B234 PROMOTING HEALTHY
POPULATIONS EXAM 1 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Assessing a Community - ANS 1. interview community residents
2. observation
3. data collection using instruments that quantify data
4. demographic data (census, morbidity/mortality rates)
5. windshield survey
morbidity - ANS the rate/condition of being diseased in a community
mortality - ANS the number of people who died within a population
windshield survey - ANS systematic observations made from a moving vehicle that can help
you better understand either the community in general or a specific condition or aspect of it -
shows community resources such as healthcare and government services available
Social Determinants of Health - ANS 1. availability of resources to meet daily needs, such as
educational and job opportunities, living wages, or healthful foods
2. social norms and attitudes, such as discrimination
3. exposure to crime, violence, and social disorder, such as the presence of trash
4. social support and social interactions
5. exposure to mass media and emerging technologies, such as the internet or cell phones
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, 6. socioeconomic conditions, such as concentrated poverty
7. quality schools
8. transportation options
9. public safety
10. residential segregation
upstream thinking concept - ANS a movement to create a healthy society through evidence-
based, people-centered ideas; seeks to reframe public discourse around addressing the social
determinants of health in order to build a healthier society
What has the greatest influence on our health? - ANS 1. income
2. employment
3. education
4. early childhood development
5. housing
6. nutrition
upstream thinking - ANS aims to alter the social determinants in a long-term process to
better the health of a society as a whole- looking into the future, or "upstream", when changing
current habits
Primary Prevention - ANS precedes disease or dysfunction
- therapeutic treatments and a process or behavior toward enhancing health (stress reduction
techniques)
- includes health promotion, such as health education about risk factors for heart disease and
specific protection- such as immunization against HepB
What is the purpose of Primary Prevention? - ANS to decrease the vulnerability of the
individual or population to disease or dysfunction
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POPULATIONS EXAM 1 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Assessing a Community - ANS 1. interview community residents
2. observation
3. data collection using instruments that quantify data
4. demographic data (census, morbidity/mortality rates)
5. windshield survey
morbidity - ANS the rate/condition of being diseased in a community
mortality - ANS the number of people who died within a population
windshield survey - ANS systematic observations made from a moving vehicle that can help
you better understand either the community in general or a specific condition or aspect of it -
shows community resources such as healthcare and government services available
Social Determinants of Health - ANS 1. availability of resources to meet daily needs, such as
educational and job opportunities, living wages, or healthful foods
2. social norms and attitudes, such as discrimination
3. exposure to crime, violence, and social disorder, such as the presence of trash
4. social support and social interactions
5. exposure to mass media and emerging technologies, such as the internet or cell phones
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, 6. socioeconomic conditions, such as concentrated poverty
7. quality schools
8. transportation options
9. public safety
10. residential segregation
upstream thinking concept - ANS a movement to create a healthy society through evidence-
based, people-centered ideas; seeks to reframe public discourse around addressing the social
determinants of health in order to build a healthier society
What has the greatest influence on our health? - ANS 1. income
2. employment
3. education
4. early childhood development
5. housing
6. nutrition
upstream thinking - ANS aims to alter the social determinants in a long-term process to
better the health of a society as a whole- looking into the future, or "upstream", when changing
current habits
Primary Prevention - ANS precedes disease or dysfunction
- therapeutic treatments and a process or behavior toward enhancing health (stress reduction
techniques)
- includes health promotion, such as health education about risk factors for heart disease and
specific protection- such as immunization against HepB
What is the purpose of Primary Prevention? - ANS to decrease the vulnerability of the
individual or population to disease or dysfunction
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