PHLT 301 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
"The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through
the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private
communities, and individuals."—CEA Winslow
Public Health
"The landmarks of political, economic and social history are the moments when some
condition passed from the category of the given into the category of the intolerable. I
believe that the history of public health might well be written as a record of successive re-
definings of the unacceptable."—Sir Vickers
Public Health
Fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy."—
Institute of Medicine
Public Health
"Public health aims to provide maximum benefit for the largest number of people."—
World Health Organization
Public Health
-Vaccinations
-Motor -Vehicle Safety
-Safer Workplaces
-Control of Infectious Diseases•
-Decline of Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
-Safer Foods
-Healthier Mothers and Babies
-Family Planning
-Fluoridation of Drinking Water
-Recognition of Tobacco Use as a Health Hazard
, Major Achievements1900-1999
•Alcohol-Impaired Drivers
•Young Drivers and Passengers
•Pedestrians
•Occupant-Protection Systems
•Safety Belts
•Child-safety and Booster Seats
Motor Vehicle Safety
•Decreases in microbial contamination
•Increased nutritional content
•Ability to preserve perishable foods
•Pasteurization
•Identification of food borne pathogens
Safer and Healthier Foods
•Average Family Size• 1800: 7.0 Children
•1900: 3.5 Children
•2000: 2.0 Children
Family Planning
•Population Served• 10,567 public water systems
• 135 million people
• 8,573 communities
•Cost Effective
• $0.31 to $2.12 per person
Fluoridation of Drinking water
• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
• Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
• Tobacco Control
• Maternal and Infant Health
CORRECT ANSWERS!!
"The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through
the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private
communities, and individuals."—CEA Winslow
Public Health
"The landmarks of political, economic and social history are the moments when some
condition passed from the category of the given into the category of the intolerable. I
believe that the history of public health might well be written as a record of successive re-
definings of the unacceptable."—Sir Vickers
Public Health
Fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy."—
Institute of Medicine
Public Health
"Public health aims to provide maximum benefit for the largest number of people."—
World Health Organization
Public Health
-Vaccinations
-Motor -Vehicle Safety
-Safer Workplaces
-Control of Infectious Diseases•
-Decline of Deaths from Heart Disease and Stroke
-Safer Foods
-Healthier Mothers and Babies
-Family Planning
-Fluoridation of Drinking Water
-Recognition of Tobacco Use as a Health Hazard
, Major Achievements1900-1999
•Alcohol-Impaired Drivers
•Young Drivers and Passengers
•Pedestrians
•Occupant-Protection Systems
•Safety Belts
•Child-safety and Booster Seats
Motor Vehicle Safety
•Decreases in microbial contamination
•Increased nutritional content
•Ability to preserve perishable foods
•Pasteurization
•Identification of food borne pathogens
Safer and Healthier Foods
•Average Family Size• 1800: 7.0 Children
•1900: 3.5 Children
•2000: 2.0 Children
Family Planning
•Population Served• 10,567 public water systems
• 135 million people
• 8,573 communities
•Cost Effective
• $0.31 to $2.12 per person
Fluoridation of Drinking water
• Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
• Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
• Tobacco Control
• Maternal and Infant Health
