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Question 1

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A health system has been defined by WHO as
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  • Hospitals and clinics
  • First contact care of the sick
  • All organisations, people and actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore or maintain health
  • Health policy implementation

Question 2

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Australia's health care system is
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  • A mixed system, with elements of both welfare and market models
  • A welfare state system
  • A market model
  • Based on the US health system

Question 3

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What were the man findings of marmot's Whitehall studies?
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  • There are marked inequalities in health outcomes depending on where the person is situated in social hierarchies which is consistent with the social gradient
  • Health interventions should take a whole life approach and be holistic in nature
  • Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
  • Social hierarchies do not impact on health outcomes and wellbeing

Question 4

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Key goals for health systems do not include
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  • Responsiveness
  • Social and financial risk protection
  • Rationalisation
  • Improved health

Question 5

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Universal health coverage means
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  • Comprehensive provision of primary health care services to a defined population
  • Public health services are provided free to the population
  • Universal access to a specified package of health benefits and social protection
  • Inclusion of all medical services and products in an insurance scheme

Question 6

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In tuohy's theory of health care system change, tuohy suggests that serious health reform only occurs at particular moments in time when all of the necessary factors are in place for the group with the balance of power. The institutions of power are
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  • The state, the market and the professions
  • The state government, territory government, and local government
  • The state, private health insurers and Medicare
  • Doctors, nurses and allied health professionals

Question 7

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The building blocks of health systems do not include
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  • Political will
  • Leadership and governance
  • Health workforce
  • Financing

Question 8

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Which of the following statements best describes medical dominance?
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  • A situations where other allied health professionals do not have autonomy of their practice or accreditation procedures unlike those in medicines
  • A situation where the profession of medicine has limited power over health care
  • A situation where the profession of medicine has the majority of the power over health care decisions, including over the work of other health professionals
  • A situation where allied health professionals and alternative medicine therapies are able to assert their perspective

Question 9

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Which is not true about Australia's population?
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  • Our birth rate is less then the replacement rate of 2:1
  • People over 65 years comprise about 14% of the population but in the indigenous population the figure is 3.4%
  • About half of the indigenous population is aged 22 or under compared to 38 years for the non-indigenous population
  • The proportion of people 25 and under is projected to continue to grow up to 2042

Question 10

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Health care systems are continually evolving complex systems and how we think about their goals is vital for influencing our views on how we think they should develop. Dr Alex Hadad or Toronto re-conceptualised the meaning of the goal of 'health' as
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  • The physical, social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of the individual
  • The ability to self-manage in the face of physical, mental and social challenges
  • The wellbeing of the whole community to support more people into employment
  • The absence of disease whether infectious or chronic and the ability to function independently

Question 11

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Social and financial risk protection means
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  • Third party partners bear the financial risks on behalf of the community
  • Financial risk is distributed according to ability to pay rather then illness
  • Taking out health insurances so people don't have to pay the full cost of health services
  • Income support is provided to people on low incomes

Question 12

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When was Medicare introduced
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  • 1988
  • 1984
  • 1901
  • 1990

Question 13

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Which statement best describes the WHO definition of universal health coverage
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  • UHC means that all people can access health care services that do not expose the user to financial hardship
  • UHC means that all people can use health services of sufficient quality for a fee
  • UHC ensures that some people within a population can use health care services that do not expose the user to financial hardship
  • UHC means that all people can use the promotive, preventive, curative, rehabilitative and palliative health services they need, of sufficient quality to be effective, while also ensuring that the use of these services does not expose the user to financial

Question 14

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When referring to the Australian system of government, bicameral means
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  • a legislative body with two branches, chamber or houses
  • citizens elect the government and the government is accountable to the citizens
  • a legislative body with one branch, chamber or house
  • setting out the power, rights and responsibilities of government and people

Question 15

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Identify the three components of the Medicare system
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  • tele health, ambulance services and cosmetic surgery
  • primary health care services, private health care services and pharmaceutical
  • public hospital services, medical, pharmaceutical
  • bulkbilling, the Medicare levy, and private hospital services

