KHP 270 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024 UPDATE GRADE
A+
Social determinants
- economic stability
- education
- social and community context
- health and health care
- neighborhood and build environment
Primary prevention
prevention that forestalls the onset of illness or injury
Secondary prevention
leads to early diagnosis and prompt treatment of a disease or illness to limit the impact of the
diagnosis
Tertiary prevention
includes retraining, reeducation, and rehabilitation of an individual who has incurred disability or
impairment
Smith Papyri
(1600 BC) surgical techniques
Code of Hammurabi
laws pertaining to health practices (physician fees)
Asclepius
god of medicine
- hygeia: power to prevent disease; more prominent
- Panacea: ability to treat disease
- hygiene and panacea trace to these daughters
Caduceus
staff and serpent of the physician, was a symbol of the temples of Asclepius
Hippocrates
(460-377 BC).
- theory of disease causation
- distinguished between endemic and epidemic disease
- first epidemiologist and father of medicine
Leprosy
a great epidemic. a disease that affects the skin
Health
the state of complete mental, physical, and social well being not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Community Health
The health status of a defined group of people and the actions and conditions to promote, protect
and preserve their health
Health education
, any combination of planned learning experiences using evidence-based practices and/or sound
theories that provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed adopt and
maintain healthy behaviors
health promotion
any planned combination of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational
mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals,
groups, and communities
disease prevention
the process of reducing risks and alleviating disease to promote, preserve, and restore health and
minimize suffering and distress
Public health
organized effort by society, primarily through its public institutions, to improve, promote, protect
and restore the health of the population through collective action. it includes services such as
health situation analysis, health surveillance, health promotion, prevention, infectious disease
control, environmental protection and sanitation, disaster and health emergency preparedness and
response, and occupational health, among others
Global health
health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries and are beyond the
control of individual nations, and are best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions
Population health
a cohesive, integrated, and comprehensive approach to health care that considers the health
distribution of health outcomes within a population, the health determinants that influence
distribution of care, and the policies and interventions that affect and are affected by the
determinants
Wellness
an approach to health that focuses on balancing the many aspects, or dimensions, of a person's
life through increasing the adoption of health enhancing conditions and behaviors rather than
attempting to minimize conditions of illness
Epidemiology
Study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specific
populations, and the application of this study to control health problems
Endemic
Occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course
Epidemic
an unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other
health-related event in a population
Pandemic
outbreak over a wide geographical area such as a continent
Goal of health promotion/education
- improve the quality of life
- the teaching-learning process is the hallmark and social agenda that differentiates the practice
of health education/promotion from that of other helping profession
Determinants of health
- genetics
- individual behavior
- social circumstances
CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024 UPDATE GRADE
A+
Social determinants
- economic stability
- education
- social and community context
- health and health care
- neighborhood and build environment
Primary prevention
prevention that forestalls the onset of illness or injury
Secondary prevention
leads to early diagnosis and prompt treatment of a disease or illness to limit the impact of the
diagnosis
Tertiary prevention
includes retraining, reeducation, and rehabilitation of an individual who has incurred disability or
impairment
Smith Papyri
(1600 BC) surgical techniques
Code of Hammurabi
laws pertaining to health practices (physician fees)
Asclepius
god of medicine
- hygeia: power to prevent disease; more prominent
- Panacea: ability to treat disease
- hygiene and panacea trace to these daughters
Caduceus
staff and serpent of the physician, was a symbol of the temples of Asclepius
Hippocrates
(460-377 BC).
- theory of disease causation
- distinguished between endemic and epidemic disease
- first epidemiologist and father of medicine
Leprosy
a great epidemic. a disease that affects the skin
Health
the state of complete mental, physical, and social well being not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Community Health
The health status of a defined group of people and the actions and conditions to promote, protect
and preserve their health
Health education
, any combination of planned learning experiences using evidence-based practices and/or sound
theories that provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed adopt and
maintain healthy behaviors
health promotion
any planned combination of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational
mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals,
groups, and communities
disease prevention
the process of reducing risks and alleviating disease to promote, preserve, and restore health and
minimize suffering and distress
Public health
organized effort by society, primarily through its public institutions, to improve, promote, protect
and restore the health of the population through collective action. it includes services such as
health situation analysis, health surveillance, health promotion, prevention, infectious disease
control, environmental protection and sanitation, disaster and health emergency preparedness and
response, and occupational health, among others
Global health
health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries and are beyond the
control of individual nations, and are best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions
Population health
a cohesive, integrated, and comprehensive approach to health care that considers the health
distribution of health outcomes within a population, the health determinants that influence
distribution of care, and the policies and interventions that affect and are affected by the
determinants
Wellness
an approach to health that focuses on balancing the many aspects, or dimensions, of a person's
life through increasing the adoption of health enhancing conditions and behaviors rather than
attempting to minimize conditions of illness
Epidemiology
Study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specific
populations, and the application of this study to control health problems
Endemic
Occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course
Epidemic
an unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior, or other
health-related event in a population
Pandemic
outbreak over a wide geographical area such as a continent
Goal of health promotion/education
- improve the quality of life
- the teaching-learning process is the hallmark and social agenda that differentiates the practice
of health education/promotion from that of other helping profession
Determinants of health
- genetics
- individual behavior
- social circumstances
