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1) All of the following are mHealth technology categories except: Individuals co

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1) All of the following are mHealth technology categories except:

Individuals communicating to health services

Health information access

Health services communicating to individuals

All of these are mHealth technology categories

2)Which statement about the Tuskegee study is false?

The study lasted for 40 years.

The participants were not treated, although they had been told they were treated for “bad blood.”

The Public Health Service allowed the participants to receive effective treatment when penicillin became widely available after World War II.

The National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research was created following the hearings.

3)Which option best represents the ideal characteristics of drugs for use in low- and middle-income countries?

Easy to transport and store, oral administration, heat sensitive, single dose

Easy to transport and store, injectable, heat sensitive, single dose

Easy to transport and store, oral administration, heat stable, single dose

Bulky, oral administration, heat sensitive, multiple doses

4)What would you do to address mental health issues in a complex humanitarian emergency?

Provide basic services and security, community and family support.

Use existing mental health services by building on local capacities, supporting self-help practices, and fortifying available resources.

Protect human rights.

All of these are correct.

5)Which United Nations agency is primarily involved in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS?

WHO

UNAIDS

USAID

UNICEF

6)

Assessing risks and benefits fulfills which ethical principle, as listed in the Belmont report?

Justice

Respect for persons

Beneficence

None of these are correct.

7)

QUESTION 7

Push mechanisms for enhancing new product development include all the following, except:

Transferable patents

Direct financing

Tax credits for research and development

Performing or facilitating clinical trials

8)

What is least likely to cause a negative health impact in a complex humanitarian emergency?

Long duration of the emergency

Humanitarian assistance

Migration of large numbers of people

Systematic abuse of human rights

A.

Individuals communicating to health services

B.

Health information access

C.

Health services communicating to individuals

D.

All of these are mHealth technology categories

Explanation / Answer

1. D

mHealth is an abbreviation for mobile health, the term used for the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices such as mobile phone, tablets, computers, as well as wearable devices such as smart watches, for health services , information and data collection.

2. C

The study is conducted to determine longterm effects of syphilis on African men telling them that they were being treated for bad blood. Penicilli became drug of choice for syphilis in 1947 but these men werenot given as they wanted to continue the study to see the longterm effects.

3. C

Reducing the number of doses and increasing duratiin of protection is cost effective.

4. D

CHEs demand a complex multi modal response. Responding agencies governments and Non governmental organisations work rapidly to assess the needs of the affected population and meet those specific needs.

5. B

By the end of 2015 the u n a i d s program coordinating board adopted new strategy to end AIDS epidemic as a public health threat by 2030.

6. C

Beneficience: the philosophy of do no harm while maximizing benefits for the research project and minimising risks to the research subjects.

7. Push mechanisms reduce risk and cost of investments.

8. B.