Question 16

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Which of the following statements best describes equity in the health care system?
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  • promoting tolerance, freedom and equality for all people regardless of race, sex, orientation and ethnicity in relation to health
  • equity refers to a state of affairs in which all people within a specific society have the same rights, opportunities, economic equality and other social securities and access to health services
  • equity is absence of avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically and is related to health determinants
  • equity and equality are interchangeable terms

Question 17

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Safety net provisions refer to
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  • government programs and policies that protect against or reduce social and financial risks
  • horizontal fiscal imbalances
  • serious risks from low quality goods/services or from unsafe use
  • the restricted availability of goods or services

Question 18

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.....what aspects of her care are not covered by Medicare
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  • public hospital surgical care, theatre fees and hospital accommodation
  • emergency department care
  • in-hospital physiotherapy
  • ambulance service to hospital

Question 19

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.... which of the following is not technical efficiency as he defined it
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  • Improving federal/state cooperation through the council of Australian governments
  • Addressing the social conditions that underpin poor health to prevent ill health
  • The most accurate method of delivering treatment to restore an individuals functioning
  • Prioritising those most in need, such as those with chronic disease, to reduce health care costs into the future

Question 20

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Vertical fiscal imbalance means
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  • The commonwealth government raises revenues in excess of its spendings responsibilities, while state governments have insufficient revenue from their own sources to finance spendings responsibilities
  • Re-categorising activities for the purpose of making the other party or public pay
  • The state government raise revenues in excess of their spending responsibilities while the commonwealth government has insufficient revenue from its own sources to finance spending responsibilities
  • Not admitting patients to day surgery

Question 21

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Policy is defined as
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  • A set of unifying beliefs
  • Funding of health services and programs
  • Health in all policies
  • Long-term, continuously used standing decision by which more specific proposals are judged for acceptability

Question 22

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What is the policy development process order?
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  • Formulation, identification, implementation, evaluation
  • Evaluation, identification, formulation, implementation
  • Evaluations, formulation, identification, implementation
  • Identification, formulation, implementation, evaluation

Question 23

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Which of the following principles of engagement with first peoples as identified by Hunt refers to building and sustaining relationships, building trust and acting with integrity
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  • Power and decision making
  • Responsibility and accountability
  • Capacity development
  • The practice of engagement

Question 24

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Evidence can be defined as
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  • Determining the value of policies
  • The making of a judgement about the amount, number or value or something
  • The objective assessment of a policy
  • Replicable, reliable and reproducible knowledge

Question 25

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The Australian human rights commission defines self-determination as
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  • Being able to set goals and achieve them productively
  • The loss of a right to live in a certain way
  • An ongoing process of choice which ensures that indigenous communities are able to seek basic health care
  • An ongoing process of choice which ensures that indigenous communities are able to meet their social, cultural and economical needs

Question 26

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The rising costs of health diagnosis and treatment services in Australian means that health policy continues to be a hot topic of debate. Which of the following did Gray (.05) argue would help keep costs down according to international evidence?
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  • Shift costs to consumers by introducing user charges as their behaviour will be better guided by choice of provider in the health service delivery market
  • Review access to UHC as the main reason is that Australia's population is aging
  • Shift the focus to evidence based evaluation of treatment and technologies
  • Maintain our multi-payer system under which the government allocates funding to a balance of private and public service provisions

Question 27

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Which of the following statements is false?
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  • Stakeholders can have a huge influence on policy
  • Stakeholders always have the publics best interest at the forefront
  • Key interest groups often meet with politicians
  • Stakeholders can represent many different interests

Question 28

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Identify below a mechanism of the Victorian aboriginal affairs framework
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  • Engagement and consultation in all stages of decision making processes
  • Local indigenous networks (LINS)
  • Indigenous peoples working group (IPWG)
  • Committee for indigenous peoples (CIP)

Question 29

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What is not a competing interest at play in debates around health policy in relation to how we can optimise our population goals
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  • The professional interest in maximising incomes through professional representative bodies and associations
  • The high technology sector's interest to make a profit
  • The citizen's interest to access effective services to meet their basic health needs
  • The national interest in the potential to grow the economy and jobs as health is the largest industry in Australia

