Public Health Updated

Question 1

Neighborhood and built environment goal: Create neighborhoods and environments that promote health and safety.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Call: Do you consider you disease controlled?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

Education access and quality goal: Increase educational opportunities & help children and adolescents do well in school

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Environment examples:

Accepted Answer

Adding parks, Add new bike paths, fresh foods

Question 5

10 Great Public Health Achievements – US 1900-1999 (20th century)

Accepted Answer

1. Vaccination 💉, 3. Safer workplaces 🏭, 4. Control of infectious diseases 🦠, 2. Motor-vehicle safety 🚗

Question 6

Access to care

Accepted Answer

Distance to care, Fewer health care providers, Lack of transportation

Question 7

Examples of SDH, Social and Community Context:

Accepted Answer

Positive communication within the family, Interpersonal relationships with people in school and workplaces, Physical activity

Question 8

Primary prevention

Accepted Answer

Prevent disease or injury

Question 9

Incidence: # of NEW cases of disease/injury in a population during a period of time

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Purpose of public health is?

Accepted Answer

To protect and promote the health of all people in all communities.

Question 11

Medical care specific difference

Accepted Answer

Joint laboratory and patient involvement

Question 12

Types of health promotion and disease prevention activities

Accepted Answer

Policy, systems, and environment, Education, Communication

Question 13

Demographics

Accepted Answer

Lower rates of educational attainment, Higher poverty rates, Outmigration of young people leaves rural areas with more elderly residents, Often high concentrations of minorities

Question 14

Social and community context goal: Increase social and community support

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Epidemiology triad: ESE

Accepted Answer

External agent- chemical, physical, pathogenic cause of a disease or injury, Susceptible host- the human who can get the disease, Traditional model for infectious disease, Environment- that brings the two together

Question 16

Occupation

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Economy fluctuations felt profoundly, Labor-related jobs often low paying and without benefit, Jobs related to abundant natural resources often hazardous

Question 17

ReGSVD Veteran status example: Veterans have higher rates of homelessness than non-veterans

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

Examples of SDH, Neighborhood and Built Environment:

Accepted Answer

Neighborhood crime, Water quality and supply, Physical activity

Question 19

Examples of SDH, Health Care Access and Quality:

Accepted Answer

Preventative Health Measures, Intervention Discussions, Insurance

Question 20

Example of Assurance at Local level

Accepted Answer

Resources to help smokers quit in multiple languages

Question 21

10 Public Health Services (Assurance)

Accepted Answer

Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health, Enable equitable access, Improve/innovate through eval, research, and quality improvement., Build a diverse and skilled workforce

Question 22

SDH (Social Determinants of Health): SHEEN

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Neighborhood & Built Environment, Economic Stability also Education Access & Quality, Social & Community Context, Health Care Access & Quality

Question 23

Examples of SDH, Education Access and Quality:

Accepted Answer

General school performance, Math and reading skills, Social environment at an education setting

Question 24

10 Great Public Health Achievements – US 1900-1999 (20th century)

Accepted Answer

9. Fluoridation of drinking water 🚰, 10.Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard. 🚭

Question 25

10 Public Health Services (Assessment)

Accepted Answer

Investigate/diagnose/address health hazards and root causes., Assess and monitor population health

Question 26

Healthcare access and quality goal: Increase access to comprehensive, high-quality health care services.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

Types of health promotion and disease prevention activities (Communication)

Accepted Answer

Know concepts/language/priorities for culture/setting of the communication, Health literacy/internet access/media exposure/cultural competency of pop., Materials for use (brochures, billboards, radio commercials, newsletters), Research-based strats for products & to select how the message is delivered

Question 28

Assessment: Systematically collect, analyze and make available information on healthy communities.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Non-Zipcode Health Disparities ReGSVD stands for Race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orient., disabilities, veteran status

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

Cope: How do you feel about your disease/meds?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

Policy, systems, and environment:

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Functional organizational components (systems), Economic, social, or physical environment, Improved laws, rules, and/or regulations (policy)

Question 32

Definition of Disease Prevention

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Focuses on reducing the development and severity of chronic diseases, Focuses on reducing the development and severity of other morbidities

Question 33

10 Great Public Health Achievements – US 1900-1999 (20th century)

Accepted Answer

8. Family planning 👪, 6. Safer and healthier foods 🥗, 7. Healthier mothers and babies 🤱, 5. Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke ♥️

Question 34

Prominent events in the history of public health (Sanitation and environmental health):

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500 BCE: Greeks and Romans practice community sanitation measures, 1970: U.S. environmental protection agency founded, 1840s: Public Health Act of 1848 established in the UK

Question 35

(USPSTF) Grade C: Selectively offering or providing this service to individual patients

Accepted Answer

At least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small, Based on professional judgment or patient preferences.

