MHA 708 EXAM A EXAMS SET 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BUNDLED PREMIUM RESOURCE
●● What are the measured of physical health?
Answer: - Life expectancy
- Mortality
- Morbidity
- Disability
- Quality of Life
●● What are the measured of mental health?
Answer: - Mental conditions
- Behaviors
- Perceptions
- Satisfaction
- Services received
●● What are measures of social well-being?
Answer: - Socioeconomic status (SES) --> education, income,
occupational status
,- Quality of life
- Social contacts & resources
●● What are the 2 main goals of public health?
Answer: 1. The practice of preventing disease & promoting good health
within groups of people.
1. Research & surveillance to better understand the health issues facing a
group & in turn to be able to craft good health policy.
●● Who defined public health in 1920?
Answer: Winslow --> with a long-winded description.
●● How does public health differ from population health?
Answer: Public health deals with factors that more directly impact health
(such as access to clean water & vaccinations etc.)
●● What is population health?
Answer: - Seeks to identify less direct factors (determinants of health) &
intervene where possible (poverty, social support & connectivity)
●● What is the population health model?
, Answer: - Seeks to improve the health of the population by improving
the health of sub-groups within the population.
●● What are upstream factors related to population health?
Answer: causes that influence health changes through a series of
pathways that may not be immediately visible (the root causes)
●● What is health policy?
Answer: - Policy pertaining to or influencing the attainment of health.
●● What are the underlying values of US health policy?
Answer: - US healthcare system should reflect values of policymakers
- Market approach means that healthcare is distributed based on
willingness to pay.
- Social justice approach allocates care according to need.
- Personal freedom is important to most Americans.
●● What are the determinants of health?
Answer: - Social & economic environment (SES)
- Physical environment
- Genetics & epigenetics
- Health-related behaviors
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
BUNDLED PREMIUM RESOURCE
●● What are the measured of physical health?
Answer: - Life expectancy
- Mortality
- Morbidity
- Disability
- Quality of Life
●● What are the measured of mental health?
Answer: - Mental conditions
- Behaviors
- Perceptions
- Satisfaction
- Services received
●● What are measures of social well-being?
Answer: - Socioeconomic status (SES) --> education, income,
occupational status
,- Quality of life
- Social contacts & resources
●● What are the 2 main goals of public health?
Answer: 1. The practice of preventing disease & promoting good health
within groups of people.
1. Research & surveillance to better understand the health issues facing a
group & in turn to be able to craft good health policy.
●● Who defined public health in 1920?
Answer: Winslow --> with a long-winded description.
●● How does public health differ from population health?
Answer: Public health deals with factors that more directly impact health
(such as access to clean water & vaccinations etc.)
●● What is population health?
Answer: - Seeks to identify less direct factors (determinants of health) &
intervene where possible (poverty, social support & connectivity)
●● What is the population health model?
, Answer: - Seeks to improve the health of the population by improving
the health of sub-groups within the population.
●● What are upstream factors related to population health?
Answer: causes that influence health changes through a series of
pathways that may not be immediately visible (the root causes)
●● What is health policy?
Answer: - Policy pertaining to or influencing the attainment of health.
●● What are the underlying values of US health policy?
Answer: - US healthcare system should reflect values of policymakers
- Market approach means that healthcare is distributed based on
willingness to pay.
- Social justice approach allocates care according to need.
- Personal freedom is important to most Americans.
●● What are the determinants of health?
Answer: - Social & economic environment (SES)
- Physical environment
- Genetics & epigenetics
- Health-related behaviors
