Public Health Study Guide

**Public Health Study Guide** ============================= **Lecture 1: Introduction to Public Health** -------------------------------------------- ### **1) What is Public Health?** Public health is the **science and practice of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health** at the...

**Public Health Study Guide** ============================= **Lecture 1: Introduction to Public Health** -------------------------------------------- ### **1) What is Public Health?** Public health is the **science and practice of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health** at the **population level** through organized efforts (education, policies, interventions). ### **2) How Has Public Health Changed Over Time?** - - - - ### **3) What is Population Health?** Population health looks at **health outcomes in groups of people** and the **influences on those outcomes** (e.g., environment, policies, social factors). ### **4) Four Components of Public Health** 1. 2. 3. 4. **Lecture 2: Population Health & Health Determinants** ------------------------------------------------------ ### **1) When Should We Focus on Everyone vs. Vulnerable Groups?** - - ### **2) Population Health's Focus on the Life Cycle** - - ### **3) Approaches to Protect & Promote Health** 1. 2. 3. ### **4) Factors Determining Disease, Disability, & Death** - - - **Lecture 3: Epidemiology & Public Health Data** ------------------------------------------------ ### **1) Definition of Epidemiology & Its Role in Public Health** Epidemiology is the **study of disease patterns, causes, and effects in populations** to prevent and control health problems. ### **2) Key Activities in Epidemiology** - - - ### **3) Four Sources of Public Health Data** 1. 2. 3. 4. ### **4) Disease Surveillance & Its Three Main Components** 1. 2. 3. ### **5) Prevalence vs. Incidence (How to Calculate Them)** - - ### **6) Measures of Mortality (Death Rates Calculation)** - - - **Lecture 4: History & Controversies in Public Health** ------------------------------------------------------- ### **1) Scientific Medicine vs. Social Epidemiology** - - ### **2) Preindustrial Explanations of Illness** - ### **3) Hippocrates' Humoral Theory of Disease** - ### **4) Why Scientific Medicine Didn't Advance in the Middle Ages** - - ### **5) Why Was Pasteur's Germ Theory Important?** - ### **6) John Snow's Research on Cholera** - - ### **7) Why Is Public Health Controversial?** - - - **Lecture 5: Communicable Diseases** ------------------------------------ ### **1) Burden of Communicable Diseases** - ### **2) How to Establish a Disease's Cause** - 1. 2. 3. 4. ### **3) Disease Transmissibility & R Naught (R₀)** - - - ### **4) Barrier Protections Against Disease** - ### **5) Vaccination & Herd Immunity** - ### **6) Screening, Case Finding, & Contact Tracing** - - - ### **7) Conditions for Disease Eradication** - - - **Lecture 6: Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs)** ---------------------------------------------- ### **1) Burden of NCDs in the U.S.** - ### **2) Criteria for a Good Screening Program** - ### **3) Why Multiple Tests Are Needed** - ### **4) Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Approach** - ### **5) What Is Cost-Effectiveness?** - ### **6) Genetic Interventions for NCDs** - ### **7) Combining Population & Individual Interventions** -