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Question 51

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The most recent set of national health objectives for the United States is titled

A) Healthy People 2000.
B) Healthy People 2010.
C) Healthy People 2020.
D) Healthy People 2030.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Question 52

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The first national effort to promote the teaching of health related curriculum in the schools was directed by the

A) Women's Christian Temperance Union.
B) American Cancer Society.
C) American Lung Association.
D) National March of Dimes.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Question 53

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Which of the following is not a result of the landmark Report on the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts?

To address the many health problems facing U.S. cities in the late 1700s, some cities developed health

The demonstration projects of the 1920s and 1930s showed that habits could be changed and health improved through health education.

Healthy People 2020 was developed to improve the effectiveness of public health departments.

Discuss what it means to health promotion and education professionals to have the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Policy Review Committee approve the creation of a new, distinct classification for the occupation of health educator.

Who was the secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education in 1837 and repeatedly called for mandatory programs of hygiene education for students?

Health boards were instituted to fight the plague during the 16th century.

Comprehensive school health education refers to the development and delivery of a planned, sequential, effective school health instruction program.

Disposal of human waste was still a major problem during the Renaissance period.

As a result of health education becoming a recognized profession, it is possible to determine the number of health education specialists employed and the outlook for future health education positions.

Hippocrates taught that health was the result of prayer.

Discuss specific examples of how health beliefs and practices have changed from earliest humans to present day.

Entire libraries were burned and knowledge about the human body was seen as sinful during the

Which act provided support for state health departments and their programs, including the development of sanitary facilities and improvements in maternal and child health?

The years from 1875 to 1900 are known as the bacteriological period of public health.

Results of The School Health Education Study, conducted by Dr. Elena M. Sliepcevich, were very positive and demonstrated that health education could change health behaviors.

The earliest written record concerning public health was the Smith Papyri.

Entire libraries were burned and knowledge about the human body was seen as sinful during the Middle Ages.