Question 30

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Which is considered the best descriptor of scientific evidence for the review of medical intervention outcomes?
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  • Strong evidence from at least one published properly designed randomised controlled that of appropriate size and in an appropriate clinical setting
  • Strong evidence from at least one published, systematic, review of multiple well designed randomised controlled trials
  • Evidence from well-designed non experimental studies from more than one centre or research group
  • Evidence from published well designed trials without randomisation, single group pre-post cohort, time series or math case-controlled studies

Question 31

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Which statement is true of publicly funded health systems ?
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  • Health services are funded to maximise health outcomes across the worst areas of society
  • People have access to services without having to pay for them
  • They are relatively cheap to run
  • All people pay the same tax

Question 32

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Health expenditure occurs where
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  • Money is spent on health goods and services by governments, individuals and non-government sources
  • Money is spent by consumers on goods and services
  • Money is spent solely by governments on health goods and services
  • Money is spent solely by non-government sources such as private health insurers

Question 33

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In 2010 the OECD argued that life expectancy could be increased across OECD countries by 2 years if they all
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  • Enhanced PBS access to generic new drugs for older people
  • Funded more of the proven new diagnostic and treatment technologies
  • Adjusted their policies to focus on health system efficiency
  • Allocated more health system funding for staffing in their national health budget

Question 34

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Which of the following statements is true?
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  • The Medicare levy providers approximately 50% of the revenue needed to fund health spending
  • The Medicare levy provides less than 20% of the revenue needed to fund health spending
  • The Medicare levy provides all the financing necessary to fund health spending
  • The Medicare levy provides approximately 5% of the revenue needed to fund health spending

Question 35

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Which of the three following diseases attracted the most expenditure
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  • Oral health, mental disorders and diabetes
  • Cardiovascular disease, oral health and mental disorders
  • Mental disorders, asthma and diabetes
  • Cardiovascular disease, cancer and oral health

Question 36

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Which is not true
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  • State government spends more than federal government on hospital services
  • The AIHW classifies health aids under 'other recurrent" expenditure
  • The federal government spends more than the states on capital expenditure in the health budget
  • The majority of private health insurance expenditure is spent on hospital care

Question 37

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Which of the following is not an advantage for cases payments where set fees are paid per average cases seen by category
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  • Encourages short length of stay
  • Encourages seeing more cases
  • Encourages most cost effective treatment by case
  • Encourages early discharge of patients

Question 38

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Which of the following statements best describes an important factor in determining health expenditure
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  • Cost effectiveness
  • Its efficiency which is influenced by policy
  • Evidence based practice
  • The priorities of the government

Question 39

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Which of the following statements about health expenditure is not true
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  • Health expenditure has been growing at a higher rate in recent years than our economy
  • The ratio of health expenditure to GDP has been growing in recent years
  • The value of all health goods and services produced has grown from 6.8% in 1986 to 9.5% in 2011-12
  • Health expenditure as a proportion of gross domestic product in Australia is significantly higher then the average of other OECD countries

Question 40

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Between 2011-12, Australia's health expenditure on primary health care services totalled $50.6 billion. Primary health care services include but are not limited to
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  • Front line health services delivered in the community such as hospitals, emergency and ambulance
  • Frontline health services delivered in the community such as General practitioner services, dental services and all community and public health initiatives
  • Community based health services such as those delivered by non-government organisations (NGO's) such as the salvation army
  • Medical research such as research projects funded by the national health and medical research council

Question 41

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Which of the following is not a factor contributing to demand on the ambulance services of Australia?
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  • An ageing population
  • Emergency department patient numbers
  • An increase in general practitioner services and clinical hours
  • Lack of alternative services

Question 42

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Burden of disease is measured by
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  • The overall cost by disease group
  • Disability adjusted life years
  • The number of people who die from a disease
  • The number of people with the disease

