LEK questions: Public health

157 questions in Public health. Open a question to see the answer options and a hint.

1. The doctor while giving medical services to his patient finds out that they suffer from infectious, sexually transmitted disease. What should he do? Question 45
2. Can a person with a suspected occurrence of a particularly contagious disease that threatens health or life be subject to direct coercion measures in order to force… Question 77
3. When visiting a primary care unit, the patient is found to have symptoms indicative of a particularly dangerous and highly contagious disease. Under these… Question 103
4. Indicate the condition for introducing a screening program: Question 82
5. To which type of prevention does vaccination belong? Question 118
6. Which of the following has the greatest impact on the health of society? Question 137
7. According to the Polish law patients with some infectious diseases are obligatorily hospitalized. Such obligation does not concern patients suspected of: Question 148
8. In which of the following cases there is no need to notify the District Sanitary Inspection? Question 167
9. Tertiary prophylaxis: Question 177
10. Lalonde’s concept of health “fields” identifies major factors which influence the health of the population. The health care system affects the population’s health in… Question 187
11. The guaranteed health care services include, among others, the following activities of family physicians: Question 201
12. In their everyday practice a general practitioner (GP) complies with evidence-based medicine (EBM) standards. The sources of knowledge are often guidelines and… Question 213
13. The World Health Organization is an international organization with broad powers focused on health issues including: Question 1
14. In a given national population the body mass of women aged 19-25 shows a normal distribution and amounts to an average of 55 kg. The standard deviation is 5.5 kg. How… Question 2
15. Significant improvement in health and wellbeing of the population. Reducing inequalities in access to health care. Strengthening the position of public health… Question 3
16. A patient of Polish nationality born in 1973 and suffering from high fever, dry cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis and photophobia reports to the doctor office. The… Question 4
17. In cost benefit analysis (comparison of two interventions that have different health effects) the most commonly used measure to compare the health effects is: Question 7
18. According to the World Health Organization infections associated with health care occur in about: Question 8
19. The Haddon matrix should be used for analyzing the factors which prevent: Question 9
20. The first clear legal basis for EU activities in public health is The Treaty of: Question 10
21. According to the Cochran review of January 2019, GP health reviews for people under 65 (medical history, physical examinations, screening for several diseases at once… Question 11
22. The chief executive of a hospital decided to conduct a study on the experiences of patients, i.e. the feelings of patients and their families or caregivers that arise… Question 12
23. The main cause of death of the elderly (65+) in Poland is associated with: Question 13
24. The Health Belief Model explains: Question 14
25. Epidemiology as a science deals with the assessment of: Question 15
26. It was proved in an experimental study in 2013 that surgical masks are about 3 times more effective in filtering exhaled air (for Bacillus atrophaeus and MS2… Question 16
27. Which of the following risk factors are conducive to injuries and accidents (especially traffic ones)? Question 17
28. A potential relationship between a given disease and a given exposure, expressed by odds ratio, is possible to assess using an analysis of data provided by… Question 19
29. Hospital accreditation is: Question 20
30. Which of the following measures are necessary in order to reduce morbidity and premature mortality due to cardiovascular diseases? Question 21
31. A biomarker of exposure used in environmental epidemiology to assess the effect of environmental exposure on the examined health outcome is defined as: Question 22
32. The family doctor has a patient, a 54-year-old male with 2nd degree obesity, type 2 diabetes and arterial hypertension, and with a family history of heart disease from… Question 23
33. In the years 2016 - 2018 African Swine Fever occurred in Asia and Africa (only in domestic pigs) as well as in Europe (in wild boars and domestic pigs). In 2018 ASF… Question 24
34. Nosocomial infections are an example of the contemporary epidemic spread of infectious diseases. Which of the following concerning these infections is false? Question 25
35. The general real (rough) death rate in Poland in 2014 was 970/100 000. In a small developing country in the same year it was 810/100 000. Which of the following best… Question 26
36. According to NCD Risk Factor Collaboration studies published in 2016 (eLife 2016;5:e13410), among men born in 1996 the tallest are the Dutch, whose height on average is… Question 27
37. Health policy programs are developed and implemented by: Question 28
38. The risk factors of nosocomial infections include: Question 29
39. The method of cardiovascular disease prevention which belongs to high risk strategy is: Question 30
40. Identifying sources of infection, routs of its transmission and people susceptible to infection are action taken in the case of: Question 31
41. Which of the following are components of the Regional and National Maps of Health Needs specified in the Polish Ministry of Health Regulation of 26 of March 2015? Question 32
42. Nosocomial infection takes place in: Question 34
43. What kind of study is a cohort study? Question 35
44. In one calendar year mortality due to malignant diseases was compared between the population of Town A (mortality: 420 / 100 000) and the population of Town B… Question 36
45. In Poland, reports on suspected or diagnosed infectious diseases that are subject to compulsory notification are to be submitted to: Question 37
46. The following institutions participate in the public health information system, except from: Question 38
47. In many countries, the key method of fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019-2020 was the so-called flattening the epidemic curve that serves to: Question 39
48. The register of deaths resulting from occupational diseases is kept by: Question 40
49. The QALY indicator means: Question 41
50. In February 2019 the Supreme Administrative Court dismissed Question 42

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