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BPH 206 Exam Questions With Correct Answers Intro to Public Health What is Health? - answera state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity 3 types of definition of Health: - answer1. the absence of any disease or impairment 2. hea...

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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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