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WorksheetsCritical Question 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
The life expectancy of aboriginal males is approx
70
60
50
40
The role of epidemiology is to
determine the death rates of prisoners
study the causes of morbidity of the elderly
study the causes, determinants and distribution of disease in Australia
study the reasons why Australians have the highest rate of CVD in the world
A limitation of epidemiology could be that it does not tell us
why there are different cultures
how people get skin cancer
why the inequities exist
how to ignore the social determinants of health
The leading overall cause of death in Australia in 2017 was
lung cancer
dementia
suicide
coronary heart disease
Which of the following would NOT use the measures of epidemiology
government
athletes
NGO's
health officials
Equity can be defined as
overcoming the diversity in a population which causes financial hardship among priority groups
overcoming the world health organisations guidelines around morbidity
overcoming the difficulties faced by allocation of resources in rural and sociocultural environment
overcoming unfairness caused by unequal access to economic resources and power
Which of the following is NOT a national health priority area
Back pain
Asthma
Arthritis
Diabetes
The most prevalent condition in Australia by mortality is
Dementia
CVD
Cancer
COPD
Paying for a GP consultation is an example of what type of cost?
individual and direct
individual and indirect
community and direct
community and indirect
It is important to prioritise health issues because
it prevents governments from distributing health funding and resources to areas of greatest need and greatest impact
it provides governments with health funding and resources where there is greatest need
it allows non government organisations to distribute health funding and resources to areas of lowest need and greatest impact
it allows governments to distribute health funding and resources to areas of greatest need and greatest impact
