Public Health Interventions/Health
Promotion Interventions Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Focus of PHI - CORRECT ANSWER community over individual
Emphasis of PHI - CORRECT ANSWER prevention over medical care
Practitioners in PHI - CORRECT ANSWER represented by diverse disciplines
PHI Requires - CORRECT ANSWER cooperation among federal, state, and local
governments
Function of PHI - CORRECT ANSWER collect and report vital statistics
1) Public health interventions are population-based if they focus on entire populations
possessing similar health concerns or characteristics. - CORRECT
ANSWER Population-based interventions are not limited to only those who seek
service or who are poor or otherwise vulnerable. Population-based planning always begins by
identifying everyone in the population of interest or the population at risk.
2) Public health interventions are population-based if they are guided by an assessment of
population health status determined through a community health assessment process. -
CORRECT ANSWER A population-based model of practice begins with a community
health assessment process. Public health analyzes health status (risk factors, problems,
protective factors, assets) within populations; establishes priorities; and plans, implements,
and evaluates public health programs and strategies. Public health agencies assess the health
status of populations on an ongoing basis, so that public health programs respond
appropriately to new and emerging problems, concerns, and opportunities.
3) Public health interventions are population-based if they consider the broad determinants of
health. - CORRECT ANSWER A population-based approach examines all factors that
promote or prevent health. It focuses on the entire range of factors that determine health,
, rather than just personal health risks or disease. Examples of broad determinants of health
include income and social status, race and ethnicity, housing, nutrition, employment and
working conditions, social support networks, education, neighborhood safety and violence
issues, physical environment, personal health practices and coping skills, cultural customs
and values, and community capacity to support family and economic growth.
4) Public health interventions are population-based if they consider all levels of prevention,
with a preference for primary prevention. - CORRECT ANSWER Prevention is
anticipatory action taken to prevent the occurrence of an event (primary prevention) or to
minimize its effect after it has occurred (secondary prevention). A population approach is
different from the medical model in which persons seek treatment when they are ill or
injured. Not every event is preventable, but every event does have a preventable component.
A population-based approach presumes that prevention may occur at any point.
Primary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER •Promotes health and protects against
health threats.
•It is implemented before a problem develops; it targets essentially well populations.
•Promotes resiliency and protective factors or reduces susceptibility and exposure to risk
factors.
Secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER •Detects and treats problems in their
early stages.
•It is implemented after a problem has begun, but before signs and symptoms appear. •Keeps
problems from causing serious or long-term effects or from affecting other people.
•It identifies risks or hazards and modifies, removes, or treats them before a problem
becomes more serious.
•It targets populations that have risk factors in common
Tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER •Limits further negative effects from a
problem.
•It is implemented after a disease or injury has occurred.
•Alleviates the effects of disease and injury and restores individuals to their optimal level of
functioning.
•It targets populations who have experienced disease or injury.
Promotion Interventions Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Focus of PHI - CORRECT ANSWER community over individual
Emphasis of PHI - CORRECT ANSWER prevention over medical care
Practitioners in PHI - CORRECT ANSWER represented by diverse disciplines
PHI Requires - CORRECT ANSWER cooperation among federal, state, and local
governments
Function of PHI - CORRECT ANSWER collect and report vital statistics
1) Public health interventions are population-based if they focus on entire populations
possessing similar health concerns or characteristics. - CORRECT
ANSWER Population-based interventions are not limited to only those who seek
service or who are poor or otherwise vulnerable. Population-based planning always begins by
identifying everyone in the population of interest or the population at risk.
2) Public health interventions are population-based if they are guided by an assessment of
population health status determined through a community health assessment process. -
CORRECT ANSWER A population-based model of practice begins with a community
health assessment process. Public health analyzes health status (risk factors, problems,
protective factors, assets) within populations; establishes priorities; and plans, implements,
and evaluates public health programs and strategies. Public health agencies assess the health
status of populations on an ongoing basis, so that public health programs respond
appropriately to new and emerging problems, concerns, and opportunities.
3) Public health interventions are population-based if they consider the broad determinants of
health. - CORRECT ANSWER A population-based approach examines all factors that
promote or prevent health. It focuses on the entire range of factors that determine health,
, rather than just personal health risks or disease. Examples of broad determinants of health
include income and social status, race and ethnicity, housing, nutrition, employment and
working conditions, social support networks, education, neighborhood safety and violence
issues, physical environment, personal health practices and coping skills, cultural customs
and values, and community capacity to support family and economic growth.
4) Public health interventions are population-based if they consider all levels of prevention,
with a preference for primary prevention. - CORRECT ANSWER Prevention is
anticipatory action taken to prevent the occurrence of an event (primary prevention) or to
minimize its effect after it has occurred (secondary prevention). A population approach is
different from the medical model in which persons seek treatment when they are ill or
injured. Not every event is preventable, but every event does have a preventable component.
A population-based approach presumes that prevention may occur at any point.
Primary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER •Promotes health and protects against
health threats.
•It is implemented before a problem develops; it targets essentially well populations.
•Promotes resiliency and protective factors or reduces susceptibility and exposure to risk
factors.
Secondary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER •Detects and treats problems in their
early stages.
•It is implemented after a problem has begun, but before signs and symptoms appear. •Keeps
problems from causing serious or long-term effects or from affecting other people.
•It identifies risks or hazards and modifies, removes, or treats them before a problem
becomes more serious.
•It targets populations that have risk factors in common
Tertiary prevention - CORRECT ANSWER •Limits further negative effects from a
problem.
•It is implemented after a disease or injury has occurred.
•Alleviates the effects of disease and injury and restores individuals to their optimal level of
functioning.
•It targets populations who have experienced disease or injury.
