PUBH 302 GALLOWAY EXAM 1 WITH ALL 100 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST VERSION 2024
Define public health issue - ANSWER-What is making us sick
Risk factors/determinants - ANSWER-what is the cause of the disease/illness
Controversial/ethical concerns - ANSWER-ususally deals with money or individual liberties
Risk factor - ANSWER-common causes of illness; more under individual control (diet, smoking/drinking
habits)
Risk condition - ANSWER-more distal causes of illness; less under individual control (biological,
environmental)
Public health orinated from the idea of ________________. - ANSWER-group survival
Public health codes throughout history - ANSWER-- tribal rules
- bible
- hieroglyphs
- roman senate
"Salus populi" comes from the Roman senate meaning... - ANSWER-"let the welfare of the people be the
supreme law"
Ancient Greeks - ANSWER-- personal hygiene
- naturalistic concept of disease
, Hippocrates - ANSWER-- Father of western medicine
- casual relationships
- coined "epidemic"
Roman Empire - ANSWER-- Adopted Greek values
- rise of engineers (aqueducts)
- public baths
Middle Ages - ANSWER-- moved away from Greek values
- spiritual health
- isolated diseased individuals
The plague ("Black death") - ANSWER-25-50% of population in Western Europe died
2 types: bubonic & pneumonic
Renaissance - ANSWER-- disease spread through traders
- killed 90% of indigenous people
Enlightenment - ANSWER-- Birth of modern medicine
- William Harvey
- Edward Jenner
William Harvey - ANSWER-- Enlightenment era
- dissections
- suggested animals reproduced via sperm and egg
Edward Jenner - ANSWER-- Enlightenment era
- Developed first "vaccine" from cowpox experiment
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST VERSION 2024
Define public health issue - ANSWER-What is making us sick
Risk factors/determinants - ANSWER-what is the cause of the disease/illness
Controversial/ethical concerns - ANSWER-ususally deals with money or individual liberties
Risk factor - ANSWER-common causes of illness; more under individual control (diet, smoking/drinking
habits)
Risk condition - ANSWER-more distal causes of illness; less under individual control (biological,
environmental)
Public health orinated from the idea of ________________. - ANSWER-group survival
Public health codes throughout history - ANSWER-- tribal rules
- bible
- hieroglyphs
- roman senate
"Salus populi" comes from the Roman senate meaning... - ANSWER-"let the welfare of the people be the
supreme law"
Ancient Greeks - ANSWER-- personal hygiene
- naturalistic concept of disease
, Hippocrates - ANSWER-- Father of western medicine
- casual relationships
- coined "epidemic"
Roman Empire - ANSWER-- Adopted Greek values
- rise of engineers (aqueducts)
- public baths
Middle Ages - ANSWER-- moved away from Greek values
- spiritual health
- isolated diseased individuals
The plague ("Black death") - ANSWER-25-50% of population in Western Europe died
2 types: bubonic & pneumonic
Renaissance - ANSWER-- disease spread through traders
- killed 90% of indigenous people
Enlightenment - ANSWER-- Birth of modern medicine
- William Harvey
- Edward Jenner
William Harvey - ANSWER-- Enlightenment era
- dissections
- suggested animals reproduced via sperm and egg
Edward Jenner - ANSWER-- Enlightenment era
- Developed first "vaccine" from cowpox experiment
