PHLT 301 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Public Health Definition: CEA Winslow - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The [science and art] of preventing
disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the [organized efforts and informed choices] of
society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.
Public Health Definition: Sir Vickers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The landmarks of political, economic and
social history are the moments when some condition passed from the category of the given into the
category of the intolerable. I believe that the history of public health might well be written as a record of
[successive redefining's of the unacceptable.]
Public Health Definition: Institute of Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fulfilling society's interest in
[assuring conditions] in which people can be healthy.
Public Health Definition: World Health Organization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Public health aims to
provide [maximum benefit for the largest number of people.]
10 Major Achievements of PH (1900-1999) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Vaccinations
2. Motor-Vehicle Safety
3. Safer Workplaces
4. Control of Infectious Diseases
5. Decline of Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
6. Safer Foods
7. Healthier Mothers and Babies
8. Family Planning
9. Fluoridation of Drinking Water
10. Recognition of Tobacco Use as a Health Hazard
10 Great PH Achievements in US (2001-2010) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Vaccine Preventable Diseases
2. Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
3. Tobacco Control
, 4. Maternal and Infant Health
5. Motor Vehicle Safety
6. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
7. Occupational Safety
8. Cancer Prevention
9. Childhood Lead Poisoning and Prevention
10. Public Health Preparedness and Response
Life expectancy has increased to an additional ___ years since 1900; ___ of these years are due to
efforts of public health. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅30; 25
6 Departments/Concentrations of the School of Public Health (Graduate Level) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. Biostatistics
2. Environmental Health
3. Occupational Health
4. Epidemiology
5. Health Policy and Management
6. Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences
7 Unique Features of Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Social Justice
2. Political Nature
3. Dynamic Agenda
4. Link with Government
5. Science
6. Prevention
7. Culture
3 Core Functions of Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
Public Health Definition: CEA Winslow - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The [science and art] of preventing
disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the [organized efforts and informed choices] of
society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.
Public Health Definition: Sir Vickers - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The landmarks of political, economic and
social history are the moments when some condition passed from the category of the given into the
category of the intolerable. I believe that the history of public health might well be written as a record of
[successive redefining's of the unacceptable.]
Public Health Definition: Institute of Medicine - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Fulfilling society's interest in
[assuring conditions] in which people can be healthy.
Public Health Definition: World Health Organization - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Public health aims to
provide [maximum benefit for the largest number of people.]
10 Major Achievements of PH (1900-1999) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Vaccinations
2. Motor-Vehicle Safety
3. Safer Workplaces
4. Control of Infectious Diseases
5. Decline of Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
6. Safer Foods
7. Healthier Mothers and Babies
8. Family Planning
9. Fluoridation of Drinking Water
10. Recognition of Tobacco Use as a Health Hazard
10 Great PH Achievements in US (2001-2010) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Vaccine Preventable Diseases
2. Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
3. Tobacco Control
, 4. Maternal and Infant Health
5. Motor Vehicle Safety
6. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
7. Occupational Safety
8. Cancer Prevention
9. Childhood Lead Poisoning and Prevention
10. Public Health Preparedness and Response
Life expectancy has increased to an additional ___ years since 1900; ___ of these years are due to
efforts of public health. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅30; 25
6 Departments/Concentrations of the School of Public Health (Graduate Level) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅1. Biostatistics
2. Environmental Health
3. Occupational Health
4. Epidemiology
5. Health Policy and Management
6. Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences
7 Unique Features of Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Social Justice
2. Political Nature
3. Dynamic Agenda
4. Link with Government
5. Science
6. Prevention
7. Culture
3 Core Functions of Public Health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
