PUBH 302 GALLOWAY EXAM 1 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ risk factors.
Answer: - set of common causes of death, disability, illness and
injury
○ Ex: behavioral- smoking, poor diet, lack of PA, alcohol
consumption
○ More likely to be under the control of individuals at risk
◉ risk conditions.
Answer: ○ Ex: biological (age, sex, genetics), environmental,
enforcement of policies
○ Less likely to be under the control of individuals
◉ lifestyle.
Answer: pattern of behavior; more complex, lifetime habits and
social
circumstances
◉ 3 levels of prevention.
Answer: ***primary, secondary, tertiary***
,◉ primary prevention.
Answer: ***action taken to advert occurence of disease***
◉ secondary prevention.
Answer: ***action taken to identify diseases at their earliest stages
and to apply appropriate treatments to limit their consequences and
severity***
◉ Tetiary prevention.
Answer: ***specific interventions to assist diseased or disabled
persons in limiting the effects of their diseases or disabilities; also
may include activities to prevent reoccurrence of disease***
◉ Hippocrates.
Answer: Father of Western Medicine
Causal relationships
● Disease and climate, water, lifestyle, nutrition
● Illness had a physical and rational explanation
****Coined the term "Epidemic"****
◉ William Henry.
Answer: *** 1628 theories of circulation
, First to suggest reproduction via sperm and egg
Used dissection to create theories (no microscope) ***
◉ Edward Jenner.
Answer: 1796 cowpox experiment
*****Coined the term "Vaccine" (vacca- latin for cow)****
◉ Dr. John Snow.
Answer: -Physician and mathmetician
-Concerned about ****cholera outbreaks****
● ****Made careful observations of disease (who, where)****
● Developed a theory of the source of outbreak
- Basic epidemiology
◉ Edwin Chadwick.
Answer: ***Published 3-volume "Survey into the Sanitation
Condition of the Laboring Classes in GB"*** ; Led to reforms in
sanitation, healthcare and treatment of
poor/working classes; Appointed Sanitation Commissioner
◉ Lemuel Shattuck.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ risk factors.
Answer: - set of common causes of death, disability, illness and
injury
○ Ex: behavioral- smoking, poor diet, lack of PA, alcohol
consumption
○ More likely to be under the control of individuals at risk
◉ risk conditions.
Answer: ○ Ex: biological (age, sex, genetics), environmental,
enforcement of policies
○ Less likely to be under the control of individuals
◉ lifestyle.
Answer: pattern of behavior; more complex, lifetime habits and
social
circumstances
◉ 3 levels of prevention.
Answer: ***primary, secondary, tertiary***
,◉ primary prevention.
Answer: ***action taken to advert occurence of disease***
◉ secondary prevention.
Answer: ***action taken to identify diseases at their earliest stages
and to apply appropriate treatments to limit their consequences and
severity***
◉ Tetiary prevention.
Answer: ***specific interventions to assist diseased or disabled
persons in limiting the effects of their diseases or disabilities; also
may include activities to prevent reoccurrence of disease***
◉ Hippocrates.
Answer: Father of Western Medicine
Causal relationships
● Disease and climate, water, lifestyle, nutrition
● Illness had a physical and rational explanation
****Coined the term "Epidemic"****
◉ William Henry.
Answer: *** 1628 theories of circulation
, First to suggest reproduction via sperm and egg
Used dissection to create theories (no microscope) ***
◉ Edward Jenner.
Answer: 1796 cowpox experiment
*****Coined the term "Vaccine" (vacca- latin for cow)****
◉ Dr. John Snow.
Answer: -Physician and mathmetician
-Concerned about ****cholera outbreaks****
● ****Made careful observations of disease (who, where)****
● Developed a theory of the source of outbreak
- Basic epidemiology
◉ Edwin Chadwick.
Answer: ***Published 3-volume "Survey into the Sanitation
Condition of the Laboring Classes in GB"*** ; Led to reforms in
sanitation, healthcare and treatment of
poor/working classes; Appointed Sanitation Commissioner
◉ Lemuel Shattuck.
