Foundations of Public Health
QUESTIONS AND VERIFED
CORRECT ANSWERS
[LATEST] GRADED A+ 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
First Vaccine - CORRECT ANSWER-Edward Jenner- 1796 cowpox experiment. Coined term
vaccine. (vacca, Latin for "cow")
Core public health disciplines - CORRECT ANSWER-
Joseph Goldberger Pellagra - CORRECT ANSWER-He wanted to show that pellagra was not
contagious an he did this scientifically. He rubbed scabs of pellagra on his family. He also went
to an orphanage and saw that some of the kids got pellagra there. He hypothesized it was a
protein deficiency so he then gave protein to orphans and it went away. To further his theory he
went to a prison where imamates had pellagra and performed the same thing.
Secretary, DHHS [federal] - CORRECT ANSWER-Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Surgeon General [federal] - CORRECT ANSWER-Vivek H. Murthy
, Director, CDC [federal] - CORRECT ANSWER-Tom Frieden
Secretary, DHHS (NC) - CORRECT ANSWER-Aldona Zofia Wos
Medical Director (Mecklenburg County) - CORRECT ANSWER-Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
Health Director (Mecklenburg County) - CORRECT ANSWER-Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH
Describe conditions that existed before the advent of modern public health. - CORRECT
ANSWER-◻ No federal quarantine laws
◻ Yellow fever and smallpox epidemics
◻ Child Labor - nutrition deficiency (Pellagra)
Recall key events/figures in the history of public health - CORRECT ANSWER-◻ Hippocrates -
Father of Western medicine. Coined the term epidemic.
◻ The Plague - Death of 25-50% of population...some 60 million worldwide.
◻ Renaissance - Disease, spread by traders and explorers. Killed 90% of indigenous people in
New World.
Discuss trends in 20th Century mortality in the context of the advent of public health and
clinical interventions. - CORRECT ANSWER-The mortality rates in the United States have
decreased significant amounts from 1900-2001. In 1900 mortality rates were at 17,000/year
and in 2000 they are at a little under 9,000/year.
Recall/describe the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th Century. - CORRECT
ANSWER-◻ Vaccination
◻ Motor-Vehicle safety
◻ Safer workplaces
QUESTIONS AND VERIFED
CORRECT ANSWERS
[LATEST] GRADED A+ 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
First Vaccine - CORRECT ANSWER-Edward Jenner- 1796 cowpox experiment. Coined term
vaccine. (vacca, Latin for "cow")
Core public health disciplines - CORRECT ANSWER-
Joseph Goldberger Pellagra - CORRECT ANSWER-He wanted to show that pellagra was not
contagious an he did this scientifically. He rubbed scabs of pellagra on his family. He also went
to an orphanage and saw that some of the kids got pellagra there. He hypothesized it was a
protein deficiency so he then gave protein to orphans and it went away. To further his theory he
went to a prison where imamates had pellagra and performed the same thing.
Secretary, DHHS [federal] - CORRECT ANSWER-Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Surgeon General [federal] - CORRECT ANSWER-Vivek H. Murthy
, Director, CDC [federal] - CORRECT ANSWER-Tom Frieden
Secretary, DHHS (NC) - CORRECT ANSWER-Aldona Zofia Wos
Medical Director (Mecklenburg County) - CORRECT ANSWER-Stephen R. Keener, MD, MPH
Health Director (Mecklenburg County) - CORRECT ANSWER-Marcus Plescia, MD, MPH
Describe conditions that existed before the advent of modern public health. - CORRECT
ANSWER-◻ No federal quarantine laws
◻ Yellow fever and smallpox epidemics
◻ Child Labor - nutrition deficiency (Pellagra)
Recall key events/figures in the history of public health - CORRECT ANSWER-◻ Hippocrates -
Father of Western medicine. Coined the term epidemic.
◻ The Plague - Death of 25-50% of population...some 60 million worldwide.
◻ Renaissance - Disease, spread by traders and explorers. Killed 90% of indigenous people in
New World.
Discuss trends in 20th Century mortality in the context of the advent of public health and
clinical interventions. - CORRECT ANSWER-The mortality rates in the United States have
decreased significant amounts from 1900-2001. In 1900 mortality rates were at 17,000/year
and in 2000 they are at a little under 9,000/year.
Recall/describe the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th Century. - CORRECT
ANSWER-◻ Vaccination
◻ Motor-Vehicle safety
◻ Safer workplaces
