PUBH 302 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
How has public health extended life expectancy? - Answer-Public h has extended life
expectancy b/c the 3 core functions are put to work using the Ten Essential Public
Health Services that are applied to every facet of public health (national-> state-> local-
> tribe and territory)
3 Core Functions:
Policy development - education, partnership mobilization, and policies.
Assurance - enforcement of public health laws, linkage of citizens to needed care,
developing the public health workforce, and evaluation
Assessment - monitor health, diagnose and investigate
Health equity & social justice - Answer-Social Justice - Overall fairness of a society" in
how it divides & distributes "rewards & burdens"
Health equity & social justice (social justice in terms of health equity)
Goal: everyone has the opportunity to attain their highest level of health
Create conditions that give everyone the opportunity to reach their best health
This requires valuing all individuals and populations equally
It means addressing inequities in the places where people are born, grow, live, work,
learn and age.
How do we achieve health equity? - Answer-We address the conditions in which people
are born, grow, live, work, learn and age.
These social determinants of healthare shaped by the distribution of money, power and
resources that include employment, housing, education, health care, public safety and
food access.
Define epidemiology - Answer-study of the distribution & determinants of health-related
events in specified populations, and the application of this study to control health
problems
Epidemiology has been called "population medicine"
Epidemiology is the evidence, science of public health
How has the focus of epidemiology changed over time? - Answer-Shift from traditional
epi to wider uses. We focus on the causes of death today. Instead of cholera we focus
on cancer and cvd and the determinants of those outcomes.
Framingham heart study - led to ID of major CVD risk factors
CORRECT ANSWERS
How has public health extended life expectancy? - Answer-Public h has extended life
expectancy b/c the 3 core functions are put to work using the Ten Essential Public
Health Services that are applied to every facet of public health (national-> state-> local-
> tribe and territory)
3 Core Functions:
Policy development - education, partnership mobilization, and policies.
Assurance - enforcement of public health laws, linkage of citizens to needed care,
developing the public health workforce, and evaluation
Assessment - monitor health, diagnose and investigate
Health equity & social justice - Answer-Social Justice - Overall fairness of a society" in
how it divides & distributes "rewards & burdens"
Health equity & social justice (social justice in terms of health equity)
Goal: everyone has the opportunity to attain their highest level of health
Create conditions that give everyone the opportunity to reach their best health
This requires valuing all individuals and populations equally
It means addressing inequities in the places where people are born, grow, live, work,
learn and age.
How do we achieve health equity? - Answer-We address the conditions in which people
are born, grow, live, work, learn and age.
These social determinants of healthare shaped by the distribution of money, power and
resources that include employment, housing, education, health care, public safety and
food access.
Define epidemiology - Answer-study of the distribution & determinants of health-related
events in specified populations, and the application of this study to control health
problems
Epidemiology has been called "population medicine"
Epidemiology is the evidence, science of public health
How has the focus of epidemiology changed over time? - Answer-Shift from traditional
epi to wider uses. We focus on the causes of death today. Instead of cholera we focus
on cancer and cvd and the determinants of those outcomes.
Framingham heart study - led to ID of major CVD risk factors
