HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXAM
QUESTIONS & CORRECT PASSED
ANSWERS
Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ A dynamic state or condition of the human organism that is
multidimensional in nature, a resource for living, and results from a person's interactions
with and adaptations to his or her environment
Community - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Group of people that share common characteristics
-Location, race, ethnicity, age occupation
Public Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Actions that society takes collectively to ensure that
the conditions in which people can be healthy can occur; most inclusive term
Community Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Health status of a defined group of people and
the actions and conditions to promote, protect, and preserve their health
Population Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Health status of people who are not organized;
have no identity as a group
Public Health System - Correct Answer ✔✔ The organizational mechanism of those
activities undertaken within the formal structure of government and the associated
efforts of private and voluntary organizations and individuals
Global Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Health problems, issues, and concerns that
transcend national boundaries
-May be influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries
-Best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions
Personal Health Activities - Correct Answer ✔✔ Individual actions and decision making
that affect the health of an individual or his or her immediate family members or friends
Community and Public Health Activities - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Activities aimed at
protecting or improving the health of a population or community
-EXAMPLES: Maintaining birth and death records, protecting food and water supply,
etc.
What are the factors that affect the health of the community? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Physical
-Social and Cultural
-Individual Behaviors
-Community Organization
,Examples of Physical Factors - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Geography
-Environment
-Community Size
-Industrial Development
Examples of Social and Cultural Factors - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Beliefs and traditions
-Economy
-Politics
-Religion
-Social norms
-Socioeconomic status
What are the 5 areas of social determinants of health (SDOH)? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Economic stability
-Education
-Social and community context
-Health and health care
-Neighborhood and built environments
Community Organizing - Correct Answer ✔✔ -A process through which communities
are helped to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and in other ways
develop and implement strategies for reaching their goals they have collectively set
-Democracy
Did a lot of community health practices go unrecorded? - Correct Answer ✔✔ YES
-Some of the practices may have included taboos, rites and spiritual beliefs
What time period does archeological evidence of community health activities date back
to? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 2000 B.C.
What is the 18th century categorized as? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Industrial growth
What was it like living in the 18th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Cities were
overcrowded
-Water supplies inadequate
-unsanitary
Who created vaccination for smallpox? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Dr. Jenner in 1796
What was the average age of death in the 18th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 29 years
old
When was the first census taken in the 18th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1790
, What was the federal government approach to health in the 19th century? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The laissez faire (noninterference)
What was a problem in the 19th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Epidemics
What was the life expectancy in the 19th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 30-40 years old
When was the shattuck report written? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1850
What is the shattuck report? - Correct Answer ✔✔ A health report drawn up by Lemuel
Shattuck that for the commonwealth of Massachusetts that outlines the public health
needs for the state
-BEGINNING OF PUBLIC HEALTH ERA
Who was the father of epidemiology? - Correct Answer ✔✔ John Snow
-Chlorea epidemic in London because of Broad Street Pump
Who was the father of pasteurization? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Louis Pasteur
-In 1862
Who discovered that a specific microbe can cause a particular disease? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Robert Koch
-First demonstration happened in 1876 with anthrax bacillus
Bacteriological period of Public Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1875-1900
What was the life expectancy in 1900? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Less than 50 years
What was the leading cause of death in the 20th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Communicable diseases (influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis)
When was the Flexor report created? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1910
What is the Flexor report? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Book length study of medical
education
-Written by Alexander flexor
When was the health resources development period? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1900-1960
What is the health resources development period? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Growth of
health care facilities and providers
Who wrote the Jungle? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Upton Sinclair
What was the Jungle about? - Correct Answer ✔✔ The unsafe working conditions in the
meat packing industry
QUESTIONS & CORRECT PASSED
ANSWERS
Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ A dynamic state or condition of the human organism that is
multidimensional in nature, a resource for living, and results from a person's interactions
with and adaptations to his or her environment
Community - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Group of people that share common characteristics
-Location, race, ethnicity, age occupation
Public Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Actions that society takes collectively to ensure that
the conditions in which people can be healthy can occur; most inclusive term
Community Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Health status of a defined group of people and
the actions and conditions to promote, protect, and preserve their health
Population Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ Health status of people who are not organized;
have no identity as a group
Public Health System - Correct Answer ✔✔ The organizational mechanism of those
activities undertaken within the formal structure of government and the associated
efforts of private and voluntary organizations and individuals
Global Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Health problems, issues, and concerns that
transcend national boundaries
-May be influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries
-Best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions
Personal Health Activities - Correct Answer ✔✔ Individual actions and decision making
that affect the health of an individual or his or her immediate family members or friends
Community and Public Health Activities - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Activities aimed at
protecting or improving the health of a population or community
-EXAMPLES: Maintaining birth and death records, protecting food and water supply,
etc.
What are the factors that affect the health of the community? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Physical
-Social and Cultural
-Individual Behaviors
-Community Organization
,Examples of Physical Factors - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Geography
-Environment
-Community Size
-Industrial Development
Examples of Social and Cultural Factors - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Beliefs and traditions
-Economy
-Politics
-Religion
-Social norms
-Socioeconomic status
What are the 5 areas of social determinants of health (SDOH)? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -
Economic stability
-Education
-Social and community context
-Health and health care
-Neighborhood and built environments
Community Organizing - Correct Answer ✔✔ -A process through which communities
are helped to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and in other ways
develop and implement strategies for reaching their goals they have collectively set
-Democracy
Did a lot of community health practices go unrecorded? - Correct Answer ✔✔ YES
-Some of the practices may have included taboos, rites and spiritual beliefs
What time period does archeological evidence of community health activities date back
to? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 2000 B.C.
What is the 18th century categorized as? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Industrial growth
What was it like living in the 18th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Cities were
overcrowded
-Water supplies inadequate
-unsanitary
Who created vaccination for smallpox? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Dr. Jenner in 1796
What was the average age of death in the 18th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 29 years
old
When was the first census taken in the 18th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1790
, What was the federal government approach to health in the 19th century? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ The laissez faire (noninterference)
What was a problem in the 19th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Epidemics
What was the life expectancy in the 19th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 30-40 years old
When was the shattuck report written? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1850
What is the shattuck report? - Correct Answer ✔✔ A health report drawn up by Lemuel
Shattuck that for the commonwealth of Massachusetts that outlines the public health
needs for the state
-BEGINNING OF PUBLIC HEALTH ERA
Who was the father of epidemiology? - Correct Answer ✔✔ John Snow
-Chlorea epidemic in London because of Broad Street Pump
Who was the father of pasteurization? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Louis Pasteur
-In 1862
Who discovered that a specific microbe can cause a particular disease? - Correct
Answer ✔✔ Robert Koch
-First demonstration happened in 1876 with anthrax bacillus
Bacteriological period of Public Health - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1875-1900
What was the life expectancy in 1900? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Less than 50 years
What was the leading cause of death in the 20th century? - Correct Answer ✔✔
Communicable diseases (influenza, pneumonia and tuberculosis)
When was the Flexor report created? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1910
What is the Flexor report? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Book length study of medical
education
-Written by Alexander flexor
When was the health resources development period? - Correct Answer ✔✔ 1900-1960
What is the health resources development period? - Correct Answer ✔✔ -Growth of
health care facilities and providers
Who wrote the Jungle? - Correct Answer ✔✔ Upton Sinclair
What was the Jungle about? - Correct Answer ✔✔ The unsafe working conditions in the
meat packing industry
