GLPH 170 – Module 1, Section 2: Complete Notes and Key Concepts

GLPH 170 – Module 1, Section 2: Complete Notes and
Key Concepts

True or false: health is only at the individual level - correct answer ✔✔False: health can be
understood at the population level



what are populations? - correct answer ✔✔groups of individuals with a shared characteristic



populations can be ______________ or ___________ defined, but don't need to be - correct
answer ✔✔geographically or politically



what is population health? - correct answer ✔✔the health outcomes of a group of individuals,
including the distribution of such outcomes within the group



the field of population health is argued to be? - correct answer ✔✔- health outcomes

- patterns of health determinants

- policies and interventions that link the two



what is the public health agency of canada's definition of population health? - correct answer
✔✔population health is an approach to health that aims to improve the health of the entire
population and to reduce health inequalities among population groups.



True or false: Population Health Approach recognizes that heath is a capacity or resource rather
than a state - correct answer ✔✔true



what is epidemiology? - correct answer ✔✔the study of the distribution and determinants of
disease in populations