Introduction to Public Health Quiz
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Which factor is NOT considered a determinant of health?

  • Quality health care
  • Physical habits
  • Public transportation systems (correct)
  • Genetic makeup

    • What is included in the category of health behaviors?

  • Access to health services
  • Eating habits (correct)
  • Genetics
  • Age

    • What aspect does social or societal characteristics encompass?

  • Air and water quality (correct)
  • Smoking history
  • Personal exercise routines
  • Genetic predispositions

    • Which of the following is a type of medical care determinant?

    <p>Health insurance coverage</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which entity plays a role in promoting public health policies?

    <p>Employers and businesses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of health education?

    <p>To facilitate voluntary actions conducive to health</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which component is NOT a principal aspect of environmental health?

    <p>Public health policy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is biostatistics primarily concerned with?

    <p>The statistical analysis of biological problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does health service management contribute to healthcare?

    <p>By ensuring efficient resource utilization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best defines reproductive health?

    <p>A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being in reproductive matters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of epidemiology?

    <p>To promote health and prevent health problems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which area does health economics primarily involve?

    <p>Resource allocation in health services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a core approach of environmental control?

    <p>Identifying and modifying environmental hazards</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of health provided by the World Health Organization?

    <p>A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a level of prevention in public health?

    <p>Quaternary Prevention</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of tertiary prevention?

    <p>Restoration and maintenance of maximum function after disease management.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What aspect does health promotion primarily address?

    <p>The population as a whole and specific at-risk groups.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement best describes CEA Winslow’s definition of public health?

    <p>It combines science, skills, and beliefs directed at community health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following activities is an example of primary prevention?

    <p>Vaccination against a specific disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key characteristic of mental health?

    <p>The ability to think clearly and coherently.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes physical health?

    <p>Anatomical integrity and physiological functioning of the body.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which function involves linking individuals to necessary personal health services?

    <p>Assurance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a primary activity within the Assessment core function?

    <p>Monitoring health status</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which core function focuses on the use of scientific knowledge in decision making?

    <p>Policy Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT considered a core function of public health?

    <p>Authority</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which function relates to evaluating the effectiveness of health services?

    <p>Assurance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Mobilizing community partnerships to address health issues falls under which core function?

    <p>Policy Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key activity of the Assurance function related to workforce development?

    <p>Assuring competent health providers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The activities of diagnosing and investigating health problems are part of which core function?

    <p>Assessment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of public health as opposed to health care?

    <p>Focus on population</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes the study of demography?

    <p>The study of population characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes a communicable disease?

    <p>Transmitted directly or indirectly between hosts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do public health and health care work together?

    <p>They complement one another</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is meant by an endemic disease?

    <p>A disease present at all times in a specific area</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is hyperendemic disease?

    <p>Equally prevalent among all age groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which statement is true about epidemic diseases?

    <p>They are characterized by sudden, rapid increases in cases</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What encompasses the focus of human ecology?

    <p>The influence of environmental factors on human groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of the health care delivery system?

    <p>To reduce the burden of illness and improve population health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a role of media in public health?

    <p>Serving solely as an entertainment platform.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the three important functions performed by academia within the public health system?

    <p>Educating public health workers, conducting research, and community service.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of governmental public health infrastructure, such as the CDC?

    <p>To ensure the well-being of citizens through health initiatives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following best describes a 'community' in the context of public health?

    <p>A group that shares geographic boundaries and common health risks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one main function of the employers and businesses in the public health system?

    <p>To provide wellness initiatives and health insurance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was established for what primary purpose?

    <p>To examine policy matters pertaining to public health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does public health contribute to society according to the IOM's definition of a public health system?

    <p>By facilitating collective efforts for healthier conditions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Introduction to Public Health

    • WHO defined health in 1948 as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.
    • Physical health is anatomical integrity and physiological functioning. It involves performing routine tasks without physical restrictions, like walking.
    • Mental health is the ability to learn, think, and be coherent.
    • Social health is the ability to interact and maintain acceptable relationships with others, such as celebrating, mourning, and making friends.

    Defining Public Health

    • Winslow defined public health as the science and art of preventing disease, promoting health, and prolonging life through organized efforts and informed choices of society.
    • Public health combines sciences, skills, and beliefs to improve and maintain the health of all people through collective social actions.
    •  Key elements in the definition are prevention and promotion.

