PUBH 2100 Midterm SLU UPDATED ACTUAL Questions And Correct Answers
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Terms in this set (139)
Definition of Health a dynamic state of complete physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Public Health what we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can
be healthy
Medicine vs Public Health (unit 1) saves one life at a time vs. saves lives millions at a time
Ten Great US Public Health Achievements (1) Vaccination
(2) Safer Workplace
(3) Safer and healthier food
(4) Motor vehicle safety
(5) Control of infectious disease
(6) Decline in deaths from coronary heath disease and stroke
(7) Family planning
(8) Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard
(9) Healthier mothers and babies
(10) Fluoridation of drinking water
Three Core Functions of Public Health (1) Assessment
(2) Policy Development
(3) Assurance
Assessment systematically collect, analyze, and make available information on healthy
communities
Policy Development promote the use of a scientific knowledge base in policy and decision making
Assurance Ensure provision of services to those in need
Ten Essential Public Health Services (1) Monitor Health
(2) Diagnose and Investigate
(3) Inform, educate, empower
(4) Mobilize community partnership
(5) Develop policies
(6) Enforce Laws
(7) Link to/ Provide Care
(8) Assure a competent workforce
(9) Evaluate
(10) Research
, What is the problem? Match each component of the B. Surveillance
public health approach with the questions they answer.
1. What is the problem?
(A.) Risk Factor Identification
(B.) Surveillance
(C.) Implementation
(D.) Intervention Evaluation
What is the problem? Match each component of the A. Risk Factor Identification
public health approach with the questions they answer.
2. What is the cause?
(A.) Risk Factor Identification
(B.) Surveillance
(C.) Implementation
(D.) Intervention Evaluation
What is the problem? Match each component of the D. Intervention Evaluation
public health approach with the questions they answer.
3. What works?
(A.) Risk Factor Identification
(B.) Surveillance
(C.) Implementation
(D.) Intervention Evaluation
What is the problem? Match each component of the C. Implementation
public health approach with the questions they answer.
4. How do you do it?
(A.) Risk Factor Identification
(B.) Surveillance
(C.) Implementation
(D.) Intervention Evaluation
Primary (1°) prevention before disease
Secondary (2°) prevention early disease
Tertiary (3°) prevention late disease
hygiene movement sanitation and public health
-John Snow took the handle off a water-pump in London
-Ignaz Semmelweis, and Austrian physician: handwashing procedure during labor
and delivery
Germ Theory an understanding of the contributions of bacteria and other organisms disease
produced novel diagnostic testing capabilities
Definition of Global Health health problems, issues, and concerns that "transcend national boundaries," may
be influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries, and are best
addressed by cooperative actions and solutions (inst. of medicine)
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Terms in this set (139)
Definition of Health a dynamic state of complete physical, mental, spiritual, and social well-being and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Public Health what we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can
be healthy
Medicine vs Public Health (unit 1) saves one life at a time vs. saves lives millions at a time
Ten Great US Public Health Achievements (1) Vaccination
(2) Safer Workplace
(3) Safer and healthier food
(4) Motor vehicle safety
(5) Control of infectious disease
(6) Decline in deaths from coronary heath disease and stroke
(7) Family planning
(8) Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard
(9) Healthier mothers and babies
(10) Fluoridation of drinking water
Three Core Functions of Public Health (1) Assessment
(2) Policy Development
(3) Assurance
Assessment systematically collect, analyze, and make available information on healthy
communities
Policy Development promote the use of a scientific knowledge base in policy and decision making
Assurance Ensure provision of services to those in need
Ten Essential Public Health Services (1) Monitor Health
(2) Diagnose and Investigate
(3) Inform, educate, empower
(4) Mobilize community partnership
(5) Develop policies
(6) Enforce Laws
(7) Link to/ Provide Care
(8) Assure a competent workforce
(9) Evaluate
(10) Research
, What is the problem? Match each component of the B. Surveillance
public health approach with the questions they answer.
1. What is the problem?
(A.) Risk Factor Identification
(B.) Surveillance
(C.) Implementation
(D.) Intervention Evaluation
What is the problem? Match each component of the A. Risk Factor Identification
public health approach with the questions they answer.
2. What is the cause?
(A.) Risk Factor Identification
(B.) Surveillance
(C.) Implementation
(D.) Intervention Evaluation
What is the problem? Match each component of the D. Intervention Evaluation
public health approach with the questions they answer.
3. What works?
(A.) Risk Factor Identification
(B.) Surveillance
(C.) Implementation
(D.) Intervention Evaluation
What is the problem? Match each component of the C. Implementation
public health approach with the questions they answer.
4. How do you do it?
(A.) Risk Factor Identification
(B.) Surveillance
(C.) Implementation
(D.) Intervention Evaluation
Primary (1°) prevention before disease
Secondary (2°) prevention early disease
Tertiary (3°) prevention late disease
hygiene movement sanitation and public health
-John Snow took the handle off a water-pump in London
-Ignaz Semmelweis, and Austrian physician: handwashing procedure during labor
and delivery
Germ Theory an understanding of the contributions of bacteria and other organisms disease
produced novel diagnostic testing capabilities
Definition of Global Health health problems, issues, and concerns that "transcend national boundaries," may
be influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries, and are best
addressed by cooperative actions and solutions (inst. of medicine)
