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Health -
correct answer ✅A state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being
community health -
correct answer ✅the health status of a defined group of people
(have something in common)
population health -
correct answer ✅large population with variety
public health -
correct answer ✅the measures we take as a society to prevent
disease and promote health
public health vs health care -
correct answer ✅Prevention
Population
Perspective
Upstream Metaphor -
correct answer ✅People are drowning in a river and health
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officials are pulling them out while public health workers go
upstream to see the cause.
primary prevention -
correct answer ✅prevent exposure to risk factors= reduce
incidence
secondary prevention -
correct answer ✅early detection & management= minimize harm
tertiary prevention -
correct answer ✅treatment= minimize disability & mortality
socio-ecological model -
correct answer ✅individual, behavior, social, community, society
10 achievements of pbh acronym -
correct answer ✅We Fight Viruses, Protect, Mothers, Open The
Healthy Community Initiative
10 achievements of public health in the 20th century -
correct answer ✅safer workplaces, safer and healthier foods,
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vaccination, family planning, healthier mothers and babies,
fluoridation of water, recognition of tobacco as a health, decline in
death from heart disease and stroke, motor vehicle safety, control
of infectious diseases (sanitation and hygiene, antibiotics)
core functions of public health services -
correct answer ✅assessment, policy development, assurance
assessment -
correct answer ✅assess, investigate
policy development -
correct answer ✅communicate, create, utilize, strengthen
assurance -
correct answer ✅enable, build, improve
primary agencies in NV PBH -
correct answer ✅- food and drug administration (FDA)
- national institutes of health (NIH)
- substance abuse and mental health services administration
(SAMHSA)