    Levels of Prevention

    • Primary prevention aims to stop diseases and injuries from occurring. This can include immunizations or reducing environmental risks.
    •  Secondary prevention focuses on early diagnosis and management to prevent complications from diseases. Examples include isolating cases and treating or vaccinating contacts to stop outbreaks.
    •  Tertiary prevention promotes the restoration and maintenance of maximum function after a disease or its complications stabilize.

    Health Promotion

    • Health promotion is a key element in public health, involving activities to enhance individual and community well-being.
    • Health promotion elements include addressing population health related issues, identifying risk factors, promoting factors that improve health, encouraging health professional participation in health education and policy, and initiating actions to combat health hazards.

    Major Disciplines in Public Health

    • Nutrition: The science of food, nutrients, and their interaction with health and disease.
    • Reproductive health: A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being in all matters related to the reproductive system.
    • Environmental health: Controlling the environment to eliminate hazards to health or well-being. This includes sanitation and waste disposal.
    • Health education: A combination of learning experiences aimed at motivating health-promoting behaviors.
    • Epidemiology: Study of disease frequency and distribution, determining the causes, prevention and control of health problems in specific populations.
    • Health economics: The study of the resources, manpower, material, and financial resources for efficient health services.
    • Biostatistics: Application of statistics to biological and medical problems.
    • Health service management: Coordinating people to maximize resource use and achievement of health-related goals.
    • Ecology: Studying relationships between living organisms and their environment.
    • Research: Systematic investigation of knowledge and facts, revising theories and laws through new facts, and applying new theories.
    • Demography: Studying population size, density, fertility, mortality, geographic distribution, and interaction among social and economic conditions.

    Public Health vs. Health Care

    • Public health focuses on the population, prevention, environment, and social sciences. Observational studies are common.
    • Health care focuses on individuals, diagnosis, treatment, clinical interventions, and experimental studies.
    • Health care and public health are complementary.

    Public Health Key Terms

    • Communicable disease: Transmitted directly or indirectly from one person to another or from an animal.
    • Endemic disease: Common disease in a specific population or region.
    • It can become: Hyperendemic(equally common in different age groups) and Holoendemic (commonly seen in children).
    • Epidemic disease: Sudden increase in disease cases in an area.
    • Pandemic disease: Widespread epidemic; globally occurring.
    • Sporadic disease: Scattered, infrequent cases.
    • Epizootic: Disease affecting large numbers of animals in a given region.
    • Incidence: New cases of disease occurring in a given time period.
    • Prevalence: Number of cases of disease occurring in a population at a specific point in time.
    • Clinical care: Prevention, treatment, management of illness, and well-being through services from medical and allied health professionals.
    • Determinant: Factors contributing to generating a trait.
    • Health outcome: Effect of a medical condition on the length or quality of a person's life.

    Knowledge Check Questions and Answers

    • Public health aims to provide healthy conditions for groups of people to thrive.
    • A disease occurrence exceeding the expected levels is an epidemic.

    Public Health Approach

    • Public health uses an approach that involves defining and monitoring the problem, identifying risk factors, developing prevention strategies, evaluating interventions, and assuring widespread adoption to respond to the problem.

    Core Functions of Public Health

    • Public health's core functions include assessment, policy development, and assurance. Ten essential services are grouped under these categories.

    Public Health System

    • Public health systems involve a complex network of individuals and organizations dedicated to supporting public health through collective actions to support health.
    • The IOM was established to examine policy issues for public health.
    • Health Care Delivery System seeks to reduce diseases in the population.
    • Employers & businesses promote health, such as wellness plans, by supporting their workers' and the community's health.
    • Media educates the population through public discourse, health education, promotion and communication.
    • Academia contributes to the public health system by educating professionals, conducting research in health disciplines, and engaging in public service.
    • Governmental Public Health Infrastructure, such as the CDC, has a mandate to support the health of the people in the community, state, or country.

    Health Determinants

    • Health determinants include genes and biology, health behaviors, social and societal characteristics, and health services.
    • Examples of these are age, sex, genetics, smoking, eating habits, air and water quality, and health care availability. A chart summarizes these.

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