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What does access in public health primarily refer to?
What does access in public health primarily refer to?
Which of the following defines assessment in the context of public health?
Which of the following defines assessment in the context of public health?
What are behavioral risk factors related to in public health?
What are behavioral risk factors related to in public health?
How are benchmarks used in public health?
How are benchmarks used in public health?
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What does the term endemic imply in public health?
What does the term endemic imply in public health?
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What is defined as a group of cases of a specific disease or illness that exceeds what is normally expected in a particular area?
What is defined as a group of cases of a specific disease or illness that exceeds what is normally expected in a particular area?
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Which term refers to the number of new cases of a disease occurring in a defined population within a specified time period?
Which term refers to the number of new cases of a disease occurring in a defined population within a specified time period?
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Which of the following best describes a health indicator?
Which of the following best describes a health indicator?
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What does health promotion aim to achieve?
What does health promotion aim to achieve?
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What distinguishes infectious diseases from other types of diseases?
What distinguishes infectious diseases from other types of diseases?
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Study Notes
Access
- Access is the potential or actual entry of a population into the health system
- Factors influencing access include travel, distance, waiting time, financial resources, and availability of care
- Accessibility also considers the agency's capacity to provide services reflecting the diverse social and cultural characteristics of the community
- The aim is to reduce barriers to service utilization
Assessment
- Assessment involves collecting, analyzing, and using data to educate, mobilize communities, prioritize needs, gather resources, and plan actions for better public health
- Behavioral risk factors—including behaviours that can lead to accidents, injuries, diseases, and death, especially during youth and adolescence—are a categorized issue to consider for community health analysis
Benchmarks
- Benchmarks are reference points or standards for comparing measurements
- In public health, benchmarks are accurate data points for future comparison akin to a baseline for indicators
Communicable Disease
- This category includes diseases typically spread through person-to-person contact or shared contaminated materials
- Prevention involves measures like high vaccine coverage rates for vulnerable populations
Demographic Characteristics
- Demographic characteristics encompass the total population, age groups, gender, race, ethnicity, population locations, and rates of population density change due to births, deaths, and migration
Disease
- A disease is a state of organ or organ system dysfunction reducing quality of life
Endemic
- Endemic refers to a disease prevalent in a particular region or among a particular group of people
Epidemic
- An epidemic is a greater than usual number of cases of a specific disease within a geographic location
Evaluation
- Evaluation systematically determines the relevance, effectiveness, and impact of health activities
- It involves identifying actions required to improve health problems
Evidence
- Evidence encompasses facts and testimony supporting a conclusion, statement, or belief
Foodborne Illness
- Foodborne illness results from disease organisms or toxins transferred from food to humans
Health Indicator
- A health indicator measures the health status of a defined population, like the infant mortality rate
Health Promotion
- Health promotion empowers individuals to improve their health by increasing control over health factors
Health Status
- Health status assesses the current state of a population encompassing morbidity, mortality, and available health resources
Incidence
- Incidence rate measures the number of new events (e.g., new cases of a disease) within a defined population during a specific period
Infectious
- Infectious describes an ability to cause infection or disease via the entrance of organisms like bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and fungi
Infectious Diseases
- Infectious diseases arise from living organisms, potentially spread from person to person, animal to person, or insect to person
Intervention
- An intervention modifies a condition or process, aiming to deliver community/population benefits alongside individual benefits
Morbidity
- Morbidity refers to illness or lack of health caused by disease, disability, or injury
Mortality
- Mortality measures the rate of deaths within a population
Outbreak
- An outbreak refers to an unusually high number of disease cases in a specific region or group over a certain timeframe
Prevention
- Prevention activities reduce exposure or risk factors to prevent illness and improve health status
Public Health
- Public health is a combination of assessment, policy development, and assurance (directed at the entire population via collective actions) aimed at maintaining and improving health
Public Health Disasters
- Public health disasters involve severe or catastrophic events impacting the health of an area or its population
Public Health System
- Public health systems comprise all public, private, and voluntary entities facilitating the delivery of essential public health services within a specific geographic region
Quarantine
- Quarantine involves compulsory physical separation or confinement of individuals, animals, or goods to prevent or limit the spread of disease
Reportable Diseases
- Reportable diseases are health conditions requiring reporting to public health agencies following diagnosis
Screening
- Screening identifies individuals exhibiting disease symptoms from those less likely to have the condition
Surveillance
- Surveillance involves ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data, aimed at dissemination and application for public health programs
Vectors
- Vectors are living organisms (e.g., rats, mosquitoes, foxes) transmitting diseases
Vital Statistics
- Vital statistics comprise data extracted from birth, death, fetal death, induced pregnancy termination, marriage, and divorce/dissolution documents
Vulnerable Populations
- Vulnerable populations are groups facing a higher risk of poor health outcomes due to specific characteristics (e.g., age, culture, disability, education, sex, ethnicity, health insurance, housing, income, mental health, race)
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Explore the crucial concepts of access and assessment in public health. This quiz covers the factors that influence accessibility to health services, the importance of community assessment, and the role of benchmarks in evaluating health initiatives. Test your knowledge on how these elements contribute to effective public health strategies.
