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BPH 206 Exam Questions With Correct
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Intro to Public Health
What is Health? - answer✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
3 types of definition of Health: - answer✔1. the absence of any disease or impairment
2. health is a state that allows the individual to adequately cope with all demands of daily life
(implying also the absence of disease and impairment)
3. health is a state of balance, an equilibrium that an individual has established within himself
and between himself and his social and physical environment
What is Public Health? (WHO definition) - answer✔- All organized measures (whether public or
private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among thepopulation as a whole.
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- "the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the
organized efforts of society" (Acheson, 1988)
What is Public Health? (IOM definition) - answer✔what we, as a society, do collectively to
assure the conditions for people to be healthy
What is Public Health? (textbook definition) - answer✔The totality of all evidence-based public
and private efforts that preserve and promote health and prevent disease, disability, and death
Determinants of Health (Underlying factors that bring about disease) - answer✔B -behavior
I - infections
G -genetics
G - geography
E - environment
M - medical care
S - socio-economic-cultural
Behaviors - answer✔•actions that increase exposure to disease-causing factors or protect
(smoking cigs, exercise, diet, alcohol, unprotected sex, seat belts)
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Infections - answer✔often the direct causes of disease; can increase or decrease disease
Genetics - answer✔what you are born with and how it can determine development of a disease;
occasionally the most important factor
Geography - answer✔•location can have effect on presence of disease; can influence freq &
presence of dx; some dx occurs in only some areas/temperatures, etc.
Environment - answer✔•determine dx & the course of dx à natural disasters, low iodine content
of food-producing soil, BE - toxic exposures, indoor air pollution, hazards on highways
Medical Care - answer✔access to and quality of health care (ex. herd immunity; cessation
services; treatment options; focus on prevention?)
Socioeconomic Cultural - answer✔•education, income, occupational status and how do these
factors tie into a disease - culture/religion can influence behaviors
What are the 3 core functions of public health? - answer✔- assessment
- policy development
- assurance
10 Essential Public Health Services - answer✔1. Monitor health status to identify and solve
community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
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3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health
services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
History of PH and PH Approach - answer✔
Definition of Health (WHO) - answer✔A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
MULTI-LEVEL DETERMINANTS ANDINFLUENCES - answer✔•Intrapersonal (personal
behavior)
•Interpersonal
•Organizational
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BPH 206 Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Intro to Public Health
What is Health? - answer✔a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
3 types of definition of Health: - answer✔1. the absence of any disease or impairment
2. health is a state that allows the individual to adequately cope with all demands of daily life
(implying also the absence of disease and impairment)
3. health is a state of balance, an equilibrium that an individual has established within himself
and between himself and his social and physical environment
What is Public Health? (WHO definition) - answer✔- All organized measures (whether public or
private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among thepopulation as a whole.
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- "the art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the
organized efforts of society" (Acheson, 1988)
What is Public Health? (IOM definition) - answer✔what we, as a society, do collectively to
assure the conditions for people to be healthy
What is Public Health? (textbook definition) - answer✔The totality of all evidence-based public
and private efforts that preserve and promote health and prevent disease, disability, and death
Determinants of Health (Underlying factors that bring about disease) - answer✔B -behavior
I - infections
G -genetics
G - geography
E - environment
M - medical care
S - socio-economic-cultural
Behaviors - answer✔•actions that increase exposure to disease-causing factors or protect
(smoking cigs, exercise, diet, alcohol, unprotected sex, seat belts)
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Infections - answer✔often the direct causes of disease; can increase or decrease disease
Genetics - answer✔what you are born with and how it can determine development of a disease;
occasionally the most important factor
Geography - answer✔•location can have effect on presence of disease; can influence freq &
presence of dx; some dx occurs in only some areas/temperatures, etc.
Environment - answer✔•determine dx & the course of dx à natural disasters, low iodine content
of food-producing soil, BE - toxic exposures, indoor air pollution, hazards on highways
Medical Care - answer✔access to and quality of health care (ex. herd immunity; cessation
services; treatment options; focus on prevention?)
Socioeconomic Cultural - answer✔•education, income, occupational status and how do these
factors tie into a disease - culture/religion can influence behaviors
What are the 3 core functions of public health? - answer✔- assessment
- policy development
- assurance
10 Essential Public Health Services - answer✔1. Monitor health status to identify and solve
community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
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3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when
otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health
services.
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.
History of PH and PH Approach - answer✔
Definition of Health (WHO) - answer✔A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
MULTI-LEVEL DETERMINANTS ANDINFLUENCES - answer✔•Intrapersonal (personal
behavior)
•Interpersonal
•Organizational
