PAPER COMPLETE REVISION QUESTIONS WITH
FULL SOLUTIONS
◉ Community. Answer: a group of individuals identified by at least
one common characteristic
◉ Factors that affect community health. Answer: physical factors,
community organization, social & cultural factors, individual
behaviors
◉ Public Health. Answer: actions the society takes collectively to
ensure that the conditions in which people can be healthy can occur
◉ Public Health System. Answer: the organizational mechanism of
those activities undertaken within the formal structure to
government & the associated efforts of private & voluntary
organizations & individuals
◉ World Health Organization. Answer: the lead international public
health agency
,◉ Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Answer: -division
of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
-began with malaria control & grew to every aspect of human health
◉ Example of quasi-governmental agencies. Answer: American Red
Cross, government funds part of an organization but doesn't regulate
anything
◉ Example of non-governmental agencies. Answer: American
Cancer Society, March of Dimes, Kiwanis International
◉ Example of Current Community/Public Health goals in the U.S..
Answer: -Healthy People 2020
-National Prevention Strategy
◉ Health. Answer: derived from "hal" meaning "hale, sound, whole"
meaning a dynamic state or condition of the human organism that is
multidimensional in nature, a resource for living & results from a
person's interactions with adaptations to his/her environment
◉ Health Status Determined by 5 Domains. Answer: -gestational
endowments
-social circumstances
-environmental conditions where people live and work
, -behavioral choices
-availability of quality medical care
◉ Communities are Characterized by. Answer: -membership
-common symbol systems
-shared values & norms
-mutual infleunce
-shared needs & commitment to meeting them
-shared emotional connection
◉ Population Health. Answer: health status of people who aren't
organized and have no identity as a group or locality and the
actions/conditions to promote, protect, & preserve their health
◉ Global Health. Answer: describes "health problems, issues,
concerns that transcend national boundaries, may be influenced by
circumstances or experiences in other countries, & are best
addressed by cooperative actions and solutions
◉ Personal Health Activities. Answer: individual actions and
decision-making that affect the health of an individual and their
family/friends