PH 2100 Midterm Study, Public Health Exam
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Public health focuses on individual health: True or False. - ANSWER False
Which era/time period focused on the germ theory?
Population Health
Filling holes in the medical care system
Hygiene Movement
Contagion Control
Health Promotion - ANSWER Contagion Control
List and provide an example of the four components of public health.
Your Answer:
1. Health Issues: Physical and mental health.
2. Population: defined by geography.
3. Society wide concerns: includes spreading diseases, toxic substances, climate
change, disasters, cost of treatment, and more.
4. Vulnerable Groups: such as mothers and children's health, older individuals health,
and genetic vulnerability. - ANSWER Health issues - heart disease, cancer, stroke,
diabetes, etc.
Populations - community, state, city, any group of people
,Society's shared health concerns - COVID-19, flu, Ebola, Zika, etc.
Society's vulnerable groups - poor, elderly, mentally disabled, physically disabled, etc.
In the United States, in which age group is the leading cause of death and disability
unintentional injuries?
1-5 years
Birth to 28 days
25-65 years
85+ years - ANSWER 1-5 years
Which of the following is NOT an example of the built environment?
A skyscraper
Niagara Falls
An expressway
A city park - ANSWER Niagara Falls
What does the acronym BIG GEMS stand for?
Biological, Infection, Genetics, Geography, Environment, Medical Care,
Socioeconomic-cultural
Behavior, Incidence, Genetics, Geography, Environment, Medical Care,
Socioeconomic-cultural
Behavior, Infection, Genome, Geograhy, Environment, Medical Care,
Socioecopnomic-cultural
Behavior, Infection, Genetics, Geography, Environment, Maternal health,
,Socioeconomic-cultural
Behavior, Infection, Genetics, Geography, Environment, Medical Care,
Socioeconomic-cultural - ANSWER Behavior, Infection, Genetics, Geography,
Environment, Medical Care, Socioeconomic-cultural
A(n) ________________________ is a disease occurrence among a population that is in
excess of what is expected for a given time and place.
Infection
Intervention
Prevention
Epidemic or outbreak - ANSWER Epidemic or outbreak
Which of the following is NOT considered one of the ten great public health
achievements?
Vaccines
Texting and driving
Maternal and infant health
Flouridation of water
Tobacco Control - ANSWER Texting and driving
Who is considered the father of modern epidemiology, in part because of his work in
tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, London, in 1854?
Charles Winslow
Edwin Chadwick
William Farr
John Snow
Jonas Salk - ANSWER John Snow
, Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their
communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease
and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.
True
False - ANSWER True
Morbidity refers to the number of deaths in a certain group of people in a certain period
of time.
True
False - ANSWER False
Which of the following roles does a case-control study primarily play in establishing
contributory cause?
Group association
Individual association
Cause precedes the effect
Altering the cause alters the effect - ANSWER Individual association
Which of the following ancillary or supportive criteria is addressed in this statement:
The relative risk or odds ratio for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and infants who
sleep prone is approximately 6?
Strength of the association
Dose-response relationship
Consistency
Biological plausibility - ANSWER Strength of the association
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Public health focuses on individual health: True or False. - ANSWER False
Which era/time period focused on the germ theory?
Population Health
Filling holes in the medical care system
Hygiene Movement
Contagion Control
Health Promotion - ANSWER Contagion Control
List and provide an example of the four components of public health.
Your Answer:
1. Health Issues: Physical and mental health.
2. Population: defined by geography.
3. Society wide concerns: includes spreading diseases, toxic substances, climate
change, disasters, cost of treatment, and more.
4. Vulnerable Groups: such as mothers and children's health, older individuals health,
and genetic vulnerability. - ANSWER Health issues - heart disease, cancer, stroke,
diabetes, etc.
Populations - community, state, city, any group of people
,Society's shared health concerns - COVID-19, flu, Ebola, Zika, etc.
Society's vulnerable groups - poor, elderly, mentally disabled, physically disabled, etc.
In the United States, in which age group is the leading cause of death and disability
unintentional injuries?
1-5 years
Birth to 28 days
25-65 years
85+ years - ANSWER 1-5 years
Which of the following is NOT an example of the built environment?
A skyscraper
Niagara Falls
An expressway
A city park - ANSWER Niagara Falls
What does the acronym BIG GEMS stand for?
Biological, Infection, Genetics, Geography, Environment, Medical Care,
Socioeconomic-cultural
Behavior, Incidence, Genetics, Geography, Environment, Medical Care,
Socioeconomic-cultural
Behavior, Infection, Genome, Geograhy, Environment, Medical Care,
Socioecopnomic-cultural
Behavior, Infection, Genetics, Geography, Environment, Maternal health,
,Socioeconomic-cultural
Behavior, Infection, Genetics, Geography, Environment, Medical Care,
Socioeconomic-cultural - ANSWER Behavior, Infection, Genetics, Geography,
Environment, Medical Care, Socioeconomic-cultural
A(n) ________________________ is a disease occurrence among a population that is in
excess of what is expected for a given time and place.
Infection
Intervention
Prevention
Epidemic or outbreak - ANSWER Epidemic or outbreak
Which of the following is NOT considered one of the ten great public health
achievements?
Vaccines
Texting and driving
Maternal and infant health
Flouridation of water
Tobacco Control - ANSWER Texting and driving
Who is considered the father of modern epidemiology, in part because of his work in
tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, London, in 1854?
Charles Winslow
Edwin Chadwick
William Farr
John Snow
Jonas Salk - ANSWER John Snow
, Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their
communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease
and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.
True
False - ANSWER True
Morbidity refers to the number of deaths in a certain group of people in a certain period
of time.
True
False - ANSWER False
Which of the following roles does a case-control study primarily play in establishing
contributory cause?
Group association
Individual association
Cause precedes the effect
Altering the cause alters the effect - ANSWER Individual association
Which of the following ancillary or supportive criteria is addressed in this statement:
The relative risk or odds ratio for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and infants who
sleep prone is approximately 6?
Strength of the association
Dose-response relationship
Consistency
Biological plausibility - ANSWER Strength of the association
