module 4

which of the following rulings was based on a right protected under the sixth amendment?

Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

EMTALA applies to the emergency department of which type of hospitals?

Hospitals which participate in the Medicare program

which of the following best describes the types of legal issues faced by the MLP created between legal aid of nebraska and nebraska medicine?

Housing issues are the biggest problem, and the MLP also assists with cases involving insurance enrollment and reimbursement, wills, and deathbed wishes involving child custody

when and where was the first medical-legal partnership created?

In the 1990s in Massachusetts

which of the following is not an example of what lawyers can accomplish when embedded in various care settings through an MLP as discussed in the module content?

None of the options are correct; they are all examples of things lawyers in an MLP can do

what was the impetus for creating the first MLP in the united states?

Physicians observed a relationship between rates of asthma in children and mold in homes, and sought the assistance of attorneys to take on negligent landlords.

which of the following is not one of the principles underlying community-oriented primary care (COPC)?

Professionals draw upon their outside perspective and expertise to primarily guide all stages of the COPC process

which of the essential public health services relates to all three core functions of public health identified by the institute of medicine

Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems

A cancer surgeon interviewed in the assigned video segment, "Why Doctors are Prescribing Legal Aid to Patients in Need," only accepted a job at a new facility after receiving what assurance?

That the facility would create a medical-legal partnership similar to the one at the facility she worked at before

as discussed in the "for want of a dentist" article, which of the following is, or are, among the reasons dentists in maryland cited for not treating medicaid patients?

all of the other options are correct

which of the following is/are among the gold of the national vaccine plan developed in 1994?

better educate the public and members of the health profession on the benefits and risks of immunization

as discussed in the textbook, what crises lead to the creation of the first municipal boards of health in the united states?

epidemics of smallpox, cholera, and yellow fever during the late 18th century

the "i" in the "i-help" mnemonic stands for "insurance status"?

false

the role of NGOs in public health has finished in recent decades

false

which of the following is not among the functions typically performed by state public health departments (rather than local public health agencies)?

inspecting and licensing restaurants

which of the following best describes the general nature of the link between social determinants of health and health outcomes, as discussed in the textbook?

interdependent

according to the "for want of a dentist" article, what proportion of children covered by medicaid in maryland received any dental services in 2005?

less than 33%

which of the following agencies within the US department of health & human services is tasked with supporting biomedical research?

national institutes of health (NIH)

which of the following is not among social determinants of health identified by the healthy people 2020 initiative mentioned in chapter 7 of the textbook?

none of the other options are correct; they are all among the SDHs from the Healthy People 2020 initiative discussed in chapter 7

which of the following, if any, is not true of community-oriented public health (COPH)?

none of the other options are correct; they are all true of COPH

during what period did repeated epidemics of infectious diseases lead to a major federal public health program?

the late 1700s

which of the following is not among the ways in which the law can be viewed as a social determinant of heath, as discussed in chapter 7?

the law is unable to positively contribute to health because that is solely the purview of curative medical science

the "e" in the "i-help" mnemonic stands for "education and employment"?

true

the sixth amendment guarantees people access to legal representation in criminal legal matters, but not civil legal matters

true

tobacco control programs are generally part of the work of a local health department

true