The municipality assigned to you has a population of about 20/000. Estimate the number of 1-4 year old children who be given Retinol capsule 200.000 every 6 months.
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Answer: (D) 2,300
Based on the Philippine population composition, to estimate the number of 1-4 year old children, multiply total population by 11.5%.
Which of the following demonstrates inter-sectoral linkages?
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Answer: (D) Cooperation between the PHN and public school teacher
Intersectoral linkages refer to working relationships between the health sector and other sectors involved in community development.
What is the legal basis of Primary Health Care approach in the Philippines?
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Answer: (B) Letter of Instruction No. 949
Letter of Instruction 949 was issued by then President Ferdinand Marcos, directing the formerly called Ministry of Health, now the Department of Health, to utilize Primary Health Care approach in planning and implementing health programs.
In traditional Chinese medicine, the yielding, negative and feminine force is termed:
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Answer: (A) Yin
Yang is the male dominating, positive and masculine force.
What law created the Philippine institute of Traditional and Alternative Health Care?
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Answer: (A) R.A. 8423 or “AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE (PITAHC) TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING FOR A TRADITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENT FUND AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” signed to a law on December 9, 1997.
Use of appropriate technology requires knowledge of indigenous technology. Which medical herb is given for fever, headache and cough?
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Answer: (D) Lagundi
Sambong is used as a diuretic. Tsaang gubat is used to relieve diarrhea. Akapulko is used for its antifungal property.
Sputum examination is the major screening tool for pulmonary tuberculosis. Clients would sometimes get false negative results in this exam. This means that the test is not perfect in terms of which characteristic of a diagnostic examination?
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Answer: (D) Sensitivity
Sensitivity is the capacity of a diagnostic examination to detect cases of the disease. If a test is 100% sensitive, all the cases tested will have a positive result, i.e., there will be no false negative results.
Primary health care is a total approach to community development. Which of the following is an indicator of success in the use of the primary health care approach?
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Answer: (D) Health programs are sustained according to the level of development of the community.
Primary health care is essential health care that can be sustained in all stages of development of the community.
In the census of the Philippines in 1995, there were about 35,299,000 males and about 34,968,000 females. What is the sex ratio?
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Answer: (B) 100.94:100
Sex ratio is the number of males for every 100 females in the population.
In the year 1980, the World Health Organization declared the Philippines, together with some other countries in the Western Pacific Region, “free” of which disease?
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Answer: (C) Smallpox
The last documented case of Smallpox was in 1977 at Somalia.