Question 36

System examples:

Accepted Answer

Implementing new technologies, replicating a proven health promotion model

Question 37

(USPSTF) stands for United States Preventive Services Task Force

Accepted Answer

True

Question 38

Tertiary prevention

Accepted Answer

Treatment to minimize the severity of disease, injury or disability

Question 39

Epidemiology: Study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states/events in spec pops.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

Example of Assessment at State level

Accepted Answer

Monitor state tobacco use

Question 41

Types of health promotion and disease prevention activities (Communication)

Accepted Answer

verbal/written strategies promotes good changes in attitudes and behaviors, e.g., health fair, newsletter, media campaign, Raising awareness about healthy behaviors for the general public

Question 42

Prominent events in the history of public health (Prevention and policy):

Accepted Answer

Book of leviticus: the worlds first written health code → leprosy policies, Tobacco Laws: Laws banning smoking in public places, Obesity: Food labeling and promotion of physical activity

Question 43

ReGSVD: Race/ethnicity

Accepted Answer

Native americans have higher all-cause mortality rate than whites, Blacks have higher risk of CV death than whites

Question 44

ReGSVD: Gender

Accepted Answer

Transgender women have higher rates of assaults than cisgender women, Women have higher rates of depression than men

Question 45

Analytic Epidemiology: Used to test hypothesis *KEY FEATURE- a comparison group

Accepted Answer

Quantifies the association between exposure and outcomes, Never proves that particular exposure caused a particular outcome, Tests hypothesis about causal relationships, Concerned with the search for cause and effects, the why and the how.

Question 46

LHIs help organizations, communities, and states focus resources to improve health and well-being

Accepted Answer

True

Question 47

Select true statements regarding equity and equality

Accepted Answer

Equality: given the same resources or opportunities., Equity: allocates exact resources needed to reach an equal outcome

Question 48

Example of Assessment at Local level

Accepted Answer

Report on local tobacco use

Question 49

Example of Policy development at Federal level

Accepted Answer

Smoking ban on commercial flights

Question 50

Example of Assurance at Federal level

Accepted Answer

Federal grants for anti-smoking research

Question 51

There are 8 determinants/major influences on rural health disparities (GOD-IS-DAP)

Accepted Answer

True

Question 52

Social capital

Accepted Answer

Strong community ties often present, Includes reciprocity, cooperation, and trust among community members, 61.9% rural adults married compared to 50.8% urban, Can be an asset or barrier to health interventions

Question 53

Examples of SDH, Economic Stability:

Accepted Answer

Employment, Poverty, Disabilities

Question 54

(USPSTF) Grade I: Concludes current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits/harms of the service

Accepted Answer

Evidence is conflicting, Evidence is poor quality, Balance of benefits and harms cannot be determined, Evidence is lacking

Question 55

Healthy People 2030 is

Accepted Answer

Provides 10-year, measurable public health objectives, Made by US Department of Health and Human Services, Tracks progress towards these objectives

Question 56

(USPSTF) Grade D: Recommends against this service

Accepted Answer

The harms outweigh the benefits., There is moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit

Question 57

Example of Micro level: (comt: community, pop: Population)

Accepted Answer

Emphasize well-being of the patient

Question 58

Definition of Health Promotion

Accepted Answer

Social and environmental interventions designed to protect QOL and health, Interventions address and prevent the root causes of ill health, Enables people to increase control over their own health

Question 59

Leading health indicators: subset of objectives that address factors that impact major causes of deathdisease in the US

Accepted Answer

True

Question 60

Example of Policy development at State level

Accepted Answer

Increase tobacco tax

Question 61

Three core functions of Public health are Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance

Accepted Answer

True

Question 62

Education includes:

Accepted Answer

Well-planned curriculum with learning activities, Participation of target population, Completion of community needs, proficiency of staff -provide the education, Presentation of information with audiovisual support (e.g., slides)

Question 63

Public health specific difference

Accepted Answer

Public sector basis

Question 64

Descriptive Epidemiology: Study of disease incidence/distribution by time, place, and person.

Accepted Answer

True

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Public Health Updated

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