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Public Health Final Exampreventative medicine - ANS What are public and population health referred to as clinically?
public health - ANS ___________ is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and
their communities.
protecting the health of an entire population - ANS What is the primary concern of public health?
Healthcare; population/public health - ANS __________ is individual focus whereas __________ is
population focus.
True - ANS T/F: Public health aims to evaluate multiple problems and solutions at one time, instead of
one problem and one solution at a time.
Public health - ANS _____________ is defined as the totality of all evidence-based public and private
efforts throughout the life cycle that preserve and promote health and prevent disease, disability, and
death.
Population health - ANS ____________ is defined as a focus on the individual coupled with a focus on
what needs to be done at the community and population level, or the bridge between public health and
healthcare.
population health - ANS Information technology, antibiotic resistance, and climate change, are concerns
of ___________ health.
High Risk Approach - ANS What is the name of the public health approach that focuses on those with the
highest probability of developing disease (vulnerable population)?
,Improving the Average Approach - ANS What is the name of the public health approach that focuses on
the entire population and aims to reduce the risk of everyone?
High Risk Approach - ANS The USPSTF recommendation for annual low dose CT for adults aged 50 to 80
who have a 20 pack-year history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years is an example
of which public health approach?
Improving the Average Approach - ANS Banning smoking at restaurants is an example of which public
health approach?
age - ANS What is the most important factor influencing causes of death and disability?
behavior
infection
genetics
geography
environment
medical care
socioeconomic-cultural - ANS List the components of BIG GEMS:
social interventions - ANS Interventions with another non-health related purpose which have secondary
impacts on health are called ___________ interventions.
social policy intervention - ANS Taxes on soft drinks containing sugar are raised in an effort to discourage
consumption. Which type of public health intervention best describes this approach?
healthcare - ANS Systems for delivering one-on-one individual health services (e.g., vaccinations,
behavioral counseling, screenings, preventions) is known as ___________ ?
,Preventative - ANS _________ medicine impacts the health of an individual, community and defined
population and provides protection, promotion and maintenance of health and well-being.
Preventative medicine - ANS ___________ focuses on the individual/patient.
Public/population health - ANS ___________ focuses on the community, where you AND the patient
work/live.
individuals; communities - ANS The main difference between preventive medicine and population health
is that preventive medicine focuses on ________ , and population health focuses on _______ .
primary - ANS Strategies to prevent the onset of disease describe what level of prevention?
secondary - ANS Strategies to reduce development/progression of disease before symptoms, such as
early detection describes what level of prevention?
tertiary - ANS When symptoms are present, treatment and management of disease before irreversible
disability occurs describes what level of prevention?
secondary - ANS Taking medication, wearing a seatbelt, and screenings are examples of what level of
prevention?
primary - ANS Handwashing, vaccination, health eating, and exercise are examples of what level of
prevention?
tertiary - ANS Rehabilitation programs, pain management, and support groups are examples of what
level of prevention?
, 1.Disease of the heart
2.Malignant neoplasms
3.Accidents (unintentional injuries)
4.Chronic lower respiratory diseases
5.Cerebrovascular diseases
6.Alzheimer disease
7.Diabetes Mellitus
8.Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, nephrosis
9.Influenza and pneumonia
10.Intentional self-harm - ANS List 10 leading causes of death (2019):
1.COVID-19
2.Opioid crisis
3.Social media misinformation/disinformation campaigns
4.Health equity
5.Food insecurity and food deserts
6.Mental health/social isolation
7.Data modernization and privacy
8.Environmental impact on health
9.E-cigarettes
10.Cannabis legalization - ANS List the top 10 public health issues of 2022:
problem
etiology
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