PUBH 302 GALLOWAY EXAM 1 ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ define lifestyle.
Answer: pattern of behavior; more complex, lifetime habits and
social circumstances
◉ C. Everett Koop.
Answer: (Surgeon General) stated that tobacco is bad for you and
your health
In 1984, he wrote that nicotine has an addictiveness similar to that
of heroin or cocaine.
He took on big tobacco
He instituted the practice of requiring rotated health warning labels
on cigarette packs and required advertising to include labels
He issued a challenge to Americans in 1984 to "create a smoke-free
society in the United States by the year 2000"
He released 8 reports on the health consequences of tobacco use
including the first report on health consequences of involuntary
tobacco smoke exposure He started to inform the public on the AIDS
epidemic
◉ DUI's in South Carolina Article
,1. Define the public health issue. Why is this a PH problem?
2. What are the factors/determinants involved in this problem?
3. What controversial and/or ethical concerns may be involved?.
Answer: 1. a) motor vehicle accidents related to alcohol
b) not enough law enforcement dealing with DUIs
c) SC is number 2 in the nation of most deaths out of 100,000 people
from drunk driving
2. a) the person makes the choice to drink and drive
b) the more you drive under the influence without getting caught,
the more comfortable you get doing it
c) people will DUI 80 times before getting caught
d) the dash camera and officer not getting set up properly leading to
not being able to convict the drunk driver
e) males are more likely to drink and drive than women3. a) the role
of the breathalyzer and how it can be refused
b) distrust in law enforcement because of the copious amount of
evidence required
c) pulling someone over for possibility of DUI is subjective
◉ Define Health codes.
Answer: powerful codes and regulations that are based on the
society's belief system and the society's understanding of
health/disease
,◉ Public Health in Ancient Greece.
Answer: -personal hygience
-physical fitness (olympics)
-naturalistic concepts (disease caused by imbalance between man
and environment)
-The Greeks understood the importance of washing hands, bathing,
exercising, and eating good food
◉ Hippocrates.
Answer: father of western med
-believed that illness had a physical and rational explanantion
-looked for and described casual relationships between disease and
other factors (climate, soil, water, lifestyle)
◉ Public Health During the Roman Empire.
Answer: -adopted Greek health values
-built aqueducts to bring water into the city
-advanced plumbing technology
- collected taxes to support public services
◉ Public Health During the Middle Ages.
Answer: - shifted away from Greek and Roman values
, - decline of hygiene and sanitation
- faith and prayer were accepted treatments for illness
- plague
- developed the concept of quarantine
◉ Public Health during the Age of Reason and Enlightenment.
Answer: - renewed interest in reason and enlightenment laid
foundation for more specific explorations
◉ William Harvey.
Answer: -demonstrated the function of the heart and circulatory
system
- first to suggest that humans and other mammals reproduce via
fertilization of an egg by sperm
- birth of modern med
-used dissection
◉ Edward Jenner.
Answer: - proved that swinepox or cowpox provided immunity
against smallpox
- coined the term vaccine
-laid foundation of modern immunology as a science
QUESTIONS AND SOLVED ANSWERS
◉ define lifestyle.
Answer: pattern of behavior; more complex, lifetime habits and
social circumstances
◉ C. Everett Koop.
Answer: (Surgeon General) stated that tobacco is bad for you and
your health
In 1984, he wrote that nicotine has an addictiveness similar to that
of heroin or cocaine.
He took on big tobacco
He instituted the practice of requiring rotated health warning labels
on cigarette packs and required advertising to include labels
He issued a challenge to Americans in 1984 to "create a smoke-free
society in the United States by the year 2000"
He released 8 reports on the health consequences of tobacco use
including the first report on health consequences of involuntary
tobacco smoke exposure He started to inform the public on the AIDS
epidemic
◉ DUI's in South Carolina Article
,1. Define the public health issue. Why is this a PH problem?
2. What are the factors/determinants involved in this problem?
3. What controversial and/or ethical concerns may be involved?.
Answer: 1. a) motor vehicle accidents related to alcohol
b) not enough law enforcement dealing with DUIs
c) SC is number 2 in the nation of most deaths out of 100,000 people
from drunk driving
2. a) the person makes the choice to drink and drive
b) the more you drive under the influence without getting caught,
the more comfortable you get doing it
c) people will DUI 80 times before getting caught
d) the dash camera and officer not getting set up properly leading to
not being able to convict the drunk driver
e) males are more likely to drink and drive than women3. a) the role
of the breathalyzer and how it can be refused
b) distrust in law enforcement because of the copious amount of
evidence required
c) pulling someone over for possibility of DUI is subjective
◉ Define Health codes.
Answer: powerful codes and regulations that are based on the
society's belief system and the society's understanding of
health/disease
,◉ Public Health in Ancient Greece.
Answer: -personal hygience
-physical fitness (olympics)
-naturalistic concepts (disease caused by imbalance between man
and environment)
-The Greeks understood the importance of washing hands, bathing,
exercising, and eating good food
◉ Hippocrates.
Answer: father of western med
-believed that illness had a physical and rational explanantion
-looked for and described casual relationships between disease and
other factors (climate, soil, water, lifestyle)
◉ Public Health During the Roman Empire.
Answer: -adopted Greek health values
-built aqueducts to bring water into the city
-advanced plumbing technology
- collected taxes to support public services
◉ Public Health During the Middle Ages.
Answer: - shifted away from Greek and Roman values
, - decline of hygiene and sanitation
- faith and prayer were accepted treatments for illness
- plague
- developed the concept of quarantine
◉ Public Health during the Age of Reason and Enlightenment.
Answer: - renewed interest in reason and enlightenment laid
foundation for more specific explorations
◉ William Harvey.
Answer: -demonstrated the function of the heart and circulatory
system
- first to suggest that humans and other mammals reproduce via
fertilization of an egg by sperm
- birth of modern med
-used dissection
◉ Edward Jenner.
Answer: - proved that swinepox or cowpox provided immunity
against smallpox
- coined the term vaccine
-laid foundation of modern immunology as a science
