BPH 206 Exam 1 || Error-free Answers 100%.
Health correct answers a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
primary goal of public health correct answers prevention of disease and disability
primary focus of public health correct answers population health and wellness
five major areas of public health correct answers 1. Epidemiology
2. Biostatistics
3. Environmental health
4. Health policy and management
5. Social behavioral sciences
Epidemiology correct answers Branch of science that deals with the incidence (new cases),
distribution (across genders, communities, etc), and control of disease in a population
Biostatistics correct answers Statistics applied to the analysis of biological data
Environmental health correct answers •Art and science of protecting against environmental
factors that may adversely impact human health or the ecological balances essential to long-term
human health and environmental quality.
Ex: asbestos, food deserts, food swamps (access to food but mostly fast food)
food desert correct answers An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to
obtain
,Food swamp correct answers Communities that are flooded with unhealthy, highly processed,
low-nutrient food combined with disproportionate advertising for unhealthy food compared to
wealthier neighborhoods.
Health Policy and Management correct answers multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice
concerned with the delivery, quality and costs of health care for individuals and populations.
Social behavioral sciences correct answers Heavily based in research; looks for issues and finds
programs/policies to address them
Address the behavioral, social and cultural factors related to individual and population health and
health disparities over the life course. Research and practice in this area contributes to the
development, administration and evaluation of programs and policies in public health and health
services to promote and sustain healthy environments and healthy lives for individuals and
populations.
James Lind correct answers Discovered a cure for scurvy
Edward Jenner correct answers Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
Ignaz Semmelweis correct answers advocated hand washing to prevent transmission of puerperal
fever from one OB patient to another
Father of Epidemiology correct answers John Snow (***KNOW)
John Snow correct answers father of epidemiology; found that DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE
IS NOT RANDOM
Society used to think that disease was transmitted through bad odors and that spread was
random; Snow
, believed cholera could be contained by staying away from contaminated water and proved this
by showing that the downstream water company was getting the contaminated water and people
in this area got cholera
History of public health phases correct answers 1. Health protection era
included association studies by Lind, Jenner, Snow, and Semmelweis
2. hygiene movement (aka miasma phase)
resulted in first state health departments, APHA, general cleanliness
3. Contagion control phase
germ theory, polio vaccines
4. Social Engineering phase
medicare, medicaid, investments in hospitals
5. Health promotion phase
chronic disease deaths leads, focus on disease prevention but victim blaming becomes an issue
6. Population health (current)
health is influenced by surroundings
Germ theory correct answers Certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by
microorganisms
Underlying principles
1.Microbes can cause illness
2.Microbes can spread from person to person
3.A specific microbe exists for each illness which will always invoke the same illness
Healthy people 2020 correct answers Overarching goals from 2010-2020:
Attain high-quality, longer lives
Achieve health equity
Create environments that promote good health for all
Health correct answers a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
primary goal of public health correct answers prevention of disease and disability
primary focus of public health correct answers population health and wellness
five major areas of public health correct answers 1. Epidemiology
2. Biostatistics
3. Environmental health
4. Health policy and management
5. Social behavioral sciences
Epidemiology correct answers Branch of science that deals with the incidence (new cases),
distribution (across genders, communities, etc), and control of disease in a population
Biostatistics correct answers Statistics applied to the analysis of biological data
Environmental health correct answers •Art and science of protecting against environmental
factors that may adversely impact human health or the ecological balances essential to long-term
human health and environmental quality.
Ex: asbestos, food deserts, food swamps (access to food but mostly fast food)
food desert correct answers An area in a developed country where healthy food is difficult to
obtain
,Food swamp correct answers Communities that are flooded with unhealthy, highly processed,
low-nutrient food combined with disproportionate advertising for unhealthy food compared to
wealthier neighborhoods.
Health Policy and Management correct answers multidisciplinary field of inquiry and practice
concerned with the delivery, quality and costs of health care for individuals and populations.
Social behavioral sciences correct answers Heavily based in research; looks for issues and finds
programs/policies to address them
Address the behavioral, social and cultural factors related to individual and population health and
health disparities over the life course. Research and practice in this area contributes to the
development, administration and evaluation of programs and policies in public health and health
services to promote and sustain healthy environments and healthy lives for individuals and
populations.
James Lind correct answers Discovered a cure for scurvy
Edward Jenner correct answers Developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796
Ignaz Semmelweis correct answers advocated hand washing to prevent transmission of puerperal
fever from one OB patient to another
Father of Epidemiology correct answers John Snow (***KNOW)
John Snow correct answers father of epidemiology; found that DISTRIBUTION OF DISEASE
IS NOT RANDOM
Society used to think that disease was transmitted through bad odors and that spread was
random; Snow
, believed cholera could be contained by staying away from contaminated water and proved this
by showing that the downstream water company was getting the contaminated water and people
in this area got cholera
History of public health phases correct answers 1. Health protection era
included association studies by Lind, Jenner, Snow, and Semmelweis
2. hygiene movement (aka miasma phase)
resulted in first state health departments, APHA, general cleanliness
3. Contagion control phase
germ theory, polio vaccines
4. Social Engineering phase
medicare, medicaid, investments in hospitals
5. Health promotion phase
chronic disease deaths leads, focus on disease prevention but victim blaming becomes an issue
6. Population health (current)
health is influenced by surroundings
Germ theory correct answers Certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by
microorganisms
Underlying principles
1.Microbes can cause illness
2.Microbes can spread from person to person
3.A specific microbe exists for each illness which will always invoke the same illness
Healthy people 2020 correct answers Overarching goals from 2010-2020:
Attain high-quality, longer lives
Achieve health equity
Create environments that promote good health for all
