COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH:
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026.
Mission of Public Health - ANS The fulfillment of society's interest in assuring the conditions
in which people can be healthy
1. Prevent Disease/Injury
2. Promote Health
Core Functions (Wheel) - ANS 1. Assessment
-Monitor Health
-Diagnose & Investigate
2. Policy Development
-Inform, Educate, Empower
-Mobilize Community Partnerships
-Develop Policies
3. Assurance
-Enforce Laws
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,-Link to/ Provide Care
-Assure Competent Workforce
-Evaluate
Core Functions: Highway Pollution Example - ANS 1. Assessment
-Measure car exhaust
-Measure asthma rates
2. Policy Development
-Educate residents, officials
-Mobilize partnerships to demand action
-Change emission regulation.
3. Assurance
-Enforce emission regulation
-Link residents to asthma care
-Train health providers to ask/treat
-Evaluate asthma rates over time (city vs. rural)
Epidemiology - ANS the study of the determinants and distribution of disease
Ecological Model - ANS Considering individual behavior in the context of the social
environment:
1. Interpersonal, organizational, community, public policy levels
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, Health Belief Model - ANS Determines if a person is likely to change behavior based on their
perception of: vulnerability to threat, severity of threat, barriers to action, effectiveness of
taking action (and self-efficacy).
Stages of change - ANS trans theoretical, identifies motivation for behavior change in order to
intervene at proper stage
1. pre contemplation
2. contemplation
3. preparation
4. action
5. maintenance
Most important predictor of health is - ANS Socioeconomic Status (SES)
SES consists of (3 things) - ANS Education, Occupation, Income (and sometimes wealth)
Healthy People 2020 - ANS The fourth generation of an initiative with 10-year targets
designed to guide national health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the
health of all people in the US
How many years of gained life expectancy in the previous 100 years has been due to public
health, NOT medical care? - ANS 25 of the 30 years
What is the mission of public health? - ANS 1. Prevent Disease
2. Promote Health
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS. VERIFIED 2026.
Mission of Public Health - ANS The fulfillment of society's interest in assuring the conditions
in which people can be healthy
1. Prevent Disease/Injury
2. Promote Health
Core Functions (Wheel) - ANS 1. Assessment
-Monitor Health
-Diagnose & Investigate
2. Policy Development
-Inform, Educate, Empower
-Mobilize Community Partnerships
-Develop Policies
3. Assurance
-Enforce Laws
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,-Link to/ Provide Care
-Assure Competent Workforce
-Evaluate
Core Functions: Highway Pollution Example - ANS 1. Assessment
-Measure car exhaust
-Measure asthma rates
2. Policy Development
-Educate residents, officials
-Mobilize partnerships to demand action
-Change emission regulation.
3. Assurance
-Enforce emission regulation
-Link residents to asthma care
-Train health providers to ask/treat
-Evaluate asthma rates over time (city vs. rural)
Epidemiology - ANS the study of the determinants and distribution of disease
Ecological Model - ANS Considering individual behavior in the context of the social
environment:
1. Interpersonal, organizational, community, public policy levels
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Health Belief Model - ANS Determines if a person is likely to change behavior based on their
perception of: vulnerability to threat, severity of threat, barriers to action, effectiveness of
taking action (and self-efficacy).
Stages of change - ANS trans theoretical, identifies motivation for behavior change in order to
intervene at proper stage
1. pre contemplation
2. contemplation
3. preparation
4. action
5. maintenance
Most important predictor of health is - ANS Socioeconomic Status (SES)
SES consists of (3 things) - ANS Education, Occupation, Income (and sometimes wealth)
Healthy People 2020 - ANS The fourth generation of an initiative with 10-year targets
designed to guide national health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the
health of all people in the US
How many years of gained life expectancy in the previous 100 years has been due to public
health, NOT medical care? - ANS 25 of the 30 years
What is the mission of public health? - ANS 1. Prevent Disease
2. Promote Health
3 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
