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MPH IPAP REVIEWQUESTIONS &
ANSWERS RATED
100% CORRECT!!
MPH IPAP
Evatee 9/23/24 MPH IPAP
,MPH IPAP REVIEW QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
RATED 100% CORRECT!!
Objectives of MPH Answer - o "The science and art of preventing disease,
prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency thru organized community
effort"
o "Probably no activity pays in the military service such huge dividends as
preventive medicine."
o Identify etiology, risk factors, natural history and prognosis, evaluate existing
and newly developed preventive and therapeutic measures, and provide
foundation for policy.
§ Aim is to intervene to prevent or reduce morbidity and mortality.
· Two fundamental assumptions of MPH: Answer - o Diseases do not occur by
chance
o Diseases are not distributed randomly in the population.
· Focus of MPH: Answer - o The occurrence of health and disease in the
population
-What happens to many (vs clinical medicine, what happens to one)
Top ten PH achievements Answer - o Vaccination, vehicle safety, workplace
safety, infectious disease control, decrease CAD/CVA, healthier babies, tobacco.
MPH focus from 1900-1999 Answer - Healthier foods, family planning,
fluoridation of water
,MPH focus from 2000-2010 Answer - cancer prevention, childhood lead
poisoning, and public health preparedness
Military history and role of commander, surgeon: Answer - Command
responsibility to preserve troop health, medical officers advise line officers.
Goals of prevention: Answer - Preserve and promote health and well-being for
both individuals and a population.
Levels of prevention: Answer - primary, secondary, tertiary
Primary Prevention: Answer - o Measures that prevent the onset of illness or
injury before the disease process begins.
o Ex: vaccines.
Secondary Prevention: Answer - o Lead to early diagnosis and prompt
treatment of a disease, illness, or injury to prevent more severe problems from
developing.
o Ex: Screening programs.
tertiary prevention: Answer - o Reduction of morbidity and mortality from
existing disease; most of what occurs in medical treatment.
o Ex: Physical therapy after an ankle sprain.
USPSTF Grade A: Answer - USPSTF recommends; high certainty of substantial
benefit.
USPSTF Grade B: Answer - USPSTF recommends; high certainty of moderate
benefit or moderate certainty of substantial benefit.
, USPSTF Grade C: Answer - USPSTF recommends against routine service; at
least moderate certainty of small benefit.
USPSTF Grade D: Answer - USPSTF does not recommend; moderate to high
certainty of harm or no benefit.
I statement: Answer - USPSTF lacks evidence to assess benefits and harms
Latency Period: Answer - Time from infection to infectiousness.
Incubation Period: Answer - Time interval between infection and the initial
onset of symptoms.
Communicable Period: Answer - Period during which an infectious agent may
be transferred from an infected person or animal to a susceptible host.
Herd Immunity Threshold (HIT): Answer - reached when critical proportion of
the population becomes immune, and disease may no longer persist in
population.
o Higher Basic Reproduction Number (R0) à higher HIT
Epidemiologic Triad: Answer - summarizes the factors that influence an
infection, and the measures you might take to combat the infection.
Human disease results from the interaction of the: Answer - o host,
environment, the causative agent, and sometimes the vector.
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