Question 43

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Which of the following statements is truest about the overall burden of disease due to premature death and health loss in Australasia?
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  • In 2010, cardiovascular disease replaced cancer as the largest contributor to the burden of disease compared to statistics from 1990
  • In 2010, diabetes did not contribute to overall burden of disease
  • In 2010, tobacco related conditions contributed more significantly to the burden of disease compared to statistics from 1990
  • In 2010, unintentional injuries replaced transport injuries as the largest contributor to injuries compared to statistics from 1990

Question 44

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A patient is assessed by the triage nurse in a public emergency department. The nurse categorises the case as being category 3 and to be assesses and treated within XX minutes. This is indicative of a _____ medical condition
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  • Potentially life-threatening
  • Immediately life threatening
  • Potentially serious
  • Immediately life threatening ,

Question 45

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Which of the following statements is true?
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  • Preventing, managing and treating chronic disease needs to be a government priority for those in low socioeconomic geographic areas in Australia only
  • The UN has called for a 25% reduction by 2025 in mortality from chronic disease among people aged between 30 - 70 years old in developing countries only
  • Many chronic diseases in Australia arise from similar identifying causes and share a number of prevention and treatment strategies
  • There is strong evidence that the pandemic of communicable diseases in Australia is really the major health challenge for Australia

Question 46

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what were the biggest risk factors contributing to burden of disease in Australasia in 2010?
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  • Smoking, cancer and sedentary lifestyle
  • Smoking, diatary risks and injury
  • Smoking, high body mass and illicit drug use
  • Smoking, dietary risks and high body mass index

Question 47

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What are the three core elements of the inter-professional capability framework
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  • Communication team function, role clarification
  • Client centred service, reflection, conflict resolution
  • Client safety and quality, communication, collaborative practice
  • Client safety and quality, client centred service, collaborative practice

Question 48

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Chronic disease os often discussed in four major disease groups. Identify these groups
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  • Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, tobacco related conditions and obesity
  • Asthma, cancer, eating disorders and oral conditions
  • Obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • Cardiovascular disease, cancers, chronic pulmonary disease and diabetes

Question 49

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Risk factors that increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes include obesity, impaired fasting blood glucose, raised blood pressure and raised blood triglycerides. This group of risk factors is known collectively as
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  • Metabolic syndrome
  • Metabolic disease
  • Metabolism syndrome
  • Metabolic rate

Question 50

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Paramedicine is currently not a registrable profession with the Australian Health Professional Regulation Agency. Which of the following is not a benefit of registration for paramedics
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  • Better pay
  • Consumer protection
  • Protection of the title paramedic
  • On-going education requirements

Question 51

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Capacity in an aged population is described as
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  • The need to not make unwise decisions
  • Understanding and making specific decisions
  • Something that remains constant over time
  • How much income an older person has accumulated

Question 52

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Which of the following is not a screening tool used for the assessment and diagnosis if dementia
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  • General practitioner assessment of cognition
  • Rowland universal dementia assessment scale
  • 8-minute screen
  • min-mental state examinations

Question 53

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.... which of the following answers best represents factors which may increase the risk of dementia
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  • Excessive alcohol consumption, diabetes and smoking
  • Excessive alcohol consumption and isolation
  • Poly pharmacy, smoking and geographical location
  • Poly pharmacy and unemployment

Question 54

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What are some of the potential risk factors associated with incontinence
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  • Being older, previous pregnancy and smoking
  • Being female, being older and cognitive impairment
  • Being female, being older and smoking
  • being female, previous pregnancy and excessive alcohol consumption

Question 55

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Death is an integral part of life. Which of the following options is not true? Palliative care:
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  • Should not be commenced until the final stages of illness
  • Can be provided in community settings including a persons own home
  • Aims to improve quality of life of patients with an active, progressive disease that has little or no prospect of cure
  • Can be provided by neonatal and paediatric services

Question 56

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Which of the following is true about consumer directed care (CDC)?
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  • It is in reality only possible in community settings such as through HACC
  • It is something current policy makers are trying to shift the whole health system away from towards person-centred care
  • It is generally not possible in hospital or residential settings
  • It applies to all aged care packages in both residential aged care is HACC

