WGU D583 Foundations of
Public Health Section 1 -
Lesson 1: Public Health Terms
and Principals EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFED
CORRECT ANSWERS
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GUARANTEED PASS
What are some 21st century changes to public health? - CORRECT ANSWER-The goal of
prolonging life is being complemented by an emphasis on the quality of life. Protection of health
when it already exists is becoming a focus along with promoting health when it is at risk.
■ Use of new technologies, such as the Internet, is redefining "community," as well as offering
us new ways to communicate.
■ The enormous expansion in the options for intervention, as well as the increasing awareness
of potential harms and costs of intervention programs, requires a new science of "evidence-
based" public health.
■ Public health and clinical care, as well as public and private partnerships, are coming together
in new ways to produce collaborative efforts rarely seen in the 1900s.
■ Complex public health problems need to be viewed as part of larger health and social
systems, which require efforts to simultaneously examine multiple problems and multiple
solutions rather than one problem or one solution at a time.
■ Public health increasingly needs to pay attention to the full range of health issues, not just
prevention among mothers and children and the working aged population but prevention of
disability among our growing elderly populations. A full life cycle approach is now needed to
improve community health.
, What is the ideal definition of 21st Century public health? - CORRECT ANSWER-The totality of
all evidence-based public and private efforts throughout the life cycle that preserve and
promote health and prevent disease, disability, and death.
What are some public health approaches to vulnerable populations? - CORRECT ANSWER-Public
health approaches to vulnerable populations range from reducing exposure to lead paint in
deteriorating buildings, to food supplementation, to preventing birth defects and goiters
How does Turnock describe public health? - CORRECT ANSWER-the system and social
enterprise, the profession, the methods, the government services, and the health of the public.
What are the 5 classified disease stages? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. underlying
2. susceptible
3. subclinical
4. clinical
5. recovery/disability/death
What are the 4 preventative stages? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Primordial Prevention
2. Primary Prevention
3. Secondary Prevention
4. Tertiary Prevention
What does Primordial Prevention consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER-risk factor reduction targeted
towards an entire population through a focus on social and environmental conditions.
How is Primordial Prevention typically promoted? - CORRECT ANSWER-Through laws and
national policy
What is Primordial Prevention often aimed at? - CORRECT ANSWER-children, to decrease as
much risk exposure as possible
How does Primordial Prevention work? - CORRECT ANSWER-by targeting the underlying social
conditions that promote disease onset
What are some examples of the use of Primordial Prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Government policy: Increasing taxes on cigarettes; Decreasing advertisement of tobacco
Built Environment: Access to safe walking paths; access to stores with healthy food options
What does Primary Prevention consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER-measures aimed at a susceptible
population or individual
What is the purpose of Primary Prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER-to prevent a disease from ever
occuring
Public Health Section 1 -
Lesson 1: Public Health Terms
and Principals EXAM
QUESTIONS AND VERIFED
CORRECT ANSWERS
[LATEST] GRADED A+ 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
What are some 21st century changes to public health? - CORRECT ANSWER-The goal of
prolonging life is being complemented by an emphasis on the quality of life. Protection of health
when it already exists is becoming a focus along with promoting health when it is at risk.
■ Use of new technologies, such as the Internet, is redefining "community," as well as offering
us new ways to communicate.
■ The enormous expansion in the options for intervention, as well as the increasing awareness
of potential harms and costs of intervention programs, requires a new science of "evidence-
based" public health.
■ Public health and clinical care, as well as public and private partnerships, are coming together
in new ways to produce collaborative efforts rarely seen in the 1900s.
■ Complex public health problems need to be viewed as part of larger health and social
systems, which require efforts to simultaneously examine multiple problems and multiple
solutions rather than one problem or one solution at a time.
■ Public health increasingly needs to pay attention to the full range of health issues, not just
prevention among mothers and children and the working aged population but prevention of
disability among our growing elderly populations. A full life cycle approach is now needed to
improve community health.
, What is the ideal definition of 21st Century public health? - CORRECT ANSWER-The totality of
all evidence-based public and private efforts throughout the life cycle that preserve and
promote health and prevent disease, disability, and death.
What are some public health approaches to vulnerable populations? - CORRECT ANSWER-Public
health approaches to vulnerable populations range from reducing exposure to lead paint in
deteriorating buildings, to food supplementation, to preventing birth defects and goiters
How does Turnock describe public health? - CORRECT ANSWER-the system and social
enterprise, the profession, the methods, the government services, and the health of the public.
What are the 5 classified disease stages? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. underlying
2. susceptible
3. subclinical
4. clinical
5. recovery/disability/death
What are the 4 preventative stages? - CORRECT ANSWER-1. Primordial Prevention
2. Primary Prevention
3. Secondary Prevention
4. Tertiary Prevention
What does Primordial Prevention consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER-risk factor reduction targeted
towards an entire population through a focus on social and environmental conditions.
How is Primordial Prevention typically promoted? - CORRECT ANSWER-Through laws and
national policy
What is Primordial Prevention often aimed at? - CORRECT ANSWER-children, to decrease as
much risk exposure as possible
How does Primordial Prevention work? - CORRECT ANSWER-by targeting the underlying social
conditions that promote disease onset
What are some examples of the use of Primordial Prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Government policy: Increasing taxes on cigarettes; Decreasing advertisement of tobacco
Built Environment: Access to safe walking paths; access to stores with healthy food options
What does Primary Prevention consist of? - CORRECT ANSWER-measures aimed at a susceptible
population or individual
What is the purpose of Primary Prevention? - CORRECT ANSWER-to prevent a disease from ever
occuring
