PUBH 201
Which of the following is not a social determinant of health?
Diet
Which of the following has the most influence on the health of a population?
Social characteristics
What type of prevention seeks to minimize the severity of the illness or injury once the event has
occurred?
Secondary prevention
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
A program that provides young children with the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella is what
level of prevention?
Primary prevention
Which of the following is not a public health achievement that occurred in the 20th century?
Control of chronic diseases
What type of prevention seeks to prevent the occurrence of an illness?
,Primary prevention
Screening for chlamydia among CSUF college students is what level of prevention?
Secondary prevention
Which of the core functions of public health focuses on the diagnostic function in which an agency
collects, assembles, analyzes, and makes available information on the health of a population?
Assessment
Public health is controversial for which of the following reasons?
-Moral and religious opposition
-Restricting people's freedom for the protection of the community
-Political interference with science
What are differences in health called that are socially unfair and unjust?
Health inequities and health disparities
Which of the following is not a link in the Chain of Infection?
Environment
A ___________ is a virus, bacterium, or parasite that causes disease in humans.
pathogen
,What is antibiotic resistance?
The ability for bacteria to resist antibiotics
Which of the following is not an example of a method of direct transmission?
Drinking from a glass
Atherosclerosis is a hardening of the arteries.
True
__________ is the sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected.
Epidemic
Type 2 diabetes is caused by a failure of the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas.
False
Which of the following is caused by a problem with insulin which prevents glucose from getting into
tissues?
Diabetes
___________ is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogen and when symptoms first appear.
, Incubation period
Viruses can be treated with antibiotics.
False
Themes In American Public Health History
The challenge of defining public health
◦Apathy <==> Reaction
◦Acculturation
◦Innovation
◦Individual vs. public welfare
◦Changing medical concepts, social attitudes, and economics of health and medicine.
Sanitation & Infectious Disease
Early Colonial
No sanitary laws
• Garbage disposed of anywhere
• Limited understanding of disease
• Animals living among people, defecated in the streets
Early Colonial Period
◦European settlers brought diseases which killed Native American populations.
◦Starvation and malnutrition were common.
Which of the following is not a social determinant of health?
Diet
Which of the following has the most influence on the health of a population?
Social characteristics
What type of prevention seeks to minimize the severity of the illness or injury once the event has
occurred?
Secondary prevention
We have an expert-written solution to this problem!
A program that provides young children with the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella is what
level of prevention?
Primary prevention
Which of the following is not a public health achievement that occurred in the 20th century?
Control of chronic diseases
What type of prevention seeks to prevent the occurrence of an illness?
,Primary prevention
Screening for chlamydia among CSUF college students is what level of prevention?
Secondary prevention
Which of the core functions of public health focuses on the diagnostic function in which an agency
collects, assembles, analyzes, and makes available information on the health of a population?
Assessment
Public health is controversial for which of the following reasons?
-Moral and religious opposition
-Restricting people's freedom for the protection of the community
-Political interference with science
What are differences in health called that are socially unfair and unjust?
Health inequities and health disparities
Which of the following is not a link in the Chain of Infection?
Environment
A ___________ is a virus, bacterium, or parasite that causes disease in humans.
pathogen
,What is antibiotic resistance?
The ability for bacteria to resist antibiotics
Which of the following is not an example of a method of direct transmission?
Drinking from a glass
Atherosclerosis is a hardening of the arteries.
True
__________ is the sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected.
Epidemic
Type 2 diabetes is caused by a failure of the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas.
False
Which of the following is caused by a problem with insulin which prevents glucose from getting into
tissues?
Diabetes
___________ is the time elapsed between exposure to a pathogen and when symptoms first appear.
, Incubation period
Viruses can be treated with antibiotics.
False
Themes In American Public Health History
The challenge of defining public health
◦Apathy <==> Reaction
◦Acculturation
◦Innovation
◦Individual vs. public welfare
◦Changing medical concepts, social attitudes, and economics of health and medicine.
Sanitation & Infectious Disease
Early Colonial
No sanitary laws
• Garbage disposed of anywhere
• Limited understanding of disease
• Animals living among people, defecated in the streets
Early Colonial Period
◦European settlers brought diseases which killed Native American populations.
◦Starvation and malnutrition were common.
