Phc4101-Quiz 1 (Solved Accurately)

Public Health is: 1 correct answers -a boy drinking very brown water out of some sort of a pipe -In the picture, the boy is actually using a rudimentary filter, developed for use among pastoral people in sub-Saharan Africa. The filter can be worn around the neck and used like a straw. The filtration system removes a number of pathogens, including the parasite Dracunculus medinensis which causes Guinea Worm Public Health is: 2 correct answers -UF fans at a gator game -At each game, the fire chief, police chief, health department director, and others are on site and prepared to respond to any emergency. Possible public health concerns captured in this photo include excess exposure to alcohol and to sun. Public Health is: 3 correct answers -someone preparing a vaccine for administration -Vaccines are one of the most important assets we hold in our public health toolkit. Vaccination decreases the impact of disease across the age spectrum, as children are immunized against life-threatening childhood illnesses such as pertussis and measles, and the elderly are protected from the annual cycle of influenza. Vaccines are one of the most cost effective tools in public health. Vaccines both reduce health care costs and have a significant impact on the reduction of morbidity and mortality of a population. As we'll talk more about later in the course, it is because of vaccines that disease eradication, as was accomplished with smallpox, exists as a possibility at all. History of Public Health correct answers -some issues of public health have been at forefront of civilization for years such as sanitation and housing -the provision of safe, clean food and water; and the control and treatment of disease Primitive sanitation systems correct answers -dating back as far as 4000 years -examples in excavated cities in: Asia, Africa, and the Americas -examples in Greek, Egyptian, Mexican, and Northern Indian cities which had bathrooms, drains, and paved streets that sloped downward to covered sewers -Palace on Crete was found to have bathing facilities and toilets that could be flushed of fecal matter -It is also interesting to note that many cultures held religious beliefs or followed religious law that required clean personal behaviors and good hygiene.