality produce. Among other things, the pharmacist must consider the convenience and affordability of the fast-food establishments, the distance the intended audience may have to travel to access healthier foods, and the availability of safe places to exercise In light of all the obstacles that can block the success of the initiative once it is implemented, the pharmacist must determine if the intended audience is capturing and applying the desired message. This is done byA)Creating criteria for choosing health promotion materialsB)Creating a mechanism for periodic review and modificationC)Developing and implementing a plan for disseminationD)Gathering and reviewing existing materials
- Newly graduated pharmacist Dr. Petrova, while counseling a patient on a new prescription for a cirrhosis / advanced liver disease for few times she used the word "hepar" instead of "liver". Dr. Petrova became aware of her mistake after the patient left the pharmacy. In this scenario, the Culture of Biomedicine is evident and the pharmacist is displaying which of the following behaviors?A)StereotypingB)DiscriminationC)EthnocentrismD)None of the above
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- Dr. Petrova, become a PharmD when she was barely 24 years old. While working at the Ministry of Health as health inspector in charge for the insulin supply program, often patients will come to her office to get a counseling concerning the diagnosis and the prescribed treatment as well as where and how to pick up their insulin. Numerous times, a patient will enter her office and will request to speak with Dr. Petrova. Dr. Petrova will kindly say that she is the one that the patient has scheduled to meet with Shortly after that the patient with skepticism in his/her voice will say "I have a meeting with Dr. Petrova and she is a pharmacist/PharmD". Are you actually a PharmD? This is an example ofA)Affinity biasB)Beauty biasC)Unconscious biasD)Confirmation bias
- Immunizing a traveler with the yellow fever vaccine prior to their departure to a country that is experiencing an outbreak of yellow fever disease would be consideredA)Tertiary preventionB)Primary preventionC)Secondary preventionD)Quaternary prevention
- Which of the following statements regarding epidemiology and statistics in public health is FALSE?A)They enable us to determine if a health problem exists and what factors are related to the problemB)They enable us to determine appropriate medication therapy for individual patientsC)They enable us to describes the pattern of health and disease within a populationD)They enable us to describe the who, what, when, where, and why of health and disease
- Which of the following is NOT a potential consequence of obesity?A)HypertensionB)StrokeC)Sleep apneaD)COPDE)Diabetes
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- A community of recent immigrants to the US who are living in a borough of New York City represents a population who is at risk for low health literacyA)TrueB)False
- Based on the Campinha-Bacote's Culturally Competent Model of Care, cultural encounters or face-to face interaction with patients "from diverse cultural groups will refine or modify one's existing beliefs about a cultural group and will prevent possible stereotyping"A)TrueB)False
- Newly graduated pharmacist Dr. Petrova, while filling a prescription for antifungal medication for Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD), and after speaking with a patient had the following thought: "STD in 21st century! With all the information available on STD prevention?" In this scenario, the pharmacist is displaying which of the following behaviors?A)StereotypingB)DiscriminationC)EthnocentrismD)None of the above
- Crime is an environmental factor that predisposes an individual to the risk factors for cardiovascular disease.A)TrueB)False
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- Which of the following statements helps describe Public Health's rationale for addressing chronic disease?A)Chronic diseases do not significantly impact the US populationB)Chronic diseases occur with greater frequency in women and children, which is a core Public Health areaC)Chronic diseases contribute significantly to death, illness, and disability in the US populationD)Most chronic diseases are caused by infectious agents, which is a core Public Health area
- Which of the following levels of prevention is a pharmacist providing when conducting health screenings at the pharmacy?A)Primary preventionB)Quaternary preventionC)Secondary preventionD)Tertiary prevention
- Anti-idling laws were created to address the high rates of lung cancer in the Chicago metropolitan areaA)TrueB)False
- When determining the focus and intended audience of your health promotion initiative, you mustA)Determine how education affects the intended audience's attitudes, beliefs, values, and practicesB)Obtain input from the community to determine if the health issue is relevant to those affected by itC)Make a decision regarding the most effective way of delivering the health messageD)Determine which cultural attitudes, beliefs, and values are negatively influencing behavior so the initiative can address them