MPH Community Health & Health Promotion 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the primary purpose of a Community Health Assessment (CHA)?
- To allocate federal funding to local governments
- To identify community health needs and assets to inform planning (Correct answer)
- To evaluate the performance of individual healthcare providers
- To establish national health policy priorities
Correct answer: To identify community health needs and assets to inform planning
A CHA systematically collects and analyzes data to identify health needs and available resources within a community to guide improvement planning.
Question 2: The MAPP framework (Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships) includes how many distinct assessments?
- Two
- Three
- Four (Correct answer)
- Five
Correct answer: Four
MAPP includes four assessments: community themes and strengths, local public health system, community health status, and forces of change.
Question 3: Which of the following best describes a community asset map?
- A geographic map showing hospital and clinic locations
- A catalog of community strengths, resources, and capacities (Correct answer)
- A database of disease prevalence and incidence rates
- A ranked list of community health problems
Correct answer: A catalog of community strengths, resources, and capacities
Asset mapping identifies existing community resources, strengths, and capacities that can be mobilized to address health issues.
Question 4: Healthy People 2030 is best described as:
- A federal insurance program for low-income populations
- A set of science-based national health objectives to improve the health of all Americans (Correct answer)
- A clinical guideline for preventive care services
- A grant program exclusively for community health centers
Correct answer: A set of science-based national health objectives to improve the health of all Americans
Healthy People 2030 establishes science-based objectives and targets with the overarching goal of improving health and well-being across the decade.
Question 5: Which data source is most commonly used for state and county-level community health status assessment?
- Medicare claims data
- Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) (Correct answer)
- National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
- Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Correct answer: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
BRFSS is the nation's premier telephone-based surveillance system for collecting state and local data on health risk behaviors, chronic conditions, and preventive service use.
Question 6: When prioritizing health problems in community health planning, which combination of factors is most appropriate to consider?
- Mortality rates alone
- Community concern, magnitude of the problem, and effectiveness of available interventions (Correct answer)
- Federal funding availability alone
- Number of available physicians in the community
Correct answer: Community concern, magnitude of the problem, and effectiveness of available interventions
Effective prioritization weighs multiple factors including community concern, the size of the problem, and the availability of evidence-based interventions.
Question 7: The term 'social determinants of health' refers to:
- Genetic factors that influence individual disease susceptibility
- Conditions in the environments where people are born, live, work, and age that shape health outcomes (Correct answer)
- Personal lifestyle choices that directly impact individual wellbeing
- Healthcare utilization patterns observed across populations
Correct answer: Conditions in the environments where people are born, live, work, and age that shape health outcomes
Social determinants of health are the non-medical conditions in social and physical environments — such as income, education, and housing — that profoundly influence health.
MPH Community Health & Health Promotion 1
What is the primary purpose of a Community Health Assessment (CHA)?