PHCC Exam 1, 2026 – Study and Practice Material
WHO origin - ANS✔✔ agency of the UN founded in 1948, comprised of 190 member nations
WHO responsibilities - ANS✔✔ leadership across UN
identify and research global research priorities
EBP
monitor epidemics
compile health stats
PACES, what is it - ANS✔✔ lenses to view public health
what are the 5 public health lenses - ANS✔✔ population, action, communication, equity,
security
Public Health Lens: population - ANS✔✔ focus on disease that might impact a population
Public Health Lens: action - ANS✔✔ focus on intervention to treat illness
Public Health Lens: Communication - ANS✔✔ collaboration to address public health issues
, Public Health Lens: equity - ANS✔✔ focus on population health through addressing health
inequities
Public Health Lens: security - ANS✔✔ focus on health issues that might contribute to political
instability
primary prevention - ANS✔✔ preventing disease in people without disease
secondary prevention - ANS✔✔ diagnosing people early on who have non-symptomatic disease
goal is to reduce and prevent disability or death
tertiary prevention - ANS✔✔ treatment of people who already have symptomatic disease
what are the core disciplines in public health - ANS✔✔ medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics,
environmental health, health promotion
Core Discipline in Public Health: Medicine - ANS✔✔ focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and
treating health problems in individuals and families
Core Discipline in public health: public health - ANS✔✔ focuses on promoting health and
preventing illness, injury, and early deaths at the population level
Core Discipline in Public Health: environmental health - ANS✔✔ examines connection between
health and environmental exposures
Core Discipline in Public Health: epidemiology - ANS✔✔ study of distribution of health
problems in populations. this is looking at data and trends at a population level
WHO origin - ANS✔✔ agency of the UN founded in 1948, comprised of 190 member nations
WHO responsibilities - ANS✔✔ leadership across UN
identify and research global research priorities
EBP
monitor epidemics
compile health stats
PACES, what is it - ANS✔✔ lenses to view public health
what are the 5 public health lenses - ANS✔✔ population, action, communication, equity,
security
Public Health Lens: population - ANS✔✔ focus on disease that might impact a population
Public Health Lens: action - ANS✔✔ focus on intervention to treat illness
Public Health Lens: Communication - ANS✔✔ collaboration to address public health issues
, Public Health Lens: equity - ANS✔✔ focus on population health through addressing health
inequities
Public Health Lens: security - ANS✔✔ focus on health issues that might contribute to political
instability
primary prevention - ANS✔✔ preventing disease in people without disease
secondary prevention - ANS✔✔ diagnosing people early on who have non-symptomatic disease
goal is to reduce and prevent disability or death
tertiary prevention - ANS✔✔ treatment of people who already have symptomatic disease
what are the core disciplines in public health - ANS✔✔ medicine, epidemiology, biostatistics,
environmental health, health promotion
Core Discipline in Public Health: Medicine - ANS✔✔ focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and
treating health problems in individuals and families
Core Discipline in public health: public health - ANS✔✔ focuses on promoting health and
preventing illness, injury, and early deaths at the population level
Core Discipline in Public Health: environmental health - ANS✔✔ examines connection between
health and environmental exposures
Core Discipline in Public Health: epidemiology - ANS✔✔ study of distribution of health
problems in populations. this is looking at data and trends at a population level
