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Public Health and SUS

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  1. A survey of 2000 people found 50 with hypertension on the day of the survey. What is the prevalence?
  2. What is the role of primary health care in the SUS?
  3. Giving vaccines to prevent a disease is an example of which level of prevention?
  4. A municipality had 1000 children in the target group, and 700 of them received the vaccine. What is the vaccination coverage?
  5. Which phone number reaches the SAMU mobile emergency service in Brazil?
  6. What does the incidence of a disease measure?
  7. A survey of 5000 people found 80 with hypertension on the day of the survey. What is the prevalence?
  8. Which conference, held in 1986, is a landmark in the creation of the SUS?
  9. An outbreak had 200 confirmed cases and 40 deaths among them. What is the case fatality rate?
  10. An outbreak had 1000 confirmed cases and 8 deaths among them. What is the case fatality rate?
  11. In a town of 50000 people at risk, 100 new cases of a disease appeared in one year. What is the incidence per 1000 people?
  12. Which international declaration of 1978 defined primary health care as a key strategy for 'health for all'?
  13. A test gave these results: 60 true positives, 15 false negatives, 15 false positives and 210 true negatives. What is its specificity?
  14. Which law regulates community participation in the SUS through health councils and conferences?
  15. A test gave these results: 80 true positives, 20 false negatives, 10 false positives and 190 true negatives. What is its sensitivity?
  16. Which statement about the sensitivity of a test is correct?
  17. Which three organisational guidelines structure the SUS?
  18. Which form must be issued by the employer after an occupational accident?
  19. Screening mammography is an example of which level of prevention?
  20. A test gave these results: 90 true positives, 10 false negatives, 20 false positives and 180 true negatives. What is its specificity?
  21. In a town of 20000 people at risk, 10 new cases of a disease appeared in one year. What is the incidence per 1000 people?
  22. Which Brazilian programme, created in 2013, brought doctors to underserved areas?
  23. A screening test gave 90 true positives, 10 false negatives, 30 false positives and 270 true negatives. What is the positive predictive value?
  24. A screening test gave 60 true positives, 15 false negatives, 20 false positives and 205 true negatives. What is the positive predictive value?
  25. In a trial, the event occurred in 25% of the control group and in 15% of the treated group. What is the number needed to treat (NNT)?
  26. In a cohort, 18 of 100 exposed people and 6 of 100 unexposed people developed the disease. What is the relative risk?
  27. In a cohort, 30 of 100 exposed people and 10 of 100 unexposed people developed the disease. What is the relative risk?
  28. A municipality had 800 children in the target group, and 720 of them received the vaccine. What is the vaccination coverage?
  29. Which type of notification is mandatory in Brazil for diseases such as measles and tuberculosis?
  30. Which law is known as the Organic Health Law and regulates the SUS?
  31. A municipality had 2500 children in the target group, and 2250 of them received the vaccine. What is the vaccination coverage?
  32. What defines an endemic disease?
  33. A survey of 1000 people found 20 with hypertension on the day of the survey. What is the prevalence?
  34. A survey of 1000 people found 80 with hypertension on the day of the survey. What is the prevalence?
  35. A test gave these results: 60 true positives, 15 false negatives, 15 false positives and 210 true negatives. What is its sensitivity?
  36. What does the term 'social determinants of health' refer to?
  37. Which professionals form the minimum team of the Family Health Strategy?
  38. Which measure of association is calculated in a case-control study?
  39. Which study design follows exposed and unexposed groups over time to compare the occurrence of disease?
  40. An outbreak had 500 confirmed cases and 20 deaths among them. What is the case fatality rate?
  41. In a town of 50000 people at risk, 10 new cases of a disease appeared in one year. What is the incidence per 1000 people?
  42. An outbreak had 800 confirmed cases and 40 deaths among them. What is the case fatality rate?
  43. In a town of 10000 people at risk, 25 new cases of a disease appeared in one year. What is the incidence per 1000 people?
  44. A municipality recorded 1000 live births and 60 deaths of children under 1 year in a year. What is the infant mortality rate?
  45. A test gave these results: 72 true positives, 8 false negatives, 40 false positives and 280 true negatives. What is its sensitivity?
  46. Which four principles form the basis of bioethics according to Beauchamp and Childress?
  47. A test gave these results: 72 true positives, 8 false negatives, 40 false positives and 280 true negatives. What is its specificity?
  48. In a trial, the event occurred in 30% of the control group and in 20% of the treated group. What is the number needed to treat (NNT)?
  49. In a trial, the event occurred in 40% of the control group and in 30% of the treated group. What is the number needed to treat (NNT)?
  50. What are the attributes of primary care according to Starfield?
  51. A screening test gave 45 true positives, 5 false negatives, 5 false positives and 145 true negatives. What is the positive predictive value?
  52. A screening test gave 80 true positives, 20 false negatives, 20 false positives and 480 true negatives. What is the positive predictive value?
  53. In a trial, the event occurred in 12% of the control group and in 8% of the treated group. What is the number needed to treat (NNT)?
  54. A screening test gave 36 true positives, 4 false negatives, 12 false positives and 148 true negatives. What is the positive predictive value?

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