PHC4101 Quiz 1 (A+ Graded Answers)

Public Health correct answers fulfillment of society's interest in assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy - substance: organized community efforts aimed at preventing disease and promoting health public health and medicine correct answers what are the two hallmarks of public health? public health correct answers - population - public health ethic - prevention or public health emphasis -joint laboratory and field involvement - clinical sciences peripheral to professional training - public sector basis medicine correct answers - individual patient focus - personal service ethic - diagnosis and treatment - joint laboratory and patient involvement - clinical sciences essential to professional training - private sector basis 5 Public Health Disciplines correct answers 1. Epidemiology 2. Biostatistics 3. Health Management and Policy 4. Environmental Health 5. Social & Behavioral Sciences Epidimiology correct answers - study of epidemics focus on human populations, outbreak of disease in community - look for common exposure, cause and prevent spread - ex: tracing covid in nursing home Biostatistics correct answers these numbers are diagnostic tools informing experts, calculate risks and benefits, find cause, testing drug effectiveness Environmental health correct answers health affected by exposure to air quality, water quality, solid and hazardous wastes, safe food and drugs, global environmental change - thousands of chemicals - Health Policy and Management correct answers Role of medical care in public health Cost of medical care in U.S. is out of control U.S. has a high percentage of uninsured and lack access to care Quality of medical care can be measured, and is often questionable