HLTB16 MIDTERM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Define Public Health - Answer -Preventing disease, prolonging life, and health
promotion
How are the 3 goals of public health accomplished - Answer -organize community
projects for environmental sanitization
control community infections
educate on personal hygiene
organize medical and nursing services for early diagnosis and prevention
what are the core functions of public health - Answer -assessment, policy development,
assurance
what are the 10 essential public health services - Answer -1. monitor heath status to
identify community heath problems
2. diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
3. inform, educate, and empower on health issues
4. mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
5. develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
6. enforce laws and regulation that protect health and ensure saefety
7. link people to needed person health services and assure the provisions of healthcare
when otherwise unavailable
8. assure a compentent public health and personal healthcare workforce
9. evaluate effectiveness, accesssibility, and quality of personal and pipulation based
health services
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
which core public health solutions fit under each function of public health - Answer -1
and 2 are assessment
3, 4, and 5 are policy development
, 6, 7, 8, 9 are assurance
10 is all
why is public health contraversial - Answer -1. controversial definition
the definition of public health "fulfilling societys interest in assuring conditions in which
people can be healthy" is broad.
people dont agree on whats medically necissar interventions.
2. morality and public health
morality can be in conflict with implementation. beliefs can interfere
3. personal freedom vs public good
what is good for the public can infringe on personal freedom
How do economics and public health interact - Answer -strategies can lead to
economic loss like loss of jobs, plus implementation can be expensive
what is tragedy of the commons - Answer -government restrictions on behaviour that
causes indirect harm to others prevents a greater tragedy.
the commons is the air water and environment. bc an individual does not have the
power to control the quality of the environment independent of the behaviour of the
neighbors, government is needed to step in to protect the resource.
consider cows on a pasture, too many cows doing whatever then the grass will die, so
we restrict the herd
How does public health differ from individual medical care - Answer -a physician has a
goal and is treating individuals. public health is improving the general public/population.
individual vs population
give a brief overview of public health history in canada - Answer -1. indigenous peoples
have inhabited North American continent for thousands of years
2. european immigration began in the 1600s
3. their health, social, physical, and economic condition was negatively impacted by
european immigration
4. fur trade drove french and british expansion across north america causing smallpox,
measles, TB, and alcohol to run rampant and hurt people
Define Public Health - Answer -Preventing disease, prolonging life, and health
promotion
How are the 3 goals of public health accomplished - Answer -organize community
projects for environmental sanitization
control community infections
educate on personal hygiene
organize medical and nursing services for early diagnosis and prevention
what are the core functions of public health - Answer -assessment, policy development,
assurance
what are the 10 essential public health services - Answer -1. monitor heath status to
identify community heath problems
2. diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
3. inform, educate, and empower on health issues
4. mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
5. develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
6. enforce laws and regulation that protect health and ensure saefety
7. link people to needed person health services and assure the provisions of healthcare
when otherwise unavailable
8. assure a compentent public health and personal healthcare workforce
9. evaluate effectiveness, accesssibility, and quality of personal and pipulation based
health services
10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
which core public health solutions fit under each function of public health - Answer -1
and 2 are assessment
3, 4, and 5 are policy development
, 6, 7, 8, 9 are assurance
10 is all
why is public health contraversial - Answer -1. controversial definition
the definition of public health "fulfilling societys interest in assuring conditions in which
people can be healthy" is broad.
people dont agree on whats medically necissar interventions.
2. morality and public health
morality can be in conflict with implementation. beliefs can interfere
3. personal freedom vs public good
what is good for the public can infringe on personal freedom
How do economics and public health interact - Answer -strategies can lead to
economic loss like loss of jobs, plus implementation can be expensive
what is tragedy of the commons - Answer -government restrictions on behaviour that
causes indirect harm to others prevents a greater tragedy.
the commons is the air water and environment. bc an individual does not have the
power to control the quality of the environment independent of the behaviour of the
neighbors, government is needed to step in to protect the resource.
consider cows on a pasture, too many cows doing whatever then the grass will die, so
we restrict the herd
How does public health differ from individual medical care - Answer -a physician has a
goal and is treating individuals. public health is improving the general public/population.
individual vs population
give a brief overview of public health history in canada - Answer -1. indigenous peoples
have inhabited North American continent for thousands of years
2. european immigration began in the 1600s
3. their health, social, physical, and economic condition was negatively impacted by
european immigration
4. fur trade drove french and british expansion across north america causing smallpox,
measles, TB, and alcohol to run rampant and hurt people
