Public Health Fundamentals

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What are the three core service areas in public health?

Protection, promotion, and policy
Governance, advocacy, and capacity
Protection, prevention, and promotion (correct)
Surveillance, monitoring, and evaluation

What is the role of social cohesion and social capital in the social determinants of health framework?

They are intermediary determinants of health
They bridge the structural and intermediary determinants of health (correct)
They are not related to the determinants of health
They are structural determinants of health

What event led to the refusal of the Miasma theory?

The development of vaccines
The cholera outbreak in London in 1840s (correct)
The invention of microscopes
The discovery of microorganisms

Who was the leading scientist who proposed the germ theory?

Dr. John Snow (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the theory that was widely accepted for centuries before being refused?

Miasma theory (C) Signup and view all the answers

What was the significance of Dr. John mapping out where each of the patients had lived?

To determine the relationship between the patients' residences and the source of the outbreak (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary difference between RE and R0 in infectious disease epidemiology?

RE is the reproduction number in a fully susceptible population, while R0 is the reproduction number in a population with varying levels of immunity (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the indirect protection from infectious disease that occurs when a large percentage of the population is immune?

Herd immunity (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the time between getting infected and the appearance of symptoms?

Incubation period (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the time between infection and the onset of infectiousness?

Latent period (A) Signup and view all the answers