NURS 120 - exam 1 with correct answers
why study public health? - CORRECT ANSWER one of the most important advances in human
history
unprecedented increase in life span worldwide
what is a population? - CORRECT ANSWER requires more than one individual that share one
or more common characteri...
NURS 120 - exam 1 with correct answers why study public health? - CORRECT ANSWER one of the most important advances in human history unprecedented increase in life span worldwide what is a population? - CORRECT ANSWER requires more than one individual that share one or more common characteris tics people in a particular place - with discernible geopolitical boundaries OR a set of commonalities what is health? - CORRECT ANSWER a state of complete physical, mental, and social well -
being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity a funda mental right of every human being what is public health? - CORRECT ANSWER the science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention and detection and control of infectious diseases the construct of where the government fits into health what is the role of public health? - CORRECT ANSWER to promote and protect the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work, and play what is population health? - CORRECT ANSWER the study of conditions that shape distributions of health within and across populations the study of the mechanisms through which these conditions manifest as the health of individuals reflects outcomes of care for po pulations what does population health do? - CORRECT ANSWER it provides us with the science and tells us what we need to know to understand what causes health, so that we can intervene to make populations better what is community health? - CORRECT ANSWER a grassroots effort; HOW you do it engaging with the community using public health/evidence -based approaches what are some important factors contributing to community health? - CORRECT ANSWER healthy water/eatin g social determinants hospitals and health systems involved at the local level understanding the needs of the community what are the earliest origins of public health as a concern? - CORRECT ANSWER two most basic survival concerns medieval Europe pla gue era what are the two most basic survival concerns? - CORRECT ANSWER assuring a safe water supply disposing of wastes what public health tools emerged from the plague years in medieval Europe? - CORRECT ANSWER quarantine isolation what happened in mi d 1800s london? - CORRECT ANSWER edwin chadwick argued that improved health would improve productive output and reduce social costs he advocated for improved living conditions and proposed to provide clean water and remove wastes what did chadwick's proposal do? - CORRECT ANSWER it aligned the emerging field of public health with the economic priorities of government what two advances in public health happened in the late 1700s and 1800s? - CORRECT ANSWER Congress established the US Marine Hospital Service Massachusetts legislator developed 1st system for recording US vital statistics what did the US Marine Hospital Service do? - CORRECT ANSWER dealt with health problems of sick and disabled seamen it was a precursor to US publi c health service (USPHS) how did public health evolve in the 20th century? - CORRECT ANSWER 1912: US Public Health Service was established 1953: creation of US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (USDHEW)
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