1. Accidents are a leading cause of death in the United States. Answer: True or False
2. A model called the "injury pyramid" can be used to estimate the impact of nonfatal injuries when data are available for fatal injuries. Answer: True or False
3. Poor diet and physical inactivity are considered a leading actual cause of death. Answer: True or False
4. There is a higher rate of injuries in populations of lower socioeconomic status. Answer: True or False
5. The three Es of injury prevention are engineering, education, and exclusion. Answer: True or False
6. After his presidential nomination for the Green Party, Ralph Nader published Unsafe at Any Speed in the 1990s, which alerted the nation to the dangers of automotive transportation. Answer: True or False
7. Tobacco accounts for approximately 30% of deaths from cancer and 21% of deaths from cardiovascular disease. Answer: True or False
8. Three government agencies are primarily responsible for protecting American workers: OSHA, NIOSH and CDC. Answer: True or False
9. Preventing injuries is a focus and concern for public health and can be studied by epidemiologists. Answer: True or False
10. Traditionally, public health approaches the task of getting people to adopt more healthful lifestyles through education, regulation and offering incentives. Answer: True or False
11: The leading causes of death account for almost half of all deaths and most are preventable. Answer: True or False
12. The top three actual causes of death int he United States are tobacco, poor diet and illicit drug use. Answer: True or False
13. The eighteenth amendment to the U.S. Constitution and drug laws are examples of public health prohibitions. Answer: True or False
14. Two important models of health behavior is the "health belief model" and the "intrapersonal psychological self-efficacy theory". Answer: True or False
15. Socioeconomic status is the most important predictor of health because people with higher SES tend to afford healthier lifestyles. Answer: True or False