PUBH 302 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026
Provide a definition of "public health" - in your own words - Answers -What we do to
assure conditions in which people can be healthy
Explain the "Ps" of public health; be able to provide examples related to each "P" -
Answers -Prevention - prevent premature death. Ex Vaccinations, wearing masks
Protection - protecting the population, make recommendations to keep people healthy.
Ex:
Promotion - promotion of healthy things, promotion to notice unhealthy habits & change
behav. Ex: healthy diet, promote nonsmoking
Prolonging - prolong life
Product safety -knowing that a system / safety measures have been taken to make sure
it's safe. Ex: safe meat at grocery store, airbags and seat belts, car frame.
Physical, social, economic environments - connection btwn health and environment. Ex:
the air, back at school surrounded by people during COVID, friends influence on
behaviors (pizza vs. , ability to afford healthy foods?.
(Big) Picture - all of the Ps. Some of them overlap
Populations - what is killing/making people sick at a population level. Ex look at (data),
what is the leading cause of illness and death,/ (how to prevent)
Explain the term "determinants of health" and be able to provide examples - Answers -
Personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status.
(Healthcare, genetics, behavior, individual behavior, social and environ factors. Ex (ask
if examples of deter of health are the above* or things like eating too much McDonalds)
{Risk Factors - behaviors more likely to be in our control ex: smoking, unhealthy diet
{Risk Conditions - less likely to be in our control ex: age, sex, work
{Lifestyle - pattern of behavior, lifetime habits, and social circumstances
Major historical eras (READ SLIDES)/key persons - Answers -Dr. John Snow - Father
of epi. Made a map of cholera deaths and used it to locate the source which was the
broad street pump. (with help of Rev. Whitehead "gatekeeper"
Louis Pasteur - Found that germs cause diseases and not "bad air". First public health
lab
Robert Koch - I.D.'d the vibrio that causes cholera. Discovered the tuberculosis
bacterium
Lemuel Shattuck - System of sanitary inspection, Vaccination programs
Conditions that existed prior to modern advent of PH - Answers -Battling
Epidemics/Infectious Disease. (Before modern public health the population faced
epidemics and disease such as the plague)
Why is PH important? - Answers -Mortality and morbidity prevented
Longer life expectancy*
Provide a definition of "public health" - in your own words - Answers -What we do to
assure conditions in which people can be healthy
Explain the "Ps" of public health; be able to provide examples related to each "P" -
Answers -Prevention - prevent premature death. Ex Vaccinations, wearing masks
Protection - protecting the population, make recommendations to keep people healthy.
Ex:
Promotion - promotion of healthy things, promotion to notice unhealthy habits & change
behav. Ex: healthy diet, promote nonsmoking
Prolonging - prolong life
Product safety -knowing that a system / safety measures have been taken to make sure
it's safe. Ex: safe meat at grocery store, airbags and seat belts, car frame.
Physical, social, economic environments - connection btwn health and environment. Ex:
the air, back at school surrounded by people during COVID, friends influence on
behaviors (pizza vs. , ability to afford healthy foods?.
(Big) Picture - all of the Ps. Some of them overlap
Populations - what is killing/making people sick at a population level. Ex look at (data),
what is the leading cause of illness and death,/ (how to prevent)
Explain the term "determinants of health" and be able to provide examples - Answers -
Personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status.
(Healthcare, genetics, behavior, individual behavior, social and environ factors. Ex (ask
if examples of deter of health are the above* or things like eating too much McDonalds)
{Risk Factors - behaviors more likely to be in our control ex: smoking, unhealthy diet
{Risk Conditions - less likely to be in our control ex: age, sex, work
{Lifestyle - pattern of behavior, lifetime habits, and social circumstances
Major historical eras (READ SLIDES)/key persons - Answers -Dr. John Snow - Father
of epi. Made a map of cholera deaths and used it to locate the source which was the
broad street pump. (with help of Rev. Whitehead "gatekeeper"
Louis Pasteur - Found that germs cause diseases and not "bad air". First public health
lab
Robert Koch - I.D.'d the vibrio that causes cholera. Discovered the tuberculosis
bacterium
Lemuel Shattuck - System of sanitary inspection, Vaccination programs
Conditions that existed prior to modern advent of PH - Answers -Battling
Epidemics/Infectious Disease. (Before modern public health the population faced
epidemics and disease such as the plague)
Why is PH important? - Answers -Mortality and morbidity prevented
Longer life expectancy*
