MCCQE1 PUBLIC HEALTH EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Public health definition - ANS organized efforts of society to keep people healthy and prevent
injury, illness and premature death. It is a combination of programs, services and policies that
protect and promote the health of all Canadians
A typical list of public health responsibilities includes - ANS A typical list of public health
responsibilities includes
Surveillance
Health promotion
Health protection
Disease and Injury Prevention
Screening
Population Health Assessment
Emergency preparedness
Vulnerable Populations
Definition of sureillance - ANS collecting, interpreting and communicating health data and
acting upon it in order to identify disease trends, emerging pathogens, etc
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Definition of health promotion - ANS encouraging healthy behaviors (e.g., smoking
legislation), building healthy environments (bicycle paths, etc).
Definition of health protection - ANS more specific than health promotion, this targets
particular health hazards and reduces people's exposure to them. Drug safety regulations; food
inspections; hazardous substances and pollution; vector control and smoke-free spaces are
examples
Population Health Assessment: - ANS monitoring underlying social trends that affect health
(poverty, homelessness, drug use, etc.) and encouraging government s to address these. This
relates to health promotion, but moves the focus of attention upstream, to address underlying
determinants.
Disease and Injury prevention: - ANS Closely related to health protection, this focuses on
particular diseases/conditions. Many approaches are best implemented at the population level:
food safety; immunization; outbreak control; road safety; playground design, etc.
Emergency Preparedness: - ANS Natural disasters, infectious disease, bioterrorism, etc. An
aspect of health protection, but more generic as we do not know precisely what we must
protect against
Vulnerable Groups: - ANS protecting the health of particular groups such as maternal and
infant health, refugees, etc.
Differece between passive and active surveillance - ANS Surveillance may be passive, in
which the system waits for cases to be reported, or active, in which you search out the cases of
disease. Active surveillance may be necessary with an outbreak of a new disease (such as SARS),
in which physicians in the community would not routinely be reporting cases. Active
surveillance might (for example) involve calling hospital staff who took sick leave from work to
see whether they had symptoms compatible with SARS.
Reportable conditions - ANS COmmunicable disease, driving, any conditon calusing LOC,
alcohol or drug addiction, seizures/ vonculsions, corrected vision less than 20/50 imapired
judgement ( dementia)
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
Public health definition - ANS organized efforts of society to keep people healthy and prevent
injury, illness and premature death. It is a combination of programs, services and policies that
protect and promote the health of all Canadians
A typical list of public health responsibilities includes - ANS A typical list of public health
responsibilities includes
Surveillance
Health promotion
Health protection
Disease and Injury Prevention
Screening
Population Health Assessment
Emergency preparedness
Vulnerable Populations
Definition of sureillance - ANS collecting, interpreting and communicating health data and
acting upon it in order to identify disease trends, emerging pathogens, etc
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Definition of health promotion - ANS encouraging healthy behaviors (e.g., smoking
legislation), building healthy environments (bicycle paths, etc).
Definition of health protection - ANS more specific than health promotion, this targets
particular health hazards and reduces people's exposure to them. Drug safety regulations; food
inspections; hazardous substances and pollution; vector control and smoke-free spaces are
examples
Population Health Assessment: - ANS monitoring underlying social trends that affect health
(poverty, homelessness, drug use, etc.) and encouraging government s to address these. This
relates to health promotion, but moves the focus of attention upstream, to address underlying
determinants.
Disease and Injury prevention: - ANS Closely related to health protection, this focuses on
particular diseases/conditions. Many approaches are best implemented at the population level:
food safety; immunization; outbreak control; road safety; playground design, etc.
Emergency Preparedness: - ANS Natural disasters, infectious disease, bioterrorism, etc. An
aspect of health protection, but more generic as we do not know precisely what we must
protect against
Vulnerable Groups: - ANS protecting the health of particular groups such as maternal and
infant health, refugees, etc.
Differece between passive and active surveillance - ANS Surveillance may be passive, in
which the system waits for cases to be reported, or active, in which you search out the cases of
disease. Active surveillance may be necessary with an outbreak of a new disease (such as SARS),
in which physicians in the community would not routinely be reporting cases. Active
surveillance might (for example) involve calling hospital staff who took sick leave from work to
see whether they had symptoms compatible with SARS.
Reportable conditions - ANS COmmunicable disease, driving, any conditon calusing LOC,
alcohol or drug addiction, seizures/ vonculsions, corrected vision less than 20/50 imapired
judgement ( dementia)
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
