Week 1 - HCA 101:
Chapters 1 & 2
questions with expert
verified
solutions(graded A+)
"Graying" of the population - answer Aging population
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - answer The total value of goods
produced and services provided in a country during one year.
Universal Healthcare Program - answer Healthcare access to all
citizens as a right.
Affordable Care Act - answer law passed in 2010 to expand access to
insurance, address cost reduction and affordability, improve the
quality of healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights
Health - answer A state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Social and community networks - answer External influences on
health
Macroenvironmental conditions - answer Socioeconomic, cultural,
and environmental conditions that impact health, such as education,
work environment, living and working conditions, healthcare
, services, food production, unemployment, water and sanitation, and
housing.
Primary prevention - answer Avoids the development of a disease
Secondary prevention - answer Focuses on early disease detection,
which prevents progression of the disease.
Tertiary prevention - answer Reduces the impact of an already
established disease by minimizing disease-related complications.
Public health - answer The practice of protecting and improving the
health of people in a community.
Epidemic - answer Large patterns of disease in a population
Public Health Functions - answer Child immunization programs,
health screenings in schools, community health services, substance
abuse programs, and sexually transmitted disease control.
National Mental Health Act of 1946 - answer Established the
National Institute of Mental Health and provided funding for
research, prevention, and treatment of mental illness.
Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 - answer Designed to
reduce the risk of children ingesting dangerous substances by
requiring locking caps on most prescriptions
Social Security Act - answer Old-age insurance for retirees 65 or
older and their spouses, unemployment compensation system, and
aid to families with dependent children and the disabled
Chapters 1 & 2
questions with expert
verified
solutions(graded A+)
"Graying" of the population - answer Aging population
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) - answer The total value of goods
produced and services provided in a country during one year.
Universal Healthcare Program - answer Healthcare access to all
citizens as a right.
Affordable Care Act - answer law passed in 2010 to expand access to
insurance, address cost reduction and affordability, improve the
quality of healthcare, and introduce the Patient's Bill of Rights
Health - answer A state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Social and community networks - answer External influences on
health
Macroenvironmental conditions - answer Socioeconomic, cultural,
and environmental conditions that impact health, such as education,
work environment, living and working conditions, healthcare
, services, food production, unemployment, water and sanitation, and
housing.
Primary prevention - answer Avoids the development of a disease
Secondary prevention - answer Focuses on early disease detection,
which prevents progression of the disease.
Tertiary prevention - answer Reduces the impact of an already
established disease by minimizing disease-related complications.
Public health - answer The practice of protecting and improving the
health of people in a community.
Epidemic - answer Large patterns of disease in a population
Public Health Functions - answer Child immunization programs,
health screenings in schools, community health services, substance
abuse programs, and sexually transmitted disease control.
National Mental Health Act of 1946 - answer Established the
National Institute of Mental Health and provided funding for
research, prevention, and treatment of mental illness.
Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970 - answer Designed to
reduce the risk of children ingesting dangerous substances by
requiring locking caps on most prescriptions
Social Security Act - answer Old-age insurance for retirees 65 or
older and their spouses, unemployment compensation system, and
aid to families with dependent children and the disabled
