MEDS 581 Final Review - Lecture 16 UPDATED ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Public Health Milestones of 20th Century -Immunizations
-Control of infectious diseases
-Fluoridation of drinking water
-Family planning
-Maternal/Child health interventions
-Wastewater systems
-Motor vehicle safety
-Tobacco control
-Preventing birth defects
T or F: Interventions w/in the past century have increased True
American adult lifespan by 30 years and by 22 in other
countries
T or F: The leading causes of death transitioned from False - From infectious to chronic
chronic diseases to infectious diseases
T or F: S. Korea had a relatively flattened curve relatively True
early on due to their public health measures
S. Korean Public Health Measures -Social distancing
-Contact tracing
-Travel screening and restrictions
-Mass testing
-Spreading info quickly
-Centralization of response
-3 T's (Testing, Tracing, Treatment)
S. Korean MERS Outbreak -2015
-Largest outside M. East
-Introduced by patient returning from business trip in Bahrain
-Visited multiple hospitals/clinics
-MERS was originally not considered
T or F: Failure to control S. Korean MERS outbreak was True
likely caused by inadequate info disclosure
S. Korean MERS Outbreak - Lessons Learned -New law allowing labs to used unapproved in-vitro diagnostic kits in case of
public health emergency
-Importance of early warning and accurate diagnosis
-Changed public perceptions of disease control
Drive Through/Pop Up Testing -Free from S. Korean gov't
-Results back in ~1 day by text
-10 minutes
-Presented model for other countries
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Public Health Milestones of 20th Century -Immunizations
-Control of infectious diseases
-Fluoridation of drinking water
-Family planning
-Maternal/Child health interventions
-Wastewater systems
-Motor vehicle safety
-Tobacco control
-Preventing birth defects
T or F: Interventions w/in the past century have increased True
American adult lifespan by 30 years and by 22 in other
countries
T or F: The leading causes of death transitioned from False - From infectious to chronic
chronic diseases to infectious diseases
T or F: S. Korea had a relatively flattened curve relatively True
early on due to their public health measures
S. Korean Public Health Measures -Social distancing
-Contact tracing
-Travel screening and restrictions
-Mass testing
-Spreading info quickly
-Centralization of response
-3 T's (Testing, Tracing, Treatment)
S. Korean MERS Outbreak -2015
-Largest outside M. East
-Introduced by patient returning from business trip in Bahrain
-Visited multiple hospitals/clinics
-MERS was originally not considered
T or F: Failure to control S. Korean MERS outbreak was True
likely caused by inadequate info disclosure
S. Korean MERS Outbreak - Lessons Learned -New law allowing labs to used unapproved in-vitro diagnostic kits in case of
public health emergency
-Importance of early warning and accurate diagnosis
-Changed public perceptions of disease control
Drive Through/Pop Up Testing -Free from S. Korean gov't
-Results back in ~1 day by text
-10 minutes
-Presented model for other countries
