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Are You Brighter than a 15 th grader?. Part I. Instructions. This is team work! Question displayed and read Discuss 1-2 minutes by subgroup Time up! Send your representative to write answers on the blackboard Score!. 1.Working Hours. Which one is not true? 1. SAUDI ARABIA > KOREA
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Instructions This is team work! • Question displayed and read • Discuss 1-2 minutes by subgroup • Time up! • Send your representative to write answers on the blackboard • Score!
1.Working Hours Which one is not true? 1. SAUDI ARABIA> KOREA 2. SWITZERLAND > GERMANY 3. MEXICO > PERU 4. UNITED STATES > MALAYSIA 5. EGYPT > MAURITIUS
Working Hours(2008 ILO) • SAUDI ARABIA(50) > Korea(40) • GERMANY(40) > SWITZERLAND (35) • PERU(53.1) > MEXICO (44.5) • MALAYSIA(46.9) > UNITED STATES (33.6) • EGYPT (55) > MAURITIUS (39)
2. International Labor Migration Which one is not true? 1. THAILAND (in Thailand, most of the migrant workers come from China and US) 2. TURKEY (from Bulgaria andAzerbaijan) 3. DENMARK (from Turkey andIraq) 4. HUNGARY (from Romania andUkraine) 5. UK (from India andAustralia)
International Labor Migration(2008 ILO) • 1. THAILAND (China, US) • 2. TURKEY (Bulgaria, Azerbaijan) • 3. DENMARK (Turkey, Iraq) • 4. HUNGARY (Romania, Ukraine) • 5. UNITED KINGDOM (India, Irish)
3. Injury Rate Which occupation has the highest injury rate in US (2006)? 1. Manufacturing 2. Construction 3. Mining and Quarrying 4. Electricity, Gas and Water Supply 5. Health and Social Work
Injury Rate (2006 ILO) 3. Mining and Quarrying (30 per 100000 workers employed)
4. Unemployment rate Which one is not true? 1. Japan > Uzbekistan 2. Chile > Ireland 3. Tunisia > Israel 4. Taiwan > Thailand 5. France > Honduras
Unemployed rate 1. Japan (4.8hr) > Uzbekistan (1.00) 2. Chile (6.9) > Ireland (14.3) 3. Tunisia (16) > Israel (5.11) 4. Taiwan (4.3) > Thailand (1.00) 5. France (9.1) > Honduras (4.8) (2011 CIA)
5. Which is not one of the climate change indicators? Atmospheric temperature Precipitation Sea level Wind speed Length of Growing Season Ocean Acidity
ANS: 4. Wind speed Source: US EPA report <Climate Change Indicators in the United States>
6. Basic media of environment? • Water • Soil • Noise • Air • Radiation • Food
1.water 2.soil 4.air Source: Public Health Assessment Guidance Manual (2005 Update)
7. Trueabout environmental diseases ? 1. 13 million deaths could be prevented every year by making our environments healthier worldwide. 2. Better environmental management could prevent 94% of deaths from diarrhoeal disease worldwide. 3. Environmental factors influence 85 out of the 102 categories of diseases and injuries listed in The world health report. 4. In children under the age of five, one third of all disease is caused by the environmental factors
ANS: 1.2.3.4 Much of the death, illness and disability could be prevented through well targeted interventions such as promoting safe household water storage, better hygiene measures and the use of cleaner and safer fuels. Source: WHO 10 facts on preventing disease through healthy environments http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/environmental_health/environmental_health_facts/en/index.html
8. Identify 4 major environmentally caused diseases in developing countries? • Ashma • Diarrhoeal disease • Lower respiratory infections • Unintentional injuries • Malaria
ANS: 2,3,4,5 In developing countries, the main environmentally caused diseases are diarrhoeal disease, lower respiratory infections, unintentional injuries, and malaria. Source: WHO 10 facts on preventing disease through healthy environments http://www.who.int/features/factfiles/environmental_health/environmental_health_facts/en/index.html
9. Main source of air pollution in San Joaquin County, California? • Industrial emission • BBQ smoke • Traffic emission • Dust storms • Fart of dairies • Wildfires
