FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE: MPH 500 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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MPH 500
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MPH 500
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE: MPH 500
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Public Health vs Medicine...how are they different? - Correct Answer- The biggest difference
between public health and medicine is that public health deals with health from the
perspective of populations, while medic...
FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE: MPH 500
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Public Health vs Medicine...how are they different? - Correct Answer- The biggest difference
between public health and medicine is that public health deals with health from the
perspective of populations, while medicine deals with health from the perspective of
individuals. In medicine, the patient is the individual person. In public health, the patient is
the entire community.
Healthy People 2020 and its importance - Correct Answer- Healthy People provides science-
based, 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For 3 decades,
Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to:
-Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature
death.
-Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
-Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
Public health priorities 21st century - Correct Answer- 1. Reduce poverty in the poorest
countries of the world, and to eliminate the pockets of poverty that exist within countries,
including among refugees.
2. Safeguard the gains already achieved in public health depends through sharing health and
medical knowledge, expertise and experience on a global scale.
3. Enhance health potential in the future by preventing and reducing premature mortality,
morbidity and disability, enabling people of all ages to achieve over time their maximum
potential, intellectually and physically through education, the development of life skills and
healthy lifestyles.
4. Strive to better understand healthy aging - the physical and mental characteristics of old
age and their associated problems
5.
Public health achievements in 20th and 21st century - Correct Answer- 20th century
, Immunizations
Motor vehicle safety
Workplace safety
Control of infectious diseases (which includes immunizations)
Declines in deaths from heart disease and stroke
Safer and healthier foods
Healthier mothers and babies
Family planning
Fluoridation of drinking water to prevent dental caries (cavities)
Reduction of tobacco use
21st century
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
Tobacco Control
Maternal and Infant Health
Motor Vehicle Safety
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Occupational Safety
Cancer Prevention
Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention
Improved Public Health Preparedness and Response
Leading causes of death in US and "actual" root causes of death—how does this relate to
health promotion? - Correct Answer- Heart disease
Cancer
Accidents (unintentional injuries)
Chronic lower respiratory diseases
Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases)
Alzheimer's disease
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