Question 57

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In older people there is an association between QOL, self reported health and actual health. Which is not a relevant factor here?
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  • Social capital
  • Ageing in place
  • Neo liberalism
  • Social inclusion

Question 58

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The cost of going into an aged care facility could be
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  • Up to $1 million
  • Free
  • $50,000
  • Approximately $100,000

Question 59

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'My aged care' was described as a
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  • Coordinated entry point to access aged care services and information
  • Residential aged care facility
  • Medical training program
  • Government report

Question 60

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Australian women have a life expectancy ranked
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  • In the top 2
  • Outside the top 10
  • In the 90th percentile
  • In the top 5

Question 61

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The global trend towards community care in the past 50 years has been derived by
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  • A concern about the human rights of people with mental illness
  • The lack of infrastructure
  • The desire of private organisations to enter into the mental illness market
  • Concern about financial expenditure

Question 62

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Which of the following statements about informal carers is not correct?
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  • Adoption of a carer role has been associated with poorer mental and physical health
  • Informal carers are primarily women
  • They have full control of their person they are caring for
  • They provide a major source of care

Question 63

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The notion of capacity in relation to mental health is explained as
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  • Protection the rights of the mentally ill
  • To make decisions regarding one's own health care and whether involuntary care is needed
  • Finding a satisfying way of living with illness
  • Undertaking assessments in community settings

Question 64

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The UN convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is based on
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  • A physical model of disability that shifts focus from barriers to full access to premises
  • A social model of disability that shifts focus from barriers to full participation for people with disabilities
  • Discrimination on the basis of disability
  • Limiting the freedom of people with mental health problems

Question 65

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....Which of the following was not one of the 3 components of the NSMHW?
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  • 1998 survey of children and adolescents
  • 2010 survey of people living with psychotic illnesses
  • 1999 school based survey of mental health
  • 1997 school based survey of the adult population

Question 66

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What age group suffered the highest prevalence of common mental disorders in the Australian population in 2007?
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  • 35-44
  • 18-24
  • 25-34
  • 45-54

Question 67

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What percentage of people receiving a disability support pension in Australia are experiencing psychological or psychiatric conditions?
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  • 60%
  • 31%
  • 20%
  • 42%

Question 68

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Which of the following are new programs established by the federal, state and territory governments to address mental health?
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  • Online therapy services for depression and anxiety, youth mental health services and state based step up/step down facilities
  • Community mental health services, online therapy services for depression and anxiety and helplines
  • Adult inpatient services, youth mental health services and state based step/step down facilities
  • Personal mentors and helper services (PHAMS) and online therapy services for depression and anxiety

Question 69

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The recovery framework in mental health services
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  • Recognises that people can aim for full recovery from their mental illness
  • Recognises that delivery of mental health services in mainstream health settings is less stigmatising
  • Recognises that mental illness is best approached under the medical model or care
  • Recognises that people can live a contributing life with their mental illness

Question 70

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There has been a move to reduce the role of police in emergency situations and increase the role of paramedics. Which is not among the primary reasons for this?
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  • To align care responses within a recovery framework
  • To recognise that mental health issues, need to be dealt with within a health framework
  • To help shift stigmatisation of people with mental illness
  • To free up police time for other community order issues

Question 71

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Which statement below is not included in self determination
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  • Families ability to do what they believe is right
  • Authority to control resources and obtain needed services
  • Ability and opportunity to make choices and decisions
  • Opportunities to participate in and contribute to one's community

Question 72

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Concepts such as consumer self determination, person centred approaches to service delivery and consumer contribution to the planning of services has been part of disability research and practice
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  • For over 25 years
  • Since the introduction of the NDIS
  • Since the beginning of disability services
  • For only the past few years

Question 73

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Which of the following is not one of the four guiding principles of the NDIS?
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  • State government leadership in funding
  • Actuarial estimates to ensure the scheme is financially viable in the long term
  • Long term view of funding requirements
  • Investment in research, innovation and outcome analysis

