PHC4101 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Romans - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Big on water/bathing
-Would take blood out of people believed all diseases were in blood
-Used to gas people with arsenic which would kill disease but also the body too
Medical Mayhem - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Creepy leather penguin mask were the first ever hazmat suits
Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the science of protecting and improving the health of people and
their community
Primary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Aims to prevent disease or injury before it occurs. Example:
Vaccination against the flu.
Secondary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Reduces the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred.
Example: Regular Check-Ups
Tertiary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Softens the impact of an ongoing illness or injury. Example: Managing
chronic conditions like diabetes
John Snow - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"Father of Epidemiology", studied the London Cholera epidemics of
1848 & 1854, suspected it was from the water, as most cases were found close to the Broad Street
pump
Edwin Chadwick - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Proposed the sanitary idea
A drainage network to remove sewage and waste
The appointment of the national board of health, local district boards and medical officers
Lemuel Shattuck - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅published the first report on sanitation and public health
problems which promted ideas of:
-Regular survey of population health
, -oversight of water supplies and waste disposal,
-research studies of diseases,
-educational materials for health providers, -permanent boards of health to enforce regulations
10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅describe the public health activities
that all communities should undertake.
#1 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Assess and monitor population health
status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets (Assessment)
#2 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Investigate, diagnose, and address
health problems and hazards affecting the population (Assessment)
#3 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Communicate effectively to inform
and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it (Policy Development)
#4 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Strengthen, support, and mobilize
communities and partnerships to improve health (Policy Development)
#5 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Create, champion, and implement
policies, plans, and laws that impact health (Policy Development)
#6 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Utilize legal and regulatory actions
designed to improve and protect the public's health (Policy Development)
#7 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Assure an effective system that
enables equitable access to the individual services and care needed to be healthy (Assurance)
#8 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Build and support a diverse and
skilled public health workforce (Assurance)
Romans - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Big on water/bathing
-Would take blood out of people believed all diseases were in blood
-Used to gas people with arsenic which would kill disease but also the body too
Medical Mayhem - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Creepy leather penguin mask were the first ever hazmat suits
Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the science of protecting and improving the health of people and
their community
Primary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Aims to prevent disease or injury before it occurs. Example:
Vaccination against the flu.
Secondary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Reduces the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred.
Example: Regular Check-Ups
Tertiary - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Softens the impact of an ongoing illness or injury. Example: Managing
chronic conditions like diabetes
John Snow - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"Father of Epidemiology", studied the London Cholera epidemics of
1848 & 1854, suspected it was from the water, as most cases were found close to the Broad Street
pump
Edwin Chadwick - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Proposed the sanitary idea
A drainage network to remove sewage and waste
The appointment of the national board of health, local district boards and medical officers
Lemuel Shattuck - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅published the first report on sanitation and public health
problems which promted ideas of:
-Regular survey of population health
, -oversight of water supplies and waste disposal,
-research studies of diseases,
-educational materials for health providers, -permanent boards of health to enforce regulations
10 Essential Public Health Services (EPHS) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅describe the public health activities
that all communities should undertake.
#1 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Assess and monitor population health
status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets (Assessment)
#2 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Investigate, diagnose, and address
health problems and hazards affecting the population (Assessment)
#3 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Communicate effectively to inform
and educate people about health, factors that influence it, and how to improve it (Policy Development)
#4 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Strengthen, support, and mobilize
communities and partnerships to improve health (Policy Development)
#5 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Create, champion, and implement
policies, plans, and laws that impact health (Policy Development)
#6 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Utilize legal and regulatory actions
designed to improve and protect the public's health (Policy Development)
#7 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Assure an effective system that
enables equitable access to the individual services and care needed to be healthy (Assurance)
#8 of the Public Health Essential Services - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Build and support a diverse and
skilled public health workforce (Assurance)
