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101 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 101
environmental health: definition
mission to protect human health, safeguard natural environment, writing and enforcing
environment, regulatory body, performs environmental assessments, performs research,
educates, sets and enforces national environmental standards
voluntary groups at all levels, provide service, humanitarian aid, advocacy, education ex.
catholic relief society
cannot be prevented through vaccines, cannot be cured by medications, needs long-
term case management
magnitude of the problem (global, different between high income and middle or low
income countries) and differences in health outcomes between racial and ethnic groups
Term 2 of 101
program planning implementation
a single government that donates air to countries, directed toward developing countries
ex. US agency for international development, CDC, 2009 new global health initiative
focuses on most vulnerable (women and girls)
conventional model uses a downstream approach and only addresses biological and
behavioral bases for disease
the socioecological model uses an upstream approach, upstream determinants of
health, social relations, neighborhoods and communities, institutions' social and
economic policies
resources, mechanism for delivery, community acceptance of the program, specifying
tasks and estimating needed resources, developing specific plans for program activity,
establishing a mechanism for program management, putting the plan into action
community specific, cultural considerations (ethnicity and language), evidence based
practice (literature review, population-based approached, evaluation (if successful),
examine: theory and rationale for other programs
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Term 3 of 101
upstream approach
determinants occur at the micro level and include one's genetics
determinants that occur at macro level and include global forces and government
policies
learned and passed down from generation to generation
organizing, vision, performing assessment, identifying strategic issues, formulating of
goals and strategies, action
Term 4 of 101
secondary data collective: demographic data
multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations
major aim is to improve health of all populations by 2015
age, gender, occupation, education, population, marriages
diseases that are not passes from one person to the next
Term 5 of 101
program planning evaluation
focuses on specific health issue or problem, promote understanding of policies,
practices, and environment
mission to protect human health, safeguard natural environment, writing and enforcing
environment, regulatory body, performs environmental assessments, performs research,
educates, sets and enforces national environmental standards
magnitude of the problem (global, different between high income and middle or low
income countries) and differences in health outcomes between racial and ethnic groups
analysis provides useful feedback, activities are implemented as designed, program is
cost-effective, intervention and program theories are correct, time line is appropriate,
expand or duplicate in another location
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Term 6 of 101
characteristics of the organism (pathogens)
voluntary groups at all levels, provide service, humanitarian aid, advocacy, education ex.
catholic relief society
lack of effective resistance, chances in host defenses, tissue destruction
viruses/ bacteria/ fungi, ability to invade host, virulence, degree to which is causes
disease, number of organisms
A needs assessment that is done quickly and accurately but without sacrificing the
quality of the process or the outcomes
Term 7 of 101
global health organizations and their function in global health
kinship, economics, education, political, religious, associations
multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations
agent, host and environment
poverty threshold, social capital, health disparity
Term 8 of 101
Community planning:
is one of the 10 essential services and should be present in all communities
oversee public sanitation
Upstream interventions and strategies focus on improving fundamental social and
economic structures in order to decrease barriers and improve supports that allow
people to achieve their full health potential
Downstream interventions and strategies focus on providing equitable access to care
and services to mitigate the negative impacts of disadvantage on health
Using scientific knowledge to develop comprehensive public health policies
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Term 9 of 101
globalization
use of vaccines = reduced risk of communicable disease
condoms = reduced risk of sexually transmitted infections
airborne, contaminated objects, food or drinking water, animal-person, animal
reservoirs, environmental reservoirs
process of increasing economic, political, and social independence and integration as
capital, goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas, and values cross state boundaries
The collection of all relevant data related to family health, psychological well-being, and
social functioning to identify problems for which the nurse can generate nursing
diagnoses.
