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PUBH 1010 Final Exam Review
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PUBH 1010 Final Exam ReviewParticipate in policy making
Research disease and injury prevention
Work to limit health disparities
Educate the public and promote healthy lifestyles
(All of the Above) - ANS-Public health is the science of protecting and improving the
health and safety of people and their communities. Choose the work public health
professionals carry out to do this from the list below:
A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence
of disease or infirmity - ANS-There are many ways to define health. How does the World
Health Organization define health?
False - ANS-Public health and clinical care both require knowledge of medicine and
health, but they both focus on different aspects of ensuring the health and safety of
populations. Public health professionals focus on the bio-science of health and work to
heal the individual. Clinical professionals, on the other hand, work at the community
level to prevent health problems from happening or recurring.
Step 1: Define the health problem
Step 2: Identify the risk factors
Step 3: Develop and test community-level interventions to prevent and control the
problem
Step 4: implement interventions to improve population health
Step 5: Monitor interventions for effectiveness - ANS-Public health professionals
address health problems in a systematic way. This process involves five steps. The
steps are listed below. Put them in order from the first step to the last step.
Social and Behavioral Health
Biosciences - ANS-The science of public health requires input from six disciplines to
successfully carry out efforts to ensure the health and safety of a population. Which two
disciplines are missing from the following list?
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Health management and policy
Environmental health
,Primary: Prevent exposure to risk factors
Secondary: Minimizes severity of impact if exposed
Tertiary: Provides medical care and rehabilitation services - ANS-The main task of
prevention is to develop interventions designed to prevent health issues identified in the
assessment process. One approach to developing an intervention is addressing the
health issue at three levels of prevention. Match the focus of an intervention with the
level of prevention below:
Social Determinants - ANS-Scientists know certain factors determine a person's state of
health. Which of the health determinants has the biggest impact on a person's health?
Assessment: Monitor health status
Development: Inform, educate, and empower
Assurance: enforce laws that protect health and ensure safety - ANS-The three core
functions of public health include assessment of health issues, development of policies
to address health issues, and assurance the programs and policies are addressing
those health issues. The ten essential services of public health are services which fall
under one of the three core functions. Match each of the ten services with the core
public health function under which it falls.
True - ANS-Information on mortality patterns is key to understanding changes in the
health and well-being of the US population. Differences in death rates among various
demographic subpopulations, including race and ethnicity groups, may reflect
subpopulation differences in factors such as socioeconomic status, access to medical
care, and the prevalence of specific risk factors in a particular subpopulation
Unintentional injuries
Cancer
Heart Disease - ANS-What were the top three leading causes of death for Americans in
2017?
Stroke
1970 Nixon Administration - ANS-What year and under which administration was the
Environmental Protection Agency established?
Ensuring proper storm and wastewater drainage
Keeping water sources clean - ANS-What are some examples of efforts humans have
made before modern times to maintain a healthy environment?
Flu of 1918 - ANS-The worst pandemic in recent history was:
, True - ANS-Public health can often spur controversy, especially when economics,
individual liberty, and morality come into play.
Policy makers always use the most reliable scientific evidence when deciding how to
make laws. - ANS-The health of a population can be driven by the balance between
politics and science. Which of the following is NOT true:
Legislative: Public health activities must be authorized by legislation at the federal,
state, and local levels of government.
Judicial: Public health law is further defined by decisions of the court
Executive: Decisions at the legislative and judicial levels are worked out in detail by the
agencies which issue regulations - ANS-Public health is primarily the responsibility of
the government. Each of the three branches of government play specific roles in public
health policy. Match the branch of the government with the role it plays:
Correct!Legislative Public health activities must be authorized by legislation at the
federal, state, and local levels of government.
1. A legislature passes a statute.
2. The statute may be challenged in court
3. A state court may overturn a local law or court decision
4. A federal court may overturn a state or court decision - ANS-One a statute is passed,
it often goes through a series of steps before it becomes law. Put the steps of this
process in order:
This level of government provides vaccines for the general population, infants to older
adults. It conducts restaurant inspection programs. This level of government is
responsible for collecting and analyzing health statistics for their area of service. It also
delivers maternal and child health services. - Local Level
This level of government has the primary constitutional responsibility and authority for
the health, safety, and general welfare of their population. This level of public health is
often responsible for carrying out licensing and certification of medical personnel,
facilities, and services. This level of government also coordinates the work done at
smaller locations, including collecting and analyzing data from those locations. - State
Level
This level of government is responsible for putting laws into practice, it also funds many
of the public health efforts in the US. This level of government has s - ANS-There are
three main levels of public health in America, local, state, and federal. Each carries out
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