N518 2026 First
Exam Complete
Study Guide
Essential Concepts
and Practice
, Community Health - correct answer organized community efforts aimed at promotion,
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protection, & preservation of public's health i i i i i
Community health focuses on what kind of communities - correct answer specific, designed
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communities
Winslow's 1920 definition of public health - correct answer science & art of preventing disease,
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prolonging life &promoting health & efficiency through community efforts
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Winslow's definition (5) - correct answer sanitation for the environment, control of
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communicable diseases, education on personal hygiene, organization of medical & social i i i i i i i i i i i
services for early diagnosis & disease prevention, ensure everyone a standard of living
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Epidemics of infectious disease 1850-1910. What did that lead to? - correct answer plague,
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cholera, typhoid, smallpox, influenza, yellow fever; Lead to better environment & sanitation
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conditions
Acute infections for groups of specific individuals (1900s). What did that lead to? - correct
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answer tetanus, polio, diphtheria, mumps and measles; Lead to antibiotics, vaccines, better
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surgical technique, advances in obstetrics, insulin
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Combination of disease causations (1980); What did it lead to? - correct answer AIDS-
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immune system defects, viral diseases, cancer; lead to increase in disease surveillance by
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CDC & develop new approaches to dealing with combination of disease
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Rise of chronic disease 1900s- future. What did it lead to? - correct answer Diabetes,
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cardiovascular; adopt management of chronic disease, involving public health government & i i i i i i i i i i i
infrastructure, new case management & health education to help people live better with
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chronic disease i
Public health in the 1800s? - correct answer Germs & microbes linked to disease
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Public health in the 1900s - correct answer Sanitation systems dramatically reduce urban
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disease
Public health in the 1940s - correct answer Growth of private health insurance system
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Public health in the 1960s - correct answer Shift from personal responsibility for health to social
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Public health in 63, 70, 90 - correct answer Passage of the Clean Air Act in the US
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Public health in 1964 - correct answer Medicare & Medicaid created
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Public health in 1972, 1977, 1987 - correct answer Passage of the Clean Water Act in the US
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Public Health in the 1970s - correct answer Heart disease & cancer replace infectious disease
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Exam Complete
Study Guide
Essential Concepts
and Practice
, Community Health - correct answer organized community efforts aimed at promotion,
i i i i i i i i i i i
protection, & preservation of public's health i i i i i
Community health focuses on what kind of communities - correct answer specific, designed
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communities
Winslow's 1920 definition of public health - correct answer science & art of preventing disease,
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prolonging life &promoting health & efficiency through community efforts
i i i i i i i i
Winslow's definition (5) - correct answer sanitation for the environment, control of
i i i i i i i i i i i i
communicable diseases, education on personal hygiene, organization of medical & social i i i i i i i i i i i
services for early diagnosis & disease prevention, ensure everyone a standard of living
i i i i i i i i i i i i
Epidemics of infectious disease 1850-1910. What did that lead to? - correct answer plague,
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cholera, typhoid, smallpox, influenza, yellow fever; Lead to better environment & sanitation
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conditions
Acute infections for groups of specific individuals (1900s). What did that lead to? - correct
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answer tetanus, polio, diphtheria, mumps and measles; Lead to antibiotics, vaccines, better
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surgical technique, advances in obstetrics, insulin
i i i i i
Combination of disease causations (1980); What did it lead to? - correct answer AIDS-
i i i i i i i i i i i i i
immune system defects, viral diseases, cancer; lead to increase in disease surveillance by
i i i i i i i i i i i i i
CDC & develop new approaches to dealing with combination of disease
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Rise of chronic disease 1900s- future. What did it lead to? - correct answer Diabetes,
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cardiovascular; adopt management of chronic disease, involving public health government & i i i i i i i i i i i
infrastructure, new case management & health education to help people live better with
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chronic disease i
Public health in the 1800s? - correct answer Germs & microbes linked to disease
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Public health in the 1900s - correct answer Sanitation systems dramatically reduce urban
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disease
Public health in the 1940s - correct answer Growth of private health insurance system
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Public health in the 1960s - correct answer Shift from personal responsibility for health to social
i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i
Public health in 63, 70, 90 - correct answer Passage of the Clean Air Act in the US
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Public health in 1964 - correct answer Medicare & Medicaid created
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Public health in 1972, 1977, 1987 - correct answer Passage of the Clean Water Act in the US
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Public Health in the 1970s - correct answer Heart disease & cancer replace infectious disease
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