PHM 110 Final Exam Questions with Correct Answers Already Passed
Project Big Life - Answers - project that assessed how long people live and what their risks were
- developed a life expectancy calculator
social determinants of health (hint: there are 12) - Answers - employment/working conditions
- education and literacy
- physical environment
- social support networks
- personal health practices and coping skills
- social environment
- healthy child development
- biology and genetics
- culture
- financial and social status
- gender
- health services
health (definition) - Answers a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity (definition)
functions of public health - Answers health promotion, health protection, disease and injury prevention
public health (definition) - Answers science/art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting
health through the organized efforts of society (definition)
what are the four enablers of public health delivery? - Answers governance, advocacy, capacity, and
information
health promotion (definition) - Answers - process of enabling people to increase control over and
improve their health
- to reach a state of health, need to be able to realize aspirations, satisfy needs, and change/cope with
environment (definition)
Ottawa Charter (1986) - Answers an international agreement on health promotion, signed in a
conference organized by WHO
, what are the Ottawa Charter's 5 action areas? - Answers 1. building health public policy
2. creating supportive environments
3. strengthen community action
4. developing personal skills
5. reorienting health services
What are the Ottawa Charter's 3 strategies? - Answers advocate, mediate, and enable
Patients First Act - Answers - improve access
- connect services, integrated care
- inform - providing education
- protect - make evidence-based decisions to sustain the system
pharmacist's role in public health - Answers - duty to report (disease)
- possible roles in surveillance of medication use, health education, harm reduction, opioid stewardship,
overdose treatment
- be aware of SDOH, promote health and prevention
primary health care (definition) - Answers an approach to health and a spectrum of services beyond the
traditional health care system (definition)
primary care (definitions) - Answers - element within primary health care that focuses on health care
services, including health promotion, illness prevention, and diagnosis/treatment (HC definition)
- provides entry into the system, person-focused care, and coordinates integrated care (Starfield
definition)
health services - Answers function to maintain and promote health, prevent disease, and restore health
and function
structure of health systems (from bottom to top) - Answers - infrastructure services (water sanitation)
- population-based services (health promotion)
- enabling services (ODB)
- direct services (primary care)
Project Big Life - Answers - project that assessed how long people live and what their risks were
- developed a life expectancy calculator
social determinants of health (hint: there are 12) - Answers - employment/working conditions
- education and literacy
- physical environment
- social support networks
- personal health practices and coping skills
- social environment
- healthy child development
- biology and genetics
- culture
- financial and social status
- gender
- health services
health (definition) - Answers a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely
the absence of disease or infirmity (definition)
functions of public health - Answers health promotion, health protection, disease and injury prevention
public health (definition) - Answers science/art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting
health through the organized efforts of society (definition)
what are the four enablers of public health delivery? - Answers governance, advocacy, capacity, and
information
health promotion (definition) - Answers - process of enabling people to increase control over and
improve their health
- to reach a state of health, need to be able to realize aspirations, satisfy needs, and change/cope with
environment (definition)
Ottawa Charter (1986) - Answers an international agreement on health promotion, signed in a
conference organized by WHO
, what are the Ottawa Charter's 5 action areas? - Answers 1. building health public policy
2. creating supportive environments
3. strengthen community action
4. developing personal skills
5. reorienting health services
What are the Ottawa Charter's 3 strategies? - Answers advocate, mediate, and enable
Patients First Act - Answers - improve access
- connect services, integrated care
- inform - providing education
- protect - make evidence-based decisions to sustain the system
pharmacist's role in public health - Answers - duty to report (disease)
- possible roles in surveillance of medication use, health education, harm reduction, opioid stewardship,
overdose treatment
- be aware of SDOH, promote health and prevention
primary health care (definition) - Answers an approach to health and a spectrum of services beyond the
traditional health care system (definition)
primary care (definitions) - Answers - element within primary health care that focuses on health care
services, including health promotion, illness prevention, and diagnosis/treatment (HC definition)
- provides entry into the system, person-focused care, and coordinates integrated care (Starfield
definition)
health services - Answers function to maintain and promote health, prevent disease, and restore health
and function
structure of health systems (from bottom to top) - Answers - infrastructure services (water sanitation)
- population-based services (health promotion)
- enabling services (ODB)
- direct services (primary care)