Question 74

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Which of the following professions would not be an allied health profession supporting individuals with a disability?
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  • Developmental educator
  • Occupational therapist
  • Speech therapist
  • Psychiatrist

Question 75

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The NDIS aims to provide
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  • Better access for people living with disability to a mixture of specialist and mainstream services
  • Better access for people living with disability to health services
  • Better access for people living with disability to mainstream support services
  • Better access for people living with disability to specialist disability services only

Question 76

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In communicating with people living with disability which of the following is not most important for health professionals as measures of respect
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  • Support them to participate in economic and social life
  • Support them to achieve a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
  • To maximise their control over their life
  • Support them in exercising choice in the pursuit of their own goals

Question 77

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Alongside smoking what are the factors for chronic respiratory conditions
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  • Environmental factors such as exposure to viral infections and air pollutants and genetic factors such as cystic fibrosis
  • Passive smoking and exposure to air pollutants through the workplace
  • Environmental factors such as passive smoking and genetic factors such as cystic fibrosis
  • Genetic factors such as cystic fibrosis

Question 78

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People with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions are predominantly managed in
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  • Residential rehabilitation by allied health professionals
  • Aged care facilities
  • Acute inpatient settings
  • Primary health care settings by a range of health professionals

Question 79

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Approaches that put the individual at the centre of decision making processes and both take and create opportunities to inform and empower individuals to be actively involved in the management of their health are referred to as
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  • Personalised approaches
  • Person centred approaches
  • Central approaches
  • Person - aligned approaches

Question 80

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Which of the following contributed to the greatest number of injury related hospitalisations between 1999 and 2011?
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  • Poisoning and pharmaceuticals
  • Intentional self harm
  • Falls
  • Transport injuries

Question 81

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The youth support advocacy services (YSAS) refers to empowerment as ?
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  • Teaching young people to make decisions
  • Teaching young people to say no to drugs
  • Giving power to young people
  • Young people have to empower others to help them

Question 82

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The YSAS needs identification survey of their clients, approximately had
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  • Only school problems/issues
  • No psychosocial issues/disadvantages
  • More then 6 psychosocial issues/disadvantages
  • Only family problems/issues

Question 83

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What are two important behavioural factors in maintaining desirable cholesterol levels?
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  • Sufficient physical activity and a diet low in saturated fat
  • Smoking cessation and a diet low in saturated fat
  • Abstinent from alcohol and illicit drugs
  • Smoking cessation and sufficient physical activity

Question 84

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Total number of drug related hospitalisation gradually increased from about 81,000 on 03/04 to 108,000 on 11/12. This was largely due to
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  • Respiratory conditions
  • Injuries
  • Alcohol
  • Illicit drugs

Question 85

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Using illicit drugs is a risky behaviour. The term illicit drug can encompass a number of broad concept which includes
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  • a misuse of illegal drugs
  • Illegal drugs, misuse of pharmaceuticals and other psychoactive substance
  • Using drugs which are illegal only
  • Misuse of alcohol and tobacco

Question 86

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Age standardised death rates per 1,000 populations are highest in
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  • Very remote areas
  • Major cities
  • Remote areas
  • Inner regional areas

Question 87

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If it occurs early enough, successfully quitting smoking can result in an increased life expectancy of
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  • Quitting smoking makes no difference to life expectancy
  • Less than one year
  • Up to 10 years
  • Approximately 25 years

Question 88

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Which of the following statements is false?
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  • Most prison entrants were smokers before entering prison
  • Indigenous people about to be released from prison are least likely to report more positive changes to their physical and mental health while in prison
  • Indigenous people are significantly over represented in the prison system
  • Most prison entrants had used illicit drugs in the year before entering prison

Question 89

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Which of the following is not true of the ABS Australian health survey findings as reported by AIHW Australia's Health 2014?
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  • Sufficient physical activity was more common in areas with the highest SES than areas with the lowest SES
  • Being overweight and obese were much more common in areas with the highest SES than areas with the lowest SES
  • The daily smoking rate was much higher in areas with lower SES than in areas with the highest SES
  • Drinking alcohol at levels that placed them at risk of an alcohol related injury from a single drinking occasion was lower in low SES areas that in high SES areas