Term 10 of 101
assessment
a process of collecting, analyzing, and using data to help a community to Struve toward
better health
systematic collection, analysis, and monitoring of health problems and needs
causative agent, anything (bacteria, virus, etc.) capable of producing an infection
assuring constituents that public health agencies provide the services necessary to
achieve agreed-upon goals
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Name: Score:
101 Multiple choice questions
Term 1 of 101
environmental health: definition
mission to protect human health, safeguard natural environment, writing and enforcing
environment, regulatory body, performs environmental assessments, performs research,
educates, sets and enforces national environmental standards
voluntary groups at all levels, provide service, humanitarian aid, advocacy, education ex.
catholic relief society
cannot be prevented through vaccines, cannot be cured by medications, needs long-
term case management
magnitude of the problem (global, different between high income and middle or low
income countries) and differences in health outcomes between racial and ethnic groups
Term 2 of 101
program planning implementation
a single government that donates air to countries, directed toward developing countries
ex. US agency for international development, CDC, 2009 new global health initiative
focuses on most vulnerable (women and girls)
conventional model uses a downstream approach and only addresses biological and
behavioral bases for disease
the socioecological model uses an upstream approach, upstream determinants of
health, social relations, neighborhoods and communities, institutions' social and
economic policies
resources, mechanism for delivery, community acceptance of the program, specifying
tasks and estimating needed resources, developing specific plans for program activity,
establishing a mechanism for program management, putting the plan into action
community specific, cultural considerations (ethnicity and language), evidence based
practice (literature review, population-based approached, evaluation (if successful),
examine: theory and rationale for other programs
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Term 3 of 101
upstream approach
determinants occur at the micro level and include one's genetics
determinants that occur at macro level and include global forces and government
policies
learned and passed down from generation to generation
organizing, vision, performing assessment, identifying strategic issues, formulating of
goals and strategies, action
Term 4 of 101
secondary data collective: demographic data
multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations
major aim is to improve health of all populations by 2015
age, gender, occupation, education, population, marriages
diseases that are not passes from one person to the next
Term 5 of 101
program planning evaluation
focuses on specific health issue or problem, promote understanding of policies,
practices, and environment
mission to protect human health, safeguard natural environment, writing and enforcing
environment, regulatory body, performs environmental assessments, performs research,
educates, sets and enforces national environmental standards
magnitude of the problem (global, different between high income and middle or low
income countries) and differences in health outcomes between racial and ethnic groups
analysis provides useful feedback, activities are implemented as designed, program is
cost-effective, intervention and program theories are correct, time line is appropriate,
expand or duplicate in another location
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Term 6 of 101
characteristics of the organism (pathogens)
voluntary groups at all levels, provide service, humanitarian aid, advocacy, education ex.
catholic relief society
lack of effective resistance, chances in host defenses, tissue destruction
viruses/ bacteria/ fungi, ability to invade host, virulence, degree to which is causes
disease, number of organisms
A needs assessment that is done quickly and accurately but without sacrificing the
quality of the process or the outcomes
Term 7 of 101
global health organizations and their function in global health
kinship, economics, education, political, religious, associations
multilateral agencies, bilateral agencies, non-governmental organizations
agent, host and environment
poverty threshold, social capital, health disparity
Term 8 of 101
Community planning:
is one of the 10 essential services and should be present in all communities
oversee public sanitation
Upstream interventions and strategies focus on improving fundamental social and
economic structures in order to decrease barriers and improve supports that allow
people to achieve their full health potential
Downstream interventions and strategies focus on providing equitable access to care
and services to mitigate the negative impacts of disadvantage on health
Using scientific knowledge to develop comprehensive public health policies
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Term 9 of 101
globalization
use of vaccines = reduced risk of communicable disease
condoms = reduced risk of sexually transmitted infections
airborne, contaminated objects, food or drinking water, animal-person, animal
reservoirs, environmental reservoirs
process of increasing economic, political, and social independence and integration as
capital, goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas, and values cross state boundaries
The collection of all relevant data related to family health, psychological well-being, and
social functioning to identify problems for which the nurse can generate nursing
diagnoses.
Term 10 of 101
assessment
a process of collecting, analyzing, and using data to help a community to Struve toward
better health
systematic collection, analysis, and monitoring of health problems and needs
causative agent, anything (bacteria, virus, etc.) capable of producing an infection
assuring constituents that public health agencies provide the services necessary to
achieve agreed-upon goals
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