San Joaquin Valley United Air Pollution Control District issued a report identifying dairy cows as the main source of smog-forming pollutants in the San Joaquin Valley, California. ANS: 5.Fart of dairies A dairy cow annually emits almost 20 pounds (9 kilograms) of smog-forming gases known as volatile organic compounds (VOCs)—more than a car or light truck. Source: National Geographic News <California Cows Fail Latest Emissions Test> James Owen,2005
10. What is the major role of behavioral science? • Helping people make the right choices • Decreasing the rate of mortality • Promoting healthier life styles • All of the above
11. Which of the following is health behavior? • Stopping the spread of sexually transmitted diseases • Helping youth recognize the dangers of binge drinking • Promoting seatbelt use • All of the above
12. Which of the following is NOT a concentration of behavioral science? • Health education/promotion • Environmental studies • Mental health • Disease prevention
13. Public health guys often use a KAP model, which stands for… • Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice • Know how, Attitude, Practice • Know, Attention, Prevention • Knowledge, Attention, Prevention
14. What are the classical 3Ps of public health? • prolonging life • protecting from harm • promoting disease • preventing disease • providing sanitation
CORRECT ANSWER 14. What are the classical 3Ps of public health? • prolonging life • protecting from harm • promoting health • preventing disease • providing sanitation
15. Possible explanations to the 7 years increase in life expectancy during wartime Britain? • sense of unity in the face of a common enemy • reduced unemployment • food rationing • income differences narrowed
CORRECT ANSWER 15. Possible explanations to the 7 years increase in life expectancy during wartime Britain? • sense of unity in the face of a common enemy • reduced unemployment • food rationing • income differences narrowed
16. Some features of Taiwan’s national health insurance? • universal coverage • low administrative cost • free of charge • gate keeping
CORRECT ANSWER 16. Some features of Taiwan’s national health insurance? • universal coverage • low administrative cost • free of charge • gate keeping
17. shape of prevalence of most diseases among people across social classes? Prevalence Prevalence Prevalence Prevalence
CORRECT ANSWER Prevalence Prevalence Prevalence Prevalence
Problems Possible solutions Political circumstances Interest groups Public opinion 18. What can facilitate a new public policy?
CORRECT ANSWER Problems Possible solutions Political circumstances Interest groups Public opinion What can facilitate a new public policy?
End of Part I Good JOB!!
**It’s Your Turn** Part II
<1>South and central America • Which of the following countries have the highest GDP (nominal)? 1) Costa Rica 2) Brazil 3) El Salvador 4) Panama 5) Guatemala 6) Argentina 7) Paraguay
ANS • Which of the following countries have the highest GDP (nominal)? • 2) Brazil
<1>South and central America • Which of the following countries have the highest population density? 1) El Salvador 2) Panama 3) Guatemala 4) Brazil 5) Argentina 6) Costa Rica 7) Honduras
ANS • Which of the following countries have the highest population density? 1) El Salvador
<2> Middle east & Northern Africa • Which North African country has the lowest rate of child mortality? 1) Morocco 2) Tunisia 3) Egypt 4) Sudan 5) South Sudan 6) Libya
ANS • Which North African country has the lowest rate of child mortality? • 1) Morocco • 2) Tunisia • 3) Egypt • 4) Sudan • 5) South Sudan • 6) Libya
<2> Middle east & Northern Africa • Between mid-2011 to February 2012 there were 3767 reported cases of measles with 126 confirmed deaths. This is compared to the period from the start of 2007 to the end of 2009 where 211 cases were reported and no deaths. What is the group of people most affected by this endemic? (1) <5yrs (2)5yrs<, >25yrs (3)25 yrs<, >65 yrs (4)65yrs<
ANS • What is the group of people most affected by this endemic? 1) <5yrs
<2> Middle east & Northern Africa • No. of birth in Egypt given in the years of 1970, 1985, 1995, 2005, 2006 are 1161539,1903022, 1604835, 1800972, and 1853746 respectively. Would the crude birth rate values (per thousands) accordingly vary in the same trend? (1)Yes (2)No
ANS • (2)NO (not really)