Question

1. TRUE OR FALSE Increasing global market competitiveness can spread chronic diseases.

2. TRUE OR FALSE Globally, infectious diseases are expected to rise while chronic diseases are expected to decrease in the future.

3. Chronic diseases, such as heart diseases, strokes, cancers result in the following conditions except;

• A. reduced quality of life
• B. burdened caregivers
• C. reduced health care cost
• D. shorter life span

4. TRUE OR FALSE: The top risk factor for mortality, globally in 2017 was poor diet?

5. TRUE OR FALSE: Population health interventions designed to prevent or control chronic diseases can also lead to unintended consequences like health disparities.

6. The adult population under medical management for chronic health conditions has increased substantially over time. The reason for this is

• A. changed standards of care
• B. better screening and detection of disease
• C. improved medicines and shortened life spans
• D. a & b

Answer 1

1) this statement is true because boosting of market competitiveness result in availability of all products with in affordable price and people are move to sedantary life style. This can spread chronic disease very fast. Now a days regulations for control trade market is not well develop so it also increased risk of spreading chronic disease.

2)this statement is false, because the infectious and chronic disease increasing day by day. The increase of chronic disease is 57% in future and the burden of chronic disease is increasing rapidly .The cause of increasing chronic disease is changing life style, urbanization and societal influence.

3)the correct answer is option c, because the burden of chronic disease include decrease life span, decreased quality of life ,increase cost of care and burdens to care givers also increased.the cost of health care in chronic disease is increased not decreased. Management of chronic disease need long term health care and that demand more expense.

So decreased cost of health care is not a part of chronic disease,the correct answer is option c.

4)the statement is false, because the leading cause for mortality globally in 2017 is cardiovascular disease not poor diet.

5) this statement is true because ,the chronic disease is increased day by day and many countries adopt measures to reduce the burden of chronic disease .The implementation of programs help to reduce the incidence of chronic disease but some consequences are there. The main consequences are health disparities .The disparities are causing due to poor education and poor socioeconomic status .The poor education status and economic status leads to difficult to implement the program in other words the implementation of programs is easy in highly educated people.

6)the answer is option d that is both a and b, because standards of care changed to manage chronic condition and screening and detection of chronic condition also increased  this will result in increased number of adults who seek medical care for chronic disease .