NU 400 Final Exam Review Part 1 Questions &
Answers 100% Correct (GRADED A+)
saves lives one at a time - ANSWER-What does medicine do?
saves lives millions at a time - ANSWER-What does public health do?
3 - ANSWER-How many levels of public health prevention interventions are there?
- primary
- secondary
- tertiary - ANSWER-What are the three levels of public health prevention?
primary prevention - ANSWER-What type of prevention is this: prevent problems before they occur?
secondary prevention - ANSWER-What type of prevention is this: early detection and intervention?
tertiary prevention - ANSWER-What type of prevention is this: prevention of deterioration once the
disease is present?
immunization, birth control and condom usage, regular dental cleanings and care, and hand-washing
- ANSWER-What are examples of primary prevention?
regular exams and screening tests to detect disease in its earliest stages - ANSWER-What are
examples of secondary prevention
cardiac or stroke rehabilitation programs, support groups that allow members to share strategies for
living well - ANSWER-What are examples of tertiary prevention?
use tools to assess family support persons, link to community resources, link to health department,
link to home care team - ANSWER-What is the role of public health nurses?
, - economic stability
- neighborhood and built environment
- health and health care
- social and community context
- education - ANSWER-What are the social determinants of health?
strong associations between social determinants of health factors and health outcomes - ANSWER-
What contributes to health disparities?
- cultural literacy
- intercultural communication - ANSWER-What helps address bias with health disparities?
bias - ANSWER-What term is this: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group
compared with another; can be unconscious or implicit?
culture shock - ANSWER-What term is this: the degree to which a person feels trauma related to
being exposed to a new culture?
health culture shock - ANSWER-What is this: struggles to navigate care?
precision medicine - ANSWER-What term is this: seeks to integrate a bounty of data from each
person's genome - combined with data from his or her environment and lifestyle - to tailor medical
treatment to the individual rather than what has been characterized as "treating to the average"?
precision public health - ANSWER-What term is this: seeks to get the right treatment or intervention
to the right population with the aid of detailed genomic, environmental, lifestyle, and other data?
Human Genome Project - ANSWER-What is this: funded by US Congress (through NIH and DOE) in
1988?
Human Genome Project - ANSWER-What is this: completed in 2003 (joint effort of 20 research
centers in 6 countries)?
Answers 100% Correct (GRADED A+)
saves lives one at a time - ANSWER-What does medicine do?
saves lives millions at a time - ANSWER-What does public health do?
3 - ANSWER-How many levels of public health prevention interventions are there?
- primary
- secondary
- tertiary - ANSWER-What are the three levels of public health prevention?
primary prevention - ANSWER-What type of prevention is this: prevent problems before they occur?
secondary prevention - ANSWER-What type of prevention is this: early detection and intervention?
tertiary prevention - ANSWER-What type of prevention is this: prevention of deterioration once the
disease is present?
immunization, birth control and condom usage, regular dental cleanings and care, and hand-washing
- ANSWER-What are examples of primary prevention?
regular exams and screening tests to detect disease in its earliest stages - ANSWER-What are
examples of secondary prevention
cardiac or stroke rehabilitation programs, support groups that allow members to share strategies for
living well - ANSWER-What are examples of tertiary prevention?
use tools to assess family support persons, link to community resources, link to health department,
link to home care team - ANSWER-What is the role of public health nurses?
, - economic stability
- neighborhood and built environment
- health and health care
- social and community context
- education - ANSWER-What are the social determinants of health?
strong associations between social determinants of health factors and health outcomes - ANSWER-
What contributes to health disparities?
- cultural literacy
- intercultural communication - ANSWER-What helps address bias with health disparities?
bias - ANSWER-What term is this: prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group
compared with another; can be unconscious or implicit?
culture shock - ANSWER-What term is this: the degree to which a person feels trauma related to
being exposed to a new culture?
health culture shock - ANSWER-What is this: struggles to navigate care?
precision medicine - ANSWER-What term is this: seeks to integrate a bounty of data from each
person's genome - combined with data from his or her environment and lifestyle - to tailor medical
treatment to the individual rather than what has been characterized as "treating to the average"?
precision public health - ANSWER-What term is this: seeks to get the right treatment or intervention
to the right population with the aid of detailed genomic, environmental, lifestyle, and other data?
Human Genome Project - ANSWER-What is this: funded by US Congress (through NIH and DOE) in
1988?
Human Genome Project - ANSWER-What is this: completed in 2003 (joint effort of 20 research
centers in 6 countries)?
