Which information would a health care professional use to explain the epidemic of obesity in the United States?  

A tornado devastated a mid-western town. As part of the response the governor of the state and city mayor utilized a standardized response system that included a command system and a chain of communications that led to coordinated efforts of the city major disaster response systems. This action is referred to as what core domain in disaster planning?

A health department director reads over an article on global health care system performance. The article included a table of performance rankings of five categories across eleven developed countries, including the United States. What will the director learn from this table?

A health educator is reading the IOM report entitled, Promoting Health: Intervention Strategies from Social and Behavioral Research. How would the health educator change practice behavior as a result of reading the report?

Which data would be beneficial for policy makers to use to reduce health care spending in the United States?

A health reporter is interviewing a hospital director about the concept of the Triple Aim and what outcomes to expect. What would be a response?

A student team is asked to draw comparisons between how governments differ in their supervisory roles over their county’s health care infrastructure. How would the U.S. supervision over the U.S. health care compare to how other governments supervise their own country?

A director of physicians is interested in learning more about the NAM Action Collaborative on Clinical Well-Being and Resilience. What would be the precipitating cause for the director’s interest in this research?

A mother and grandmother were discussing the new grandchild and their upcoming pediatric visit. The grandmother recalls how her pediatrician helped her get through a bad case of strep throat and now she sees an internist that encouraged her to lower her cholesterol. They both reflect on how medical care never seems to stop through the years. What are they essentially describing?

A nursing school class is studying issues and concerns within the health system. One is-sue includes the rapid growth of health care expenditures. The class was asked to create two broad categories in which to place solutions to this expenditure issue. What could be possible categories?