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Multiple choices 1-in PUBHLand which would you expect to have the highest preval

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Multiple choices

1-in PUBHLand which would you expect to have the highest prevalence among poor, rural children under 15 years of age?

Stunting

Wasting

Obesity

2- How is the burden of disease in PUBHland distributed today?

40% Group I, 52 % Group II, 8% Group III

65% Group I, 25% Group II, 20% Group III

45% Group I, 45%, Group II, 10% Group III

3-What are three basic indicators for measuring the nutritional status of PUBHland’s population?

underweight, wasting, stunting

underweight, wasting, infant mortality rate

life expectancy, total fertility rate, under five child mortality rate

4-Improved sanitation, if coupled with hand-washing with soap, would have the largest impact on:

Reducing diarrhea

Reducing the prevalence of TB

Reducing onchocerciasis

5-In PUBHland, what are likely to be four of the five leading causes of death of children under 5,besides preterm birth complications? [HINT: Table 2-6]

Sepsis, malaria, diarrhea, lower respiratory conditions

Malaria, HIV/AIDS, SIDS, malnutrition

Meningitis, road injury, diarrhea, malaria

40% Group I, 52 % Group II, 8% Group III

65% Group I, 25% Group II, 20% Group III

45% Group I, 45%, Group II, 10% Group III

Explanation / Answer

1-in PUBHLand which would you expect to have the highest prevalence among poor, rural children under 15 years of age?

ANS: B. Wasting

2- How is the burden of disease in PUBHland distributed today?

ANS: A. 40% Group I, 52 % Group II, 8% Group III

3-What are three basic indicators for measuring the nutritional status of PUBHland’s population?

ANS: A. underweight, wasting, stunting

4-Improved sanitation, if coupled with hand-washing with soap, would have the largest impact on:

ANS: A. Reducing diarrhea

5-In PUBHland, what are likely to be four of the five leading causes of death of children under 5,besides preterm birth complications?

ANS: A. Sepsis, malaria, diarrhea, lower respiratory conditions