PUBH 302 GALLOWAY EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026
Define public health issue - Answers -What is making us sick
Risk factors/determinants - Answers -what is the cause of the disease/illness
Controversial/ethical concerns - Answers -ususally deals with money or individual
liberties
Risk factor - Answers -common causes of illness; more under individual control (diet,
smoking/drinking habits)
Risk condition - Answers -more distal causes of illness; less under individual control
(biological, environmental)
Public health orinated from the idea of ________________. - Answers -group survival
Public health codes throughout history - Answers -- tribal rules
- bible
- hieroglyphs
- roman senate
"Salus populi" comes from the Roman senate meaning... - Answers -"let the welfare of
the people be the supreme law"
Ancient Greeks - Answers -- personal hygiene
- naturalistic concept of disease
Hippocrates - Answers -- Father of western medicine
- casual relationships
- coined "epidemic"
Roman Empire - Answers -- Adopted Greek values
- rise of engineers (aqueducts)
- public baths
Middle Ages - Answers -- moved away from Greek values
- spiritual health
- isolated diseased individuals
The plague ("Black death") - Answers -25-50% of population in Western Europe died
2 types: bubonic & pneumonic
ANSWERS 2026
Define public health issue - Answers -What is making us sick
Risk factors/determinants - Answers -what is the cause of the disease/illness
Controversial/ethical concerns - Answers -ususally deals with money or individual
liberties
Risk factor - Answers -common causes of illness; more under individual control (diet,
smoking/drinking habits)
Risk condition - Answers -more distal causes of illness; less under individual control
(biological, environmental)
Public health orinated from the idea of ________________. - Answers -group survival
Public health codes throughout history - Answers -- tribal rules
- bible
- hieroglyphs
- roman senate
"Salus populi" comes from the Roman senate meaning... - Answers -"let the welfare of
the people be the supreme law"
Ancient Greeks - Answers -- personal hygiene
- naturalistic concept of disease
Hippocrates - Answers -- Father of western medicine
- casual relationships
- coined "epidemic"
Roman Empire - Answers -- Adopted Greek values
- rise of engineers (aqueducts)
- public baths
Middle Ages - Answers -- moved away from Greek values
- spiritual health
- isolated diseased individuals
The plague ("Black death") - Answers -25-50% of population in Western Europe died
2 types: bubonic & pneumonic
