HLED210 – Health and Wellness, WWU, Academic Year 2026 – Exam 1 Study
Material and Practice Questions with Answers
Domains of Health - correct answer ✔✔ Spiritual, Physical, Social, Emotional, Intellectual/
Mental, Vocational
prereqs of health - correct answer ✔✔ peace, income, shelter, stable ecosystem, education,
sustainable resources, food, social justice & equality
Disciplines of public health - correct answer ✔✔ epidemiology, statistics, biomedical sciences,
social and behavioral sciences, environmental sciences, health policy/health administration
3 core functions of public health - correct answer ✔✔ assessment, policy development,
assurance
examples of public health debates - correct answer ✔✔ ebola crisis, fast food sizes, vaccines,
trans fats, drugs etc.
Epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔ the study of how disease is distributed in a population and
the factors the influence or determine distribution
descriptive epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔ examination of the distribution of disease in a
population in terms of person, place, and time
analytic epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔ a form of epidemiology that investigates causes and
associations between factors or events and health
John Snow - correct answer ✔✔ Mapped the occurrence of cholera in London, father of
epidemiology
, epidemiological triangle - correct answer ✔✔ agent, host, environment
epidemics - correct answer ✔✔ a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a
community at a particular time. Can be geographical, temporal, population
Endemics - correct answer ✔✔ consistant or expected transmission or occurrence
pandemic - correct answer ✔✔ worldwide epidemic ex hit aids
Outbreak - correct answer ✔✔ = epidemic
clusters - correct answer ✔✔ groups of cases in specific time or place that might be more than
expected
epidemic curves - correct answer ✔✔ A visual display of the onset of illness among cases
associated with an outbreak.
Incidence - correct answer ✔✔ number of new cases/ #people
prevalence - correct answer ✔✔ number of people having a specific disease at a given time/
total people
Morbidity - correct answer ✔✔ another term for illness
mortality - correct answer ✔✔ rate of deaths
Material and Practice Questions with Answers
Domains of Health - correct answer ✔✔ Spiritual, Physical, Social, Emotional, Intellectual/
Mental, Vocational
prereqs of health - correct answer ✔✔ peace, income, shelter, stable ecosystem, education,
sustainable resources, food, social justice & equality
Disciplines of public health - correct answer ✔✔ epidemiology, statistics, biomedical sciences,
social and behavioral sciences, environmental sciences, health policy/health administration
3 core functions of public health - correct answer ✔✔ assessment, policy development,
assurance
examples of public health debates - correct answer ✔✔ ebola crisis, fast food sizes, vaccines,
trans fats, drugs etc.
Epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔ the study of how disease is distributed in a population and
the factors the influence or determine distribution
descriptive epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔ examination of the distribution of disease in a
population in terms of person, place, and time
analytic epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔ a form of epidemiology that investigates causes and
associations between factors or events and health
John Snow - correct answer ✔✔ Mapped the occurrence of cholera in London, father of
epidemiology
, epidemiological triangle - correct answer ✔✔ agent, host, environment
epidemics - correct answer ✔✔ a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a
community at a particular time. Can be geographical, temporal, population
Endemics - correct answer ✔✔ consistant or expected transmission or occurrence
pandemic - correct answer ✔✔ worldwide epidemic ex hit aids
Outbreak - correct answer ✔✔ = epidemic
clusters - correct answer ✔✔ groups of cases in specific time or place that might be more than
expected
epidemic curves - correct answer ✔✔ A visual display of the onset of illness among cases
associated with an outbreak.
Incidence - correct answer ✔✔ number of new cases/ #people
prevalence - correct answer ✔✔ number of people having a specific disease at a given time/
total people
Morbidity - correct answer ✔✔ another term for illness
mortality - correct answer ✔✔ rate of deaths
