N309 - GLOBAL HEALTH TEST #1
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
\.What is the difference between public health and clinical care? - ANSWERS-
Public health:
1. Population focus
2. Greatest good for greatest number
3. Emphasis on preventing disease and promoting health of communities
4. Interventions target environment, behavioral lifestyles, and medical care
Clinical care:
1. Individual focus
2. Needs of an individual are more important than the needs of a group
3. Emphasis on diagnosing and treating diseases
4. Interventions are medical
\.-____1____: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
-____2____: The science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a
community, as by preventative medicine, health education, control of
communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures and monitoring of
environmental hazards.
,-____3____: Health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national
boundaries and may best be addressed by cooperative action - ANSWERS-1.
Health (WHO, 1948)
2. Public health
3. Global health.
\.What are different ways that people view health? - ANSWERS-1. Clinical- the
absence of disease, illness, or symptoms
2. Functional- the ability to perform as expected in social/work roles
3. Adaptive- ability to adapt to environment and stressors, maintaining stability
4. Eudaimonistic- ideal state of human nature. Exuberant well-being.
Transcendence to higher levels of humanness. Ability to achieve highest
potentials.
\.Why should we study global health? - ANSWERS-1. Understand the progress
made and remaining in global health problems
2. Many health problems require global solutions and internal cooperation
3. Diseases cross borders
4. Ethical responsibility to address health disparities
--Health Disparities: Health disparities refer to differences in the health status of
different groups of people. Some groups of people have higher rates of certain
diseases, and more deaths and suffering from them, compared to others
5. Health is basis of economic and social development
6. Health promotes global security and freedom
7. Learn how to improve US health
--US spends more but has poorer health
, \.How many Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are there and by what year
should they be met? What are some of the types of problems covered in the
MDGs? - ANSWERS-8 MDGs (w/15 core targets) should be met by 2015:
1. Eradicate Extreme Hunger and poverty
2. Achieve Universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce Child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop Global partnership for development
-MDGs 1, 4, 5, & 6 deal directly with health
\.What made smallpox eradication successful? - ANSWERS-1. No animal or insect
(vector) carried the virus
2. Smallpox is easily diagnosable
3. A vaccine was available that did not require refrigeration
4. The available technology included a bifurcated needle for easy application;
small amount of vaccine needed
5. Lifetime immunity
\.What are the 5 most populous countries in the world? - ANSWERS-1. China
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
\.What is the difference between public health and clinical care? - ANSWERS-
Public health:
1. Population focus
2. Greatest good for greatest number
3. Emphasis on preventing disease and promoting health of communities
4. Interventions target environment, behavioral lifestyles, and medical care
Clinical care:
1. Individual focus
2. Needs of an individual are more important than the needs of a group
3. Emphasis on diagnosing and treating diseases
4. Interventions are medical
\.-____1____: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
-____2____: The science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a
community, as by preventative medicine, health education, control of
communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures and monitoring of
environmental hazards.
,-____3____: Health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national
boundaries and may best be addressed by cooperative action - ANSWERS-1.
Health (WHO, 1948)
2. Public health
3. Global health.
\.What are different ways that people view health? - ANSWERS-1. Clinical- the
absence of disease, illness, or symptoms
2. Functional- the ability to perform as expected in social/work roles
3. Adaptive- ability to adapt to environment and stressors, maintaining stability
4. Eudaimonistic- ideal state of human nature. Exuberant well-being.
Transcendence to higher levels of humanness. Ability to achieve highest
potentials.
\.Why should we study global health? - ANSWERS-1. Understand the progress
made and remaining in global health problems
2. Many health problems require global solutions and internal cooperation
3. Diseases cross borders
4. Ethical responsibility to address health disparities
--Health Disparities: Health disparities refer to differences in the health status of
different groups of people. Some groups of people have higher rates of certain
diseases, and more deaths and suffering from them, compared to others
5. Health is basis of economic and social development
6. Health promotes global security and freedom
7. Learn how to improve US health
--US spends more but has poorer health
, \.How many Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are there and by what year
should they be met? What are some of the types of problems covered in the
MDGs? - ANSWERS-8 MDGs (w/15 core targets) should be met by 2015:
1. Eradicate Extreme Hunger and poverty
2. Achieve Universal primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce Child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria & other diseases
7. Ensure environmental sustainability
8. Develop Global partnership for development
-MDGs 1, 4, 5, & 6 deal directly with health
\.What made smallpox eradication successful? - ANSWERS-1. No animal or insect
(vector) carried the virus
2. Smallpox is easily diagnosable
3. A vaccine was available that did not require refrigeration
4. The available technology included a bifurcated needle for easy application;
small amount of vaccine needed
5. Lifetime immunity
\.What are the 5 most populous countries in the world? - ANSWERS-1. China
