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News recently covered the weather event of a surge of tornados across the mid-southern region. The tornados left extensive damage and many people injured from being trapped or flying debris. This disaster involved extensive coordination for the sudden overload in those requiring attention and treatment. What occurred before the disaster to explain being ready for a need to increase response?

A patient providing which sleep history would be at higher risk for showing markers of chronic disease?

Public health aims to service health prevention for persons experiencing various levels of disease. Which of the following describes a secondary prevention?

Public health can be described as providing a set of core functions that encompasses a set of roles. Which of the following are included as a core function? 

Public health students are given the assignment to apply social marketing strategies toward health behavior change. What strategy would be illustrative of this method?

In which way would the World Health Organization’s Social Determinants of Health be used?

Two friends over dinner make remarks about how the menu is not as fun because the calories are there to make you feel guilty. One mentions the new menu is because of new regulations to “not make us fat.” What is true about the political debate over obesity? Select all that apply.

A population health expert lectures on the Healthy People 2030 objectives at a public health conference. Out of the 2030 objectives, which of the following target behavior has the largest target from the current baseline to goal?

Which information would a health care professional use to explain the epidemic of obesity in the United States?  

Monkeypox was a recent public health concern, with the outbreak spreading quickly. Due to the public threat, biosurveillance was implemented. Which of the following actions did this involve?