Question 90

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Which of the following is true
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  • People living in rural and remote areas are less likely to have high blood cholesterol
  • High blood cholesterol is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke
  • Australians in regional and remote areas tend to have longer lives than people in major cities
  • Impaired fasting glucose is not a risk factor for the future development of cardiovascular disease

Question 91

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Which of the following is not a key factor of the primary health care model
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  • Accessible
  • Adaptable
  • Appropriate
  • Affordable

Question 92

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Which of the following is one of the key objectives for the primary health networks?
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  • Identify local health care services and develop locally focused and responsive services
  • Improve the coordination of care to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place and the right time
  • Improving the patient journey through developing integrated and coordinated services
  • Provide support to clinicians and service providers

Question 93

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Which of the following services is not considered to be an aspect of primary health care
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  • The royal flying doctor service
  • Assessment, treatment and transport to hospital by Ambulance Victoria
  • Sports injury assessment and treatment in an emergency department
  • The cancer council Australia "no tan is worth dying for' campaign

Question 94

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With the use of vaccines, it is sometimes possible to achieve disease eradication, while for other vaccines the aim is to
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  • Limit disease in only those that choose to be vaccinate
  • Protect those that choose not to be vaccinated
  • Protect the largest proportion of the population as possible
  • Limit severe disease in the most vulnerable populations

Question 95

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Which of the following is not one of the key objectives of the primary health care access program of the NT
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  • To empower individuals and communities to assume great responsibility for their personal health and wellbeing
  • To increase the availability of appropriate primary health care services
  • To provide comprehensive and selective health care to all individuals to improve the overall health of the whole community
  • To create local health systems that are better equipped to meet the needs of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander communities

Question 96

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Poor childhood oral health is a strong predictor of
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  • Language barriers
  • Poor adult oral health
  • Low socioeconomic status
  • Poor health literacy

Question 97

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The second most commonly notified vaccine preventable disease after influenza is
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  • Whooping cough
  • Measles
  • Tuberculosis
  • Diphtheria

Question 98

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The declaration of alma ata .... primary premise is that
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  • People living with disability have the same right as other people to participate in all aspects of social and economic life
  • General practitioners should be the first point of contact for everyone for their health issues
  • Indigenous people worldwide have the right of self-determination
  • The attainment of the highest possible level of health is only achievable with action in environmental, social and economic sectors

Question 99

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Which services would generally not be provided in a selective primary health care model
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  • Screening
  • Immunisation
  • Management of chronic disease
  • Community development

Question 100

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The main aim of selective health care is
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  • To acknowledge that primary health care is inevitably political
  • To acknowledge local community priorities
  • Reduction/elimination of specific disease
  • Improvement in the overall health of the community and individuals

Question 101

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The overall health of indigenous Australians is
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  • Better than other Australians
  • About the same as other Australians
  • Less relevant to community health because they have their own cultural practices
  • Worse than other Australians

Question 102

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.... of the following behavioural risk factors, which is the most concerning for the indigenous population as rates are significantly higher than in the non indigenous population?
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  • Risky levels of alcohol consumption
  • Illicit drug uses
  • Poor diet and sedentary lifestyle
  • Smoking

Question 103

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Which of the following best describes key features of aboriginal community controlled services?
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  • Health workforces which are government by Indigenous Australians
  • Community - initiated and located with culturally acceptable, holistic services with aboriginal health workers as the major workforce
  • Empowerment: facilitating individuals and communities to assume great responsibilities for their personal health and wellbeing
  • All features of the ACCHS arose from failure of mainstream services to adequately provide for indigenous people

Question 104

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Indigenous Australians under 65 are twice as likely as non indigenous Australians to
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  • Have a disability
  • Smoke tobacco
  • Require health literacy
  • Require assistance with daily activities

Question 105

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Indigenous Australians consist of what percentage of the population?
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  • 5%
  • 10%
  • 12%
  • 3%

