Community Health Exam #1|57
Questions and Answers 2024-2025
3 core functions of public health - -assessment, public policy formation,
assurance
- assessment is systematic ___ ____ of the population, monitoring of the
population's ______, and making information about the health of the
community ______ - -data collection, health, available
- Policy development refers to the need to provide _____ in developing
policies that support the health of the population, including use of the _____
_____ ____ in making decisions about policy - -leadership, scientific knowledge
base
- Assurance refers to the role of public health in making sure that essential
community-oriented ________ _______ are available, which may include
providing essential _____ _____ services for those who would otherwise not
receive them - -health services, personal health services
- Two parts of assurance are making sure community services are ______,
and insuring you have a work force that's _____ and ______ - -available,
competent, qualified
- Describe assessment - -systematic data collection of the population,
monitoring of the population's health status, and making information
available on the health of the community
- describe policy development - -need to provide leadership in developing
policies that support the health of the population, including the use of the
scientific knowledge base in making decisions about policy
- Two parts of assurance - -1. making sure community-oriented health
services are available, 2. insuring community has a work force that's
qualified and competent
- PHN providing an education program about the dangers of smoking is an
example of what level of prevention? - -primary
- PHN providing an flu vaccination program in a community retirement
village would be an example of what type of prevention? - -secondary
- PHN providing a diabetes clinic for a defined population of adults in a low-
income housing community. - -tertiary
, - ____ ____ is what members of a society do collectively to ensure that
conditions exist in which people can be healthy. - -public health
- Two terms for a collection of individuals who share one or more personal or
environmental characteristics. - -population, aggregate
- Definition of population/aggregate - -collection of individuals who share
one or more personal or environmental characteristics
- Identifying autoimmune people in a community as at increased risk for
west nile virus would be an example of identifying what? - -subpopulation
- Essential PH Services: List examples of diagnosing and investigating health
problems and hazards in the community - -lead paint, trash, uneven
concrete, poor playground equipment
- Essential PH Services: Give examples of community-based health
education - -Eddy Eagle (children and guns), fall prevention education in
senior housing, school lunch programs, hand hygiene
- Essential PH services: list examples of enforcing laws that protect health
and ensure safety - -enforcing immunization laws, food transportation safety
laws
- The term "population" can be used interchangeably with what term? - -
aggregate
- 3 factors that can define community - -people, place, function (place can
be a place in time as well as geographical)
- 2 categories in the Consensus Set of Indicators for assessing community
health status are indicators of health ______ ______ and indicators of ______
______ - -status outcome, risk factors
- 3 characteristics/dimensions of community health - -status, structure,
process
- 3 components within the "status" dimension of community health - -
Physical, emotional, social
- Examples of status measures of community health that would encompass
all three (physical, emotional, social) effects. - -worker absenteeism, infant
mortality rates
Questions and Answers 2024-2025
3 core functions of public health - -assessment, public policy formation,
assurance
- assessment is systematic ___ ____ of the population, monitoring of the
population's ______, and making information about the health of the
community ______ - -data collection, health, available
- Policy development refers to the need to provide _____ in developing
policies that support the health of the population, including use of the _____
_____ ____ in making decisions about policy - -leadership, scientific knowledge
base
- Assurance refers to the role of public health in making sure that essential
community-oriented ________ _______ are available, which may include
providing essential _____ _____ services for those who would otherwise not
receive them - -health services, personal health services
- Two parts of assurance are making sure community services are ______,
and insuring you have a work force that's _____ and ______ - -available,
competent, qualified
- Describe assessment - -systematic data collection of the population,
monitoring of the population's health status, and making information
available on the health of the community
- describe policy development - -need to provide leadership in developing
policies that support the health of the population, including the use of the
scientific knowledge base in making decisions about policy
- Two parts of assurance - -1. making sure community-oriented health
services are available, 2. insuring community has a work force that's
qualified and competent
- PHN providing an education program about the dangers of smoking is an
example of what level of prevention? - -primary
- PHN providing an flu vaccination program in a community retirement
village would be an example of what type of prevention? - -secondary
- PHN providing a diabetes clinic for a defined population of adults in a low-
income housing community. - -tertiary
, - ____ ____ is what members of a society do collectively to ensure that
conditions exist in which people can be healthy. - -public health
- Two terms for a collection of individuals who share one or more personal or
environmental characteristics. - -population, aggregate
- Definition of population/aggregate - -collection of individuals who share
one or more personal or environmental characteristics
- Identifying autoimmune people in a community as at increased risk for
west nile virus would be an example of identifying what? - -subpopulation
- Essential PH Services: List examples of diagnosing and investigating health
problems and hazards in the community - -lead paint, trash, uneven
concrete, poor playground equipment
- Essential PH Services: Give examples of community-based health
education - -Eddy Eagle (children and guns), fall prevention education in
senior housing, school lunch programs, hand hygiene
- Essential PH services: list examples of enforcing laws that protect health
and ensure safety - -enforcing immunization laws, food transportation safety
laws
- The term "population" can be used interchangeably with what term? - -
aggregate
- 3 factors that can define community - -people, place, function (place can
be a place in time as well as geographical)
- 2 categories in the Consensus Set of Indicators for assessing community
health status are indicators of health ______ ______ and indicators of ______
______ - -status outcome, risk factors
- 3 characteristics/dimensions of community health - -status, structure,
process
- 3 components within the "status" dimension of community health - -
Physical, emotional, social
- Examples of status measures of community health that would encompass
all three (physical, emotional, social) effects. - -worker absenteeism, infant
mortality rates
