FOUNDATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
WGU D583 EXAM / WGU D583
FOUNDATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
OA ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026
COMPLETE TEST ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS
/. What are the three Core Functions of Public Health? - Answer-✅Assessment -
Systematically collecting, analyzing, and making available information on healthy
communities.
Policy Development - creating public policies to support community health efforts.
Assurance - Ensuring that services necessary to achieve agreed-upon goals are
provided (either by encouraging action, requiring it, or providing it directly).
/.What are the 10 Essential Public Health Services? - Answer-✅- Monitor health status
- Diagnose and investigate health problems
-Inform, educate, and empower people
- Mobilize community partnerships
- Develop policies and plans
- Enforce laws and regulations
- Link people to needed services
- Ensure a competent workforce
- Evaluate services
- Research for new insights
/.What the the three levels of prevention? - Answer-✅-Primary
Prevent disease before it occurs
(Vaccinations, healthy diet campaigns)
-Secondary
Early detection
(Blood pressure screenings)
-Tertiary
, Reduce impact of existing disease
(Rehab after stroke, support groups)
/.What are the 4 public health structures? - Answer-✅-Centralized
State government controls local public health
- Decentralized
Local governments have authority
-Shared
Joint responsibility between state and local levels
-Mixed
Features vary across jurisdictions
/.In regards to the Ecological Model what five forms examines how individual behavior is
affected by multiple levels? - Answer-✅Intrapersonal (individual)
Interpersonal (social networks)
Organizational
Community
Public policy
/.Regarding the Transtheoretical Model, what are the six stages a person goes through
to change behavior? - Answer-✅- Precontemplation - no intention to change
- Contemplation - thinking about change
- Preparation - ready to change
- Action - actively making changes
- Maintenance - sustaining change
- Termination - behavior is fully integrated
/.In regards to Reciprocal Determinism (Social Cognitive Theory), what are the three
forms of behaviors of influence? - Answer-✅- Personal factors
-Environmental influences
-Behavior itself (they all interact)
/.What is the agency of National health protection agency? - Answer-✅CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
/.What is the agency that Funds and conducts medical research? - Answer-✅NIH
National Institutes of Health
/.What is the agency that is the International public health authority? - Answer-✅WHO
World Health Organization
WGU D583 EXAM / WGU D583
FOUNDATIONS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
OA ACTUAL EXAM 2025/2026
COMPLETE TEST ACCURATE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS
/. What are the three Core Functions of Public Health? - Answer-✅Assessment -
Systematically collecting, analyzing, and making available information on healthy
communities.
Policy Development - creating public policies to support community health efforts.
Assurance - Ensuring that services necessary to achieve agreed-upon goals are
provided (either by encouraging action, requiring it, or providing it directly).
/.What are the 10 Essential Public Health Services? - Answer-✅- Monitor health status
- Diagnose and investigate health problems
-Inform, educate, and empower people
- Mobilize community partnerships
- Develop policies and plans
- Enforce laws and regulations
- Link people to needed services
- Ensure a competent workforce
- Evaluate services
- Research for new insights
/.What the the three levels of prevention? - Answer-✅-Primary
Prevent disease before it occurs
(Vaccinations, healthy diet campaigns)
-Secondary
Early detection
(Blood pressure screenings)
-Tertiary
, Reduce impact of existing disease
(Rehab after stroke, support groups)
/.What are the 4 public health structures? - Answer-✅-Centralized
State government controls local public health
- Decentralized
Local governments have authority
-Shared
Joint responsibility between state and local levels
-Mixed
Features vary across jurisdictions
/.In regards to the Ecological Model what five forms examines how individual behavior is
affected by multiple levels? - Answer-✅Intrapersonal (individual)
Interpersonal (social networks)
Organizational
Community
Public policy
/.Regarding the Transtheoretical Model, what are the six stages a person goes through
to change behavior? - Answer-✅- Precontemplation - no intention to change
- Contemplation - thinking about change
- Preparation - ready to change
- Action - actively making changes
- Maintenance - sustaining change
- Termination - behavior is fully integrated
/.In regards to Reciprocal Determinism (Social Cognitive Theory), what are the three
forms of behaviors of influence? - Answer-✅- Personal factors
-Environmental influences
-Behavior itself (they all interact)
/.What is the agency of National health protection agency? - Answer-✅CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
/.What is the agency that Funds and conducts medical research? - Answer-✅NIH
National Institutes of Health
/.What is the agency that is the International public health authority? - Answer-✅WHO
World Health Organization
