N309 - GLOBAL HEALTH TEST 1
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Public health - ANSWERS-Public Health:
-population focus
-greatest good for greatest number
-preventing disease and promoting health of communities
-interventions target environment, behavior lifestyles, and medical care
\.Clinical medicine/health - ANSWERS-Medicine:
-individual focus
-individual is more important than needs of a group
-emphasis on diagnosing and treating diseases
-interventions are medical
\.Health - ANSWERS-"is a state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of infirmity"
, \.Global health - ANSWERS-"health problems, issues, and concerns that
transcend NATIONAL BOUNDARIES and maybe addressed by
COOPERATIVE ACTION"
\.What are different ways that people view health? - ANSWERS-
\.Why should we study global health? - ANSWERS-1. Understand the
PROGRESS made and REMAINING global health problems
2. Many health problems require GLOBAL SOLUTIONS and internal
cooperation
o Diseases cross borders
o Ethical responsibility to address health disparities
o Health is the basis of economic and social development
o Health promotes global security and freedom
o Learn how to improve US 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;2015
-Problems: eradicate extreme hunger and poverty, achieve universal
primary education, promote gender equality, and empower women.
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Public health - ANSWERS-Public Health:
-population focus
-greatest good for greatest number
-preventing disease and promoting health of communities
-interventions target environment, behavior lifestyles, and medical care
\.Clinical medicine/health - ANSWERS-Medicine:
-individual focus
-individual is more important than needs of a group
-emphasis on diagnosing and treating diseases
-interventions are medical
\.Health - ANSWERS-"is a state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of infirmity"
, \.Global health - ANSWERS-"health problems, issues, and concerns that
transcend NATIONAL BOUNDARIES and maybe addressed by
COOPERATIVE ACTION"
\.What are different ways that people view health? - ANSWERS-
\.Why should we study global health? - ANSWERS-1. Understand the
PROGRESS made and REMAINING global health problems
2. Many health problems require GLOBAL SOLUTIONS and internal
cooperation
o Diseases cross borders
o Ethical responsibility to address health disparities
o Health is the basis of economic and social development
o Health promotes global security and freedom
o Learn how to improve US 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;2015
-Problems: eradicate extreme hunger and poverty, achieve universal
primary education, promote gender equality, and empower women.
