HLTH 2000 ECU EXAM 1 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
\Q\.HEALTH - ANSWERS✔-"Not merely an absence of disease or infirmity but a state of
complete physical, mental, and social well being."
\Q\.Dimensions of Health - ANSWERS✔-Social
Physical
Spiritual
Environmental
Intellectual
Emotional
\Q\.Determinants of Health - ANSWERS✔-Heredity
Environmental
Health Care Services
Behavior
\Q\.Public Health - ANSWERS✔-Concerned with the prevention of disease and disability. It is
aimed at benefiting the entire population in contrast with medicine, which focuses on the
individual
\Q\.Public Health Vision - ANSWERS✔-Healthy People in Healthy Communities
,\Q\.Public Health Mission - ANSWERS✔-Promote physical and mental health and
Prevent disease, injury, disability
\Q\.Personal health activities - ANSWERS✔-Individual actions and decision making that affect
the health of an individual or his or her immediate family members or friends
\Q\.Community/public health activities - ANSWERS✔-Activities aimed at protecting or
improving the health of a population or community
Maintaining birth and death records, protecting food and water supply, etc.
\Q\.Public Health - ANSWERS✔-Prevents epidemics and the spread of disease
Protects against environmental hazards
Prevents injuries
Promotes and encourages healthy behaviors
Responds to disasters and assists communities in recovery
Assures the quality and accessibility of health services
\Q\.Sciences of Public Health - ANSWERS✔-Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Environmental Health
Health Policy and Management
\Q\.Epidemiology - ANSWERS✔-The study of epidemics.
Focuses on outbreaks of disease
, the basis for the assessment functions of public health.
Involves the collection and analysis of information. look for common exposures or shared
characteristics seeking causative factor
\Q\.Biostatistics - ANSWERS✔-Public health deals with statistics and the numbers are used as
diagnostic tools. They tell us how sick or healthy a society is and where the weakness is.
The science is used to calculate risks, understand concepts and calculations.
\Q\.Social and behavioral sciences - ANSWERS✔-People in modern society are dying of diseases
caused by their behaviors and social environment.
Focused on health related behaviors and ways to prevent self-destructive behaviors.
\Q\.Environmental health - ANSWERS✔-Focused on preventing the spread of disease through
water, air and food.
Concerned about the spread of infectious organisms with biomedical sciences and depends on
epidemiology to track environmental causes of disease outbreaks that are a threat to public
health.
\Q\.Health policy and management - ANSWERS✔-Concerns about runaway costs of health care,
lack of access and quality of care has led to an increasing interest in studying the medical care
system, its effectiveness, efficiency and equity.
\Q\.Assessment - ANSWERS✔-Monitor health status to identify community health problems
Diagnose and investigate problems and hazards
\Q\.Policy Development - ANSWERS✔-Inform, educate and empower people
Mobilize community partnerships
Develop policy
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
\Q\.HEALTH - ANSWERS✔-"Not merely an absence of disease or infirmity but a state of
complete physical, mental, and social well being."
\Q\.Dimensions of Health - ANSWERS✔-Social
Physical
Spiritual
Environmental
Intellectual
Emotional
\Q\.Determinants of Health - ANSWERS✔-Heredity
Environmental
Health Care Services
Behavior
\Q\.Public Health - ANSWERS✔-Concerned with the prevention of disease and disability. It is
aimed at benefiting the entire population in contrast with medicine, which focuses on the
individual
\Q\.Public Health Vision - ANSWERS✔-Healthy People in Healthy Communities
,\Q\.Public Health Mission - ANSWERS✔-Promote physical and mental health and
Prevent disease, injury, disability
\Q\.Personal health activities - ANSWERS✔-Individual actions and decision making that affect
the health of an individual or his or her immediate family members or friends
\Q\.Community/public health activities - ANSWERS✔-Activities aimed at protecting or
improving the health of a population or community
Maintaining birth and death records, protecting food and water supply, etc.
\Q\.Public Health - ANSWERS✔-Prevents epidemics and the spread of disease
Protects against environmental hazards
Prevents injuries
Promotes and encourages healthy behaviors
Responds to disasters and assists communities in recovery
Assures the quality and accessibility of health services
\Q\.Sciences of Public Health - ANSWERS✔-Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Environmental Health
Health Policy and Management
\Q\.Epidemiology - ANSWERS✔-The study of epidemics.
Focuses on outbreaks of disease
, the basis for the assessment functions of public health.
Involves the collection and analysis of information. look for common exposures or shared
characteristics seeking causative factor
\Q\.Biostatistics - ANSWERS✔-Public health deals with statistics and the numbers are used as
diagnostic tools. They tell us how sick or healthy a society is and where the weakness is.
The science is used to calculate risks, understand concepts and calculations.
\Q\.Social and behavioral sciences - ANSWERS✔-People in modern society are dying of diseases
caused by their behaviors and social environment.
Focused on health related behaviors and ways to prevent self-destructive behaviors.
\Q\.Environmental health - ANSWERS✔-Focused on preventing the spread of disease through
water, air and food.
Concerned about the spread of infectious organisms with biomedical sciences and depends on
epidemiology to track environmental causes of disease outbreaks that are a threat to public
health.
\Q\.Health policy and management - ANSWERS✔-Concerns about runaway costs of health care,
lack of access and quality of care has led to an increasing interest in studying the medical care
system, its effectiveness, efficiency and equity.
\Q\.Assessment - ANSWERS✔-Monitor health status to identify community health problems
Diagnose and investigate problems and hazards
\Q\.Policy Development - ANSWERS✔-Inform, educate and empower people
Mobilize community partnerships
Develop policy
