SPH-K150 IU exam 1 || A+ GRADED SOLUTIONS!!
Public health correct answers a multidisciplinary field that promotes the welfare of the
individual and the community
Values correct answers community, science and evidence-based decision making, health
equity, prevention and wellness, real progress in improving health
Importance of public health: correct answers Public Health Saves Money and Improves
Quality of Life, Improving Public Health Helps Children Thrive, Public Health Prevention
Reduces Human Suffering
Public Health Terms: Assessment correct answers One of three core functions of public
health. It involves the regular and systematic collection, assembly, analysis, and reporting of
information important to public health
Public Health Terms:Assurance correct answers One of three core functions of public health.
evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of health services, ensure a skilled and
competent health workforce, enforce laws and regulations to protect health and safety
Public Health Terms:Determinants of Health (or Health Status Indicators) correct answers
Combined factors, both personal and environmental, that affect the health of individuals and
communities. Examples of these determinants include:ii
• Social and economic environment: (social status, education)
• Physical environment: (Water purity, Clean air, Safe workplace, Safe housing)
• Individuals' characteristics and behaviors: (eating habits)
Public Health Terms:Health Disparities correct answers Health differences that are closely
linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantages.
Public Health Terms:Essential Services: correct answers : Built on the three core functions of
public health, these services elaborate on what public health professionals do. Essential
services are:
Monitor health
diagnose and investigate
inform
educate
empower
mobilize community partnerships
develop policies
enforce laws
link to/provide care
assure competent workforce
evaluate
Public Health Terms:Health Status Indicators correct answers Measures of important health
determinants that allow researchers to assess how healthy populations are. (ie. leading cause
of death)
, Public Health Terms:Morbidity correct answers This refers to a diseased condition or state
within a person or population
Public Health Terms:Mortality correct answers mortality is typically viewed at population
levels in rates per a certain number, depending on the size of the overall population being
viewed. Understanding mortality rates and causes of death can help public health
professionals identify their successes and areas where they need to do additional work.
Public Health Terms:Policy Development correct answers One of three core functions of
public health. Involves creation of comprehensive public policies that promote use of
knowledge in decision making.
Public Health Terms:Population correct answers Distinct groupings within a society that are
analyzed with health status indicators to determine health disparities that may exist within
society.
Public Health Terms:Risk Factors correct answers -The World Health Organization (WHO)
describes risk factors as underlying issues associated with non-communicable diseases that
are common and preventable.iii
-four particular behaviors that lead to four key metabolic/physiological changes.
-Behaviors: alcohol abuse, tobacco abuse, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet
Public Health Terms: Metabolic/Physiological Changes associated with risk factors correct
answers Raised Blood Pressure, overweight/ obesity, raised blood glucose, raised cholesterol
In 1988, the National Academy of Sciences (Institute of Medicine) convened the Committee
for the Study of the Future of Public Health. This committee developed three core functions
of public health that apply at all levels of government and still guide the field today. These
core functions are: correct answers Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance
The essential services Provide correct answers "a working definition of public health and a
guiding framework for the responsibilities of local public health systems"
Assessment: Core Functions correct answers professionals regularly collect, assemble,
analyze, and make available information on the health of the community, including statistics
on health status, community health needs, and epidemiologic and other studies of health
problems.
Assessment: Essential Services correct answers monitor health, diagnose and investigate
Policy Development: Core Functions correct answers professionals serve the public interest
in the development of comprehensive public health policies by promoting use of the scientific
knowledge base in decision-making about public health and by leading in developing public
health policy.
Policy Development: Essential Services correct answers inform, educate, empower,
mobilize community partnerships,
develop policies
Public health correct answers a multidisciplinary field that promotes the welfare of the
individual and the community
Values correct answers community, science and evidence-based decision making, health
equity, prevention and wellness, real progress in improving health
Importance of public health: correct answers Public Health Saves Money and Improves
Quality of Life, Improving Public Health Helps Children Thrive, Public Health Prevention
Reduces Human Suffering
Public Health Terms: Assessment correct answers One of three core functions of public
health. It involves the regular and systematic collection, assembly, analysis, and reporting of
information important to public health
Public Health Terms:Assurance correct answers One of three core functions of public health.
evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of health services, ensure a skilled and
competent health workforce, enforce laws and regulations to protect health and safety
Public Health Terms:Determinants of Health (or Health Status Indicators) correct answers
Combined factors, both personal and environmental, that affect the health of individuals and
communities. Examples of these determinants include:ii
• Social and economic environment: (social status, education)
• Physical environment: (Water purity, Clean air, Safe workplace, Safe housing)
• Individuals' characteristics and behaviors: (eating habits)
Public Health Terms:Health Disparities correct answers Health differences that are closely
linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantages.
Public Health Terms:Essential Services: correct answers : Built on the three core functions of
public health, these services elaborate on what public health professionals do. Essential
services are:
Monitor health
diagnose and investigate
inform
educate
empower
mobilize community partnerships
develop policies
enforce laws
link to/provide care
assure competent workforce
evaluate
Public Health Terms:Health Status Indicators correct answers Measures of important health
determinants that allow researchers to assess how healthy populations are. (ie. leading cause
of death)
, Public Health Terms:Morbidity correct answers This refers to a diseased condition or state
within a person or population
Public Health Terms:Mortality correct answers mortality is typically viewed at population
levels in rates per a certain number, depending on the size of the overall population being
viewed. Understanding mortality rates and causes of death can help public health
professionals identify their successes and areas where they need to do additional work.
Public Health Terms:Policy Development correct answers One of three core functions of
public health. Involves creation of comprehensive public policies that promote use of
knowledge in decision making.
Public Health Terms:Population correct answers Distinct groupings within a society that are
analyzed with health status indicators to determine health disparities that may exist within
society.
Public Health Terms:Risk Factors correct answers -The World Health Organization (WHO)
describes risk factors as underlying issues associated with non-communicable diseases that
are common and preventable.iii
-four particular behaviors that lead to four key metabolic/physiological changes.
-Behaviors: alcohol abuse, tobacco abuse, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet
Public Health Terms: Metabolic/Physiological Changes associated with risk factors correct
answers Raised Blood Pressure, overweight/ obesity, raised blood glucose, raised cholesterol
In 1988, the National Academy of Sciences (Institute of Medicine) convened the Committee
for the Study of the Future of Public Health. This committee developed three core functions
of public health that apply at all levels of government and still guide the field today. These
core functions are: correct answers Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance
The essential services Provide correct answers "a working definition of public health and a
guiding framework for the responsibilities of local public health systems"
Assessment: Core Functions correct answers professionals regularly collect, assemble,
analyze, and make available information on the health of the community, including statistics
on health status, community health needs, and epidemiologic and other studies of health
problems.
Assessment: Essential Services correct answers monitor health, diagnose and investigate
Policy Development: Core Functions correct answers professionals serve the public interest
in the development of comprehensive public health policies by promoting use of the scientific
knowledge base in decision-making about public health and by leading in developing public
health policy.
Policy Development: Essential Services correct answers inform, educate, empower,
mobilize community partnerships,
develop policies
