phlt exam

Winslow definition of public health - answer-Science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting health through organized efforts Vickers definition of public health - answer-successive re-defining of the unacceptable institute of medicine definition of public health - answer-ass...

the public health triad - answer-People->other species->environment-> public health triad is similar - answer-epidemiologic triad agent->environment->host-> One health - answer-collaborative trans-disciplinary approach to achieving optimal health for people and other organ...

accident the occurrence in the sequence of events that produces unintended injury, death, or property damage; random incident an unintentional event that may cause personal harm or other damage; can be prevented; usually refers to property or equipment damage near miss an occurrence in a sequence ...

Introduction of smallpox vaccination is credited to which of these individuals? - answer-Jenner The cholera epidemic of 1854 disproportionately affected lower social classes in London. - answer-false Age-adjusted mortality rates for heart disease and stroke declined by more than 50% between 19...

inductive reasoning - answer-A type of logic in which generalizations are based on a large number of specific observations. (observation, pattern, hypothesis, theory) deductive reasoning - answer-the process of applying a general statement to specific facts or situations (theory, hypothesis, obse...

what is one health? - answer-health of people is connected to health of animals, plants and shared environments approach to achieving optimal health for people and other organisms in environment leading factors causing decline of insect populations - answer-habitat change = mono cultures in ag...

What is the focus of public health? - answer-people (population health, community health, prevention) also focuses on prevention! What does someone in public health do? - answer-Everyone does different things. -Environmental health, epidemiology, occupational safety and health, policy makers, ...

In public health, researchers have noted patterns between populations and disease. For example, public health researchers have found that in less developed societies, deaths are dominated by epidemic communicable diseases as well as malnutrition. In contrast, as a country develops, communicable dise...

Agent - answer-virulence, infectivity, addictive qualities (PH Triad) Host - answer-genetic susceptibility, resiliency, nutritional status, motivation (PH Triad) Environment - answer-public health sanitation, social context, availability of health care Anthropogenic Pollution - answer-emiss...

How precisely a sample mean reflects a population - answer-The sampling distribution of the mean answers ____ Central Limit Theorem - answer-The sampling distribution of x-bar -s tends towards Normality even when the underlying population is not Normal. Its influence gets stronger as the sample g...

The best description below of the focus of public health is: - answer-Preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health through organized community effort Which of the following is the best example of a public health approach? - answer-A large-scale program to help a community st...

The Epidemiologic Triad - answer-host, agent, environment people, other species, environment The environment around us and other species affect out health Environmental Contamination - answer-natural and not caused by humans. can be anthropogenic: caused by humans (pollution) Greenhouse Eff...

Infectious disease: Worms and protozoans, Neglected Tropical diseases - answer-April 4 Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) - answer-A number of NTDs are caused by worms and protozoa • NTDs: substantial morbidity & mortality • typically persist only in the poorest, most marginalized communi...

1. Poor diet and physical inactivity 2. Tobacco 3. Misuse of Alcohol 4. Microbial species 5. Toxic Agents - answer-What are the top 5 leading causes of death? microbial species - answer-Which of the causes of death could move up on the list due to globalization? education, regulation, proh...