PHLT 301 -EXAM 1 DR GRIFFITH UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PHLT 301 -EXAM 1 DR GRIFFITH UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. CEA Winslow's definition of Public Health
Answer:
The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized efforts
and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals

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2. Sir Vickers definition of public health
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"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 of the unacceptable"

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3. Institute of Medicine definition of public health
Answer:
Fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy

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4. World Health Organization definition of public health
Answer:
Public health aims to provide maximum benefit for the largest number of people

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5. The major achievements of 1900-1999
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vaccinations, motor-vehicle safety, safer workplaces, control of infectious diseases, decline of deaths from
heart disease and stroke, safer foods, healthier mothers and babies, family planning, fluoridation of
drinking water, recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard

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6. Ten Great Public Health achievements 2001-2010
Answer:
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases, Tobacco Control, Maternal
and Infant Health, Motor Vehicle Safety, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Occupational Safety, Cancer
Prevention, Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention, Public Health Preparedness and Response

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7. Public health includes
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biostatistics, environmental health, occupational health, epidemiology, health policy and management,
health promotion and community health sciences

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8. Unique features of Public Health
Answer:
social justice, political nature, dynamic agenda, link with government, science, prevention, culture

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9. Core Functions of Public Health
Answer:
assessment, assurance, policy development

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10. Essential services of public health
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1. Assess and monitor population health
2. Investigate, diagnose, and address health hazards and root causes
3. Communicate effectively to inform and educate
4. Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships
5. Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws
6. Utilize legal and regulatory actions
7. Enable equitable access
8. Build a diverse and skilled workforce
9. Improve and innovate through evaluation, research, and quality improvement
10. Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health

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11. Assess and monitor population example
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A weekly influenzas surveillance report prepared by the influenza division

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12. Diagnose, investigate, and address health problems
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Comparing and seeing differences between different flus

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13. Communicate effectively to inform and educate, example
Answer:
Fight the flu poster

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14. Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships example
Answer:
Drive thru flu vaccine school clinics

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15. create, champion, and implement policies, plans and laws example