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Exam 8: The Role of Data in Public Health Vital Statistics

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whats the survey to the appropriate description. -A new survey from the Census Bureau used for detailed data

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In the past decades, many states have added a question regarding the mother's use of _______________ to the birth certificate.

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Census data is supposed to remain sealed for_______________ years.

Information found on a birth certificate has been provided either by the father or the father's family.

Whats the appropriate description of the agency? -Was able to save the American Community Survey which provides important economic data for business planning as well as government decision making

whats the survey with the collaborative agency. -National Asthma Survey

Effective public health planning depends on surveillance systems.

Which agency has developed a national survey that provides data not only on the geographical distribution of the population and its sex, age, and ethnic characteristics, but also on a wide variety of social and economic characteristics such as education, housing, and health insurance status?

The data collected through the vital statistics system and other methods must be converted into frequencies if they are to be useful for many public health purposes.

If you were working on what you suspected to be an emerging epidemic, you would need access to public health data.

Whats the appropriate description of the agency? -Carries out surveillance for health hazards in the environment including air pollutants and releases of toxic chemicals

Infant mortality is a special focus for the whole CDC.

From 1972 to 2007, the rate of autopsies declined by more than half.

The Youth Behavioral Factor Risk Survey provides one of the most accurate and complete public health datasets.

Confidentiality arose as a major issue in public health data related to the _____________________ epidemic.

The information on death certificates is subject to a number of uncertainties, depending on how well the informant knew the deceased and the circumstances of the death.

Which agency collects data that is useful for research on utilization and outcomes of medical care?

Other than its use for research, the only exception made to the promise of confidentiality is when people must be notified that they have been exposed to a _____________________.

Identifying numbers may be used in large public health databases in place of names and _____________________.

whats the survey to the appropriate description. -Ask questions about diet and physical activity, cigarette smoking, alcohol use, seat-belt use and drinking and driving.