Multiple Choice Questions (2 points)

Please fill in the blanks with the correct answer choice.

1. ______ In a country where abortion is illegal, which of the following approaches would help to reduce post-abortion complications?

a)     Enforcing laws against early marriage

b)    Providing good quality post-abortion services

c)     Increasing access to contraception

d)    Incarcerating women who seek illegal abortions

e)     A, B, & C

2. ______ What is a DALY?

a)     A WHO indicator used to summarize the expected number of years to be lived in good health

b)    A composite health gap indicator that measures the amount of health and disability free life that is lost because of disease, injury, and premature death

c)     An indicator that compares the burden of deaths across the population of different countries

3. ______ Which of the following is NOT one of the “three delays” contributing to maternal mortality?

• a)A delay in getting a traditional birth attendant to the pregnant woman
• b)A delay in identifying complications
• c)A delay in providing appropriate emergency obstetric care in the hospital
• d)A delay in transporting the woman to care 

4. ______ Which of the following is NOT a neglected tropical disease?

• a)Malaria
• b)Schistosomiasis
• c)Leishmaniasis
• d)Lymphatic filariasis

5. ______ What is the best measure to reduce the risk of diarrhea among one-year-old children in a low-income country, for example, in South Asia?

• Immunizations against malaria
• Improved personal hygiene
• Iron supplementation

D. Pneumococcal vaccine

6. ______ Which of the following best represents the WHO recommended approach to reducing malaria? 

• Bed nets and indoor residual spraying 
• Bed nets, vaccination, and indoor residual spraying
• Bed nets, vaccination, indoor residual spraying, confirmed diagnosis and early treatment with chloroquine, and intermittent treatment of pregnant women
• Bed nets, indoor residual spraying, confirmed diagnosis and early treatment with ACT, intermittent treatment of pregnant women, intermittent treatment of infants, and seasonal mass chemoprevention in selected settings.

7. ______ What would have the biggest impact on reducing the occurrence of obstetric fistula?

• a)Having traditional birth attendants (TBA) attend all rural births  
• b)Strengthening emergency obstetric care
• c)Strengthening pre-natal care

8. ______ If a complex emergency broke out in a low-income country that led to the formation of refugee camps, which of the following diseases should be your first concern for those camps?

• a)Cholera
• b)HIV/AIDS
• c)Soil transmitted helminths
• d)TB

9. ______ Which of the following is NOT a biological determinant of women’s health?

• a)Increased susceptibility to some STIs
• b)Iron deficiency related to menstruation
• c)Low social status linked to physical and sexual violence 
• d)Complications of pregnancy

10. ______ What is the leading cause of maternal death globally?

• a)Hypertensive disorders
• b)Blood clots
• c)Hemorrhage
• d)Abortion complications 

11. ______ Which of the following is NOT a non-communicable disease?

• a)Depression
• b)Vision Loss
• c)Diabetes
• d)Tuberculosis 

12. ______What is the largest cause of death from unintentional injuries in high-income countries?

• a)Road injuries
• b)Falls
• c)Poisonings
• d)Drownings

13. ______ Which of the following is a determinant of nutritional status in regards to obesity?

• a)Genetic and cultural factors
• b)Increased income and socioeconomic status
• c)Urbanization
• d)All of the above 

14. ______ What is the largest cause of deaths from unintentional injuries in low-income countries?

• a)Drownings
• b)Road injuries 
• c)Falls
• d)Fires

15. ______ What percentage of the world’s population is overweight or obese?

• a)55%
• b)87%
• c)31%
• d)15%

16. ______ In the United States, which ethnic group experiences the highest burden of hate crime victimizations?

• a)White
• b)Hispanic or Latino
• c)Black or African American
• d)Asian 

17. ______What is the term given to people who are forced to flee or migrate and leave their homes during a disaster or complex humanitarian emergency but stay in the country in which they were living?

• a)Citizen
• b)Refugee
• c)Internally Displaced People
• d)Immigrant 

18. ______Which groups are most vulnerable to poor health outcomes from natural disasters & complex humanitarian emergencies?

• a)Elderly people
• b)Young children
• c)Very Sick
• d)All of the above

19. ______What percentage of people who need mental health services in high income countries receive services?

• a)35_50%
• b)15-24%
• c)60-75%
• d)80-95%

20. ______ Which of the following is NOT a successful effort to address the burden of HIV/AIDS?

• a)Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
• b)Vaccine promotion 
• c)Screening and treatment for STIs
• d)Condom promotion 

21. ______Which of the following is an example of a re-emerging infectious disease?

• a)Cholera in the United States in 2009 
• b)Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2018
• c)Dengue in Yemen in 2016
• d)Monkeypox in Peru in 1997

22. ______Which region of the world has the highest maternal mortality ratio?

• a)Middle East and North Africa
• b)South Asia
• c)Sub-Saharan Africa
• d)Latin America and the Caribbean 

23. ______In the chain of infection for communicable diseases, what is the term for where germs live?

• a)Portal of Exit
• b)Portal of Entry
• c)Agent
• d)Reservoir 

24. ______What proportion of abortions are unsafe in South America?

• a)50%
• b)75%
• c)85%
• d)30%

25. ______ Which of the books we read this semester were the most helpful for your understanding of global health? Please pick your top two books. 

• a)Sold
• b)A Long Walk to Water
• c)Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World
• d)Mountains Beyond Mountains