Each state has notifiable diseases mandated by law or regulation. State requirements differ in that not all nationally notifiable diseases are legally mandated for reporting in a state. What does each state do with the information it receives? 1. Keeps its own records for surveillance purposes. 2. Reports the information to the local branch of […]
A community monitors the obesity rate in children in their schools. From this data they decide to institute an after-school exercise program. The purpose of this type of surveillance is to 1. Protect the children from diseases that affect obese children 2. Teach parents that obesity will not be tolerated in this community 3. Educate […]
Quality surveillance involves collaboration among partners. The type of information often shared is 1. How to use algorithms to identify which events should be investigated 2. Who is to blame for a disease outbreak 3. What shelters will be used and by whom 4. How political action will be necessary to ensure public health […]
Surveillance data are analyzed and interpretations are used to develop policies. Surveillance can occur within local organizations (e.g., infection control systems in hospitals). The purpose of this surveillance is to 1. Protect the public against isolated patients 2. Rid the hospital of pathogens 3. Improve quality of care and outcomes 4. Remove pseudomonas bacterium from […]
A large amount of data related to hypertension rates is collected in a community. The data is analyzed. The next step in the surveillance process would be 1. Collecting data from multiple valid sources 2. Evaluating the impact on the surveillance system 3. Interpreting the data and disseminating it to decision makers 4. Asking political […]
Data come from many sources. Clinicians, health care agencies, and laboratories report cases to state health departments. Which of the following would be considered a source of morbidity data? 1. Vital statistics reports 2. Birth records 3. Death certificates 4. Specialized disease registries ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 4
Disease surveillance has been part of public health protection since the investigation of the Bubonic Plague in Europe. In the United States, national reporting began with 1. The national reporting of morbidity cases in 1925 2. Mortality and Morbidity weekly in 1961 3. Plague surveillance among the early colonists 4. Food poisoning surveillance during World […]
State and local “police powers” provide surveillance activities. Health departments usually have legal authority to investigate unusual 1. Pandemics 2. Clusters of illness 3. World trends of disease 4. Cases of the common cold and pneumonia ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 2 Powers of local government include clusters of illness surveillance.
Surveillance data focuses on the collection of process and outcome data. Outcome data focuses on 1. What is done—services provided for protocols for health care 2. Data about the proportion of the eligible population vaccinated against influenza in one year 3. Changes in health status 4. Biological terrorism ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 3 All of […]
Public health surveillance has many features. One of these is 1. The sharing of the results with others 2. Defining pubic health policy 3. Evaluating interventions 4. Planning national programs ESSAYBID ANSWER ANS: 1 The other three answers are the purposes of surveillance, not features.