Question 106

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When was the first ACCHS established?
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  • After the 1967 referendum when rights to freedom of movement were made more flexible
  • After the mabo decision in 1992 when their special health rights were recognised
  • After federation in 1901 when freedom of movement was given back to aboriginal and Torres strait islanders
  • After the second world war in 1946 when aboriginal soldiers returned from service and it was recognised they were frequently not comfortable with mainstream health services

Question 107

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Which of the following is not true?
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  • Cultural safety and cultural competence have now become entrenched in mainstream health services so most aboriginal people now prefer these services
  • Indigenous people 40-59 years are 3x as likely to need assistance with daily activities as non indigenous people in that age bracket
  • The purple house seeks to provide ongoing connection to family and country for people needing ongoing renal dialysis treatment
  • ACCHS help build a cultural awareness and sensitivity of mainstream health services

Question 108

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Hospitalisation of indigenous people for potentially preventable condition occurs more frequently than for non-indigenous. These hospitalisations occur at a rate nearly ____ times as often.
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  • One
  • Ten
  • Four
  • Eight

Question 109

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Despite strong evidence for the efficacy and value of ACCHS
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  • Indigenous people do not go to them for health care services
  • They do not provide the services their local communities require
  • They do not deliver significant economic benefits to their communities
  • There is an ongoing need to fight for their place in Australian health care

Question 110

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Aboriginal controlled services arose from
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  • Political point scoring
  • Aboriginal people protesting at community health services
  • Mainstream services over servicing aboriginal communities
  • A failure of mainstream services to adequately provide for indigenous people

Question 111

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One of the greatest challenges to the Australian healthcare system is
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  • Ensuring there is a suitable workforce
  • Ensuring screening programs are made available
  • Ensuring people visit their GP as needed
  • Ensuring politicians follow through on their promises

Question 112

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Which of the following is TRUE? There will be challenges of accessing Primary healthcare because
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  • All primary health care is free
  • Lack of practitioner time is cited as a frequent barrier to providing services
  • primary health care is fully funded by the government
  • primary health care is readily available in non-metropolitan regions

Question 113

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Which of the following is FALSE?
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  • Lifestyle diseases continue to increase
  • Indigenous peoples have higher rates of disease then non-indigenous peoples
  • There is evidence that the use of illicit drugs will reduce significantly into the future
  • Primary health care has a role in the prevention of the onset of chronic disease

Question 114

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It is true that there will be future challenges in providing services to people with a disability because
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  • Disability service providers are not accredited
  • There is no definition of a disability
  • Services will need to be specifically tailored to the person with the disability
  • People with a disability are difficult to contact

Question 115

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It is FALSE to state that non-communicable diseases
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  • Include diabetes, mental illness and cancer
  • Can be best addressed through collaboration across many industries
  • Are considered a public health challenge
  • are decreasing in developing countries

Question 116

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Numerous types of health practitioners comprise the Australian Health workforce. Which group represents the greatest proportion of practitioners?
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  • Psychologists
  • Medical practitioners
  • Nurses and midwives
  • Pharmacists

Question 117

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Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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  • All health practitioner types are greater in concentration in Major cities than rural or remote settings
  • Females comprise a greater proportion of the health care and social assistance industry
  • The number (per 100,000 population) of Australian nurses is greater than the OECD average
  • The numbers of medical practitioners and nurses/midwives have increased significantly over the last few year

Question 118

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Which of the following is NOT a challenge for the Royal Flying Doctor Service
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  • Patient access to primary health care needs
  • The reliance on only private health insurance to cover costs
  • The remoteness of service delivery
  • Availability of funding

Question 119

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Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
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  • A policy may be rules to guide action or inaction
  • A policy culminates in an issue/situation being defined, redefined or changed
  • A policy is a short term solution to an acute situation
  • A policy may be presented as a statement of intentions, objectives and goals

Question 120

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Australians expect their health policies to be guided by
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  • Fairness and justice
  • Defined pensions
  • All people covered by insurance
  • The rule of the land
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