PUBH 6003 QUIZ 2 TEST BANK PRACTICE QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS DETAILED EXPLANATIONS VERIFIED

PUBH 6003 QUIZ 2 TEST BANK PRACTICE
QUESTIONS SOLUTIONS DETAILED
EXPLANATIONS VERIFIED

●● public health achievements
Answer: Control of vaccine preventable diseases
Better sanitation practices
Tobacco control
Seat belts
Water fluoridation


●● risk factors
Answer: characteristics or behaviors that increase the likelihood of
developing a medical disorder or disease


●● protective factors
Answer: factors that limit individual vulnerability to disease or harm


●● Prevalence
Answer: The number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or
condition present in a population at a given time.

, ●● incident
Answer: new, standalone cases of a disease/condition in a population


●● BIG GEMS (determinants of disease)
Answer: Behavior
Infection
Genetics
Geography
Environment
Medical care
Socioeconomic-cultural


●● Determinants of health
Answer: scientifically established factors that relate directly to a health
problem


●● Healthy People 2020
Answer: the fourth set of health goals and objectives for the U.S. that
defines the nation's health agenda and guides its health policy


●● Father of Epidemiology
Answer: John Snow, who changed from the germ theory to the miasma
theory