HM 101: Chapter 3 || WELL-ENLIGHTENED Q&A!!
Health communications correct answers interpersonal and health communication to the public
about health, fall under social and behavioral health, includes methods of collecting,
compelling, presenting health info and public health data
Health communication addresses correct answers how we perceive, combine and use info to
make decisions
PHI correct answers Public health informatics
Public health informatics correct answers systematic application of info, computer science,
technology to public health practice, research, and learning which supports public health
goals and decision making and defines the "how and why" science behind the tool/approach
6 types of public health data correct answers single case/small series, statistics, surveys, self-
reporting, sentinel monitoring, and syndromic surveillance
Life expectancy correct answers uses statistical methods to estimate how ling a person is
expected to live
Infant mortality rate correct answers # of infants that die in a population in a year divided by
the number of live betides in a year x 1000
Under 5 mortality rate correct answers the probability of dying between birth and 5 years old,
expressed per 1000 live births, important fact for developing countries
HALE correct answers health adjusted life expectancy, which measures the effect of diseases
and other debilitating conditions on life expectancy
DALY correct answers disability adjusted life year aka burden of a disease measure, includes
the # of years of life lost due to a disability
- examines the impacts that specific diseases and risk factor have on population s as well as
provide an overall measure of population health
Decision analysis correct answers one method of using health info to make decisions, a way
to compare different strategies or solutions to a problem, strategies or solution are assigned
probabilities of occurring (utilities) and they are placed on a decision tree
Evaluate the quality of the presentation correct answers overall site quality, authors,
information, relevance, timelines, links, privacy
Dread effect correct answers hazards that easily produce very visual and feared consequences
Unfamiliarity effect correct answers hazards we lack experience w/ may elicit more fear
Uncontrollability effect correct answers hazards out of our control as perceived as more
threatening
Health communications correct answers interpersonal and health communication to the public
about health, fall under social and behavioral health, includes methods of collecting,
compelling, presenting health info and public health data
Health communication addresses correct answers how we perceive, combine and use info to
make decisions
PHI correct answers Public health informatics
Public health informatics correct answers systematic application of info, computer science,
technology to public health practice, research, and learning which supports public health
goals and decision making and defines the "how and why" science behind the tool/approach
6 types of public health data correct answers single case/small series, statistics, surveys, self-
reporting, sentinel monitoring, and syndromic surveillance
Life expectancy correct answers uses statistical methods to estimate how ling a person is
expected to live
Infant mortality rate correct answers # of infants that die in a population in a year divided by
the number of live betides in a year x 1000
Under 5 mortality rate correct answers the probability of dying between birth and 5 years old,
expressed per 1000 live births, important fact for developing countries
HALE correct answers health adjusted life expectancy, which measures the effect of diseases
and other debilitating conditions on life expectancy
DALY correct answers disability adjusted life year aka burden of a disease measure, includes
the # of years of life lost due to a disability
- examines the impacts that specific diseases and risk factor have on population s as well as
provide an overall measure of population health
Decision analysis correct answers one method of using health info to make decisions, a way
to compare different strategies or solutions to a problem, strategies or solution are assigned
probabilities of occurring (utilities) and they are placed on a decision tree
Evaluate the quality of the presentation correct answers overall site quality, authors,
information, relevance, timelines, links, privacy
Dread effect correct answers hazards that easily produce very visual and feared consequences
Unfamiliarity effect correct answers hazards we lack experience w/ may elicit more fear
Uncontrollability effect correct answers hazards out of our control as perceived as more
threatening
