MHA 708 EXAM A Question and Answer
2026 | Complete Certification Review
Guide | Grade A+
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the
absence of disease of infirmity -✓✓WHO definition of health
There is no universally accepted definition of ________ in the US -✓✓health
5 measures of health -✓✓life expectancy, mortality, morbidity, disability, quality
of life
how much healthcare spending is spent on mental health -✓✓5.5%
5 mental health measures of health -✓✓mental conditions, behaviors,
perceptions, satisfaction, services received
3 measures of social well-being -✓✓socioeconomic status, quality of life, social
contacts and social resources
The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical
health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of
the environment, the control of community infections, the education of the
individual in principles of personal hygiene, the organization of medical and
nursing service for the early diagnosis of social machinery which will ensure to
every individual in the community a standard of living adequate for the
maintenance of health -✓✓Public Health Definition
, The two main goals of public health -✓✓- the practice of disease and promoting
good health within groups of people
- research and surveillance to better understand the health issues facing a group
and, in turn, to be able to craft good health policy.
public health and population health differences -✓✓- public health has
historically dealt with factors that impact health more directly such as clean water
and vaccinations
- population health seeks to identify less direct factors (determinants of health)
and intervene where possible such as poverty, social supports, and connectivity
Goals of the population health model -✓✓- seeks to explain and intervene causes
of the systematic differences in health between different groups
- analyzes patterns or distribution of "health" between groups of people in order
to identify and understand factors leading to different outcomes
Upstream factors of the population health model -✓✓influence health through a
series of pathways that may not be immediately visible (root causes)
4 definitions of health policy -✓✓- policy pertaining to or influencing the
attainment of health
- the aggregate of principles, stated or unstated, that characterize the distribution
of resources, services, and political influences that impact the health of the
population
- may influence each component in the determinants-of-health framework
directly or indirectly
- affects groups or classes of individuals and organizations
2026 | Complete Certification Review
Guide | Grade A+
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the
absence of disease of infirmity -✓✓WHO definition of health
There is no universally accepted definition of ________ in the US -✓✓health
5 measures of health -✓✓life expectancy, mortality, morbidity, disability, quality
of life
how much healthcare spending is spent on mental health -✓✓5.5%
5 mental health measures of health -✓✓mental conditions, behaviors,
perceptions, satisfaction, services received
3 measures of social well-being -✓✓socioeconomic status, quality of life, social
contacts and social resources
The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical
health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of
the environment, the control of community infections, the education of the
individual in principles of personal hygiene, the organization of medical and
nursing service for the early diagnosis of social machinery which will ensure to
every individual in the community a standard of living adequate for the
maintenance of health -✓✓Public Health Definition
, The two main goals of public health -✓✓- the practice of disease and promoting
good health within groups of people
- research and surveillance to better understand the health issues facing a group
and, in turn, to be able to craft good health policy.
public health and population health differences -✓✓- public health has
historically dealt with factors that impact health more directly such as clean water
and vaccinations
- population health seeks to identify less direct factors (determinants of health)
and intervene where possible such as poverty, social supports, and connectivity
Goals of the population health model -✓✓- seeks to explain and intervene causes
of the systematic differences in health between different groups
- analyzes patterns or distribution of "health" between groups of people in order
to identify and understand factors leading to different outcomes
Upstream factors of the population health model -✓✓influence health through a
series of pathways that may not be immediately visible (root causes)
4 definitions of health policy -✓✓- policy pertaining to or influencing the
attainment of health
- the aggregate of principles, stated or unstated, that characterize the distribution
of resources, services, and political influences that impact the health of the
population
- may influence each component in the determinants-of-health framework
directly or indirectly
- affects groups or classes of individuals and organizations
