Community Oral Health Management I
Exam 1 Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Define public health terms and relate them to one another. -
correct answer ✅- Health: a state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
- Public Health:
***The form of dental practice that serves the community as the
patient rather than the individual
"Science of protecting and improving the health of people and their
communities...by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease
and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to
infectious diseases" [American Association of Public Health
Dentistry]
"Concerned with protecting the health of entire populations...as
small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country or
region of the world."
"Promotes and protects the health of people and the communities
where they live, learn, work and play."
"Concerned with prevention, health education and marketing,
recommending policies, administering services, conducting
research, and limiting HEALTH DISPARITIES by promoting healthcare
equity, quality, and accessibility"
,Community Oral Health Management I
Exam 1 Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
*public health and community health are used synonymously in
text
- Community Health:
***"Focuses on studying, protecting, and improving health within a
community."
Includes a wide range of healthcare interventions, including health
promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and management and
administration of care
- Population Health:
***"Approach to health that aims to improve the health of an
entire population."
Focuses on the implicit goal of improving health outcomes in the
population, including the distribution of outcomes within the
group.
Encompasses health status of a population and emphasizes the
varied extent of factors that affect public health: environmental and
individual factors that influence health, disparities, and inequities,
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, and shared responsibility for
accountability.
,Community Oral Health Management I
Exam 1 Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Requires COLLABORATION of community partners t
Compare the components of private practice and public health
practice. (Table 1.1) -
correct answer ✅PRIVATE PRACTICE
- Patient
- Examination
- Diagnosis
- Treatment Planning
- Treatment
- Fee/payment
- Patient evaluation
PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE
- Community
- Survey/assessment
- Analysis
- Program planning
- Program implementation/operation
, Community Oral Health Management I
Exam 1 Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
- Program funding/financing/budget
- Program evaluation/appraisal
Identify public health problems and public health solutions and
relate them to each other. -
correct answer ✅- Examples of public health problems include:
HPV, smoking, newborns born with severe disorders, foodborne
illnesses, parasitic diseases, chronic conditions
*The public perception is inadequate, the spectrum of health issues
are more diverse than realized.
- Guiding Principles used to identify public health problems:
1. Burden of the disease or condition
2. Prevalence of a risk factor for the disease or condition
3. Ability of affecting the population as a whole
4. Seriousness of the problem
5. Economic or social impact
6. Public health concern
7. Political will to address the issue
8. Availability of resources
9. Requirement for group action to solve the problem
Exam 1 Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Define public health terms and relate them to one another. -
correct answer ✅- Health: a state of complete physical, mental,
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
- Public Health:
***The form of dental practice that serves the community as the
patient rather than the individual
"Science of protecting and improving the health of people and their
communities...by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease
and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing, and responding to
infectious diseases" [American Association of Public Health
Dentistry]
"Concerned with protecting the health of entire populations...as
small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country or
region of the world."
"Promotes and protects the health of people and the communities
where they live, learn, work and play."
"Concerned with prevention, health education and marketing,
recommending policies, administering services, conducting
research, and limiting HEALTH DISPARITIES by promoting healthcare
equity, quality, and accessibility"
,Community Oral Health Management I
Exam 1 Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
*public health and community health are used synonymously in
text
- Community Health:
***"Focuses on studying, protecting, and improving health within a
community."
Includes a wide range of healthcare interventions, including health
promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and management and
administration of care
- Population Health:
***"Approach to health that aims to improve the health of an
entire population."
Focuses on the implicit goal of improving health outcomes in the
population, including the distribution of outcomes within the
group.
Encompasses health status of a population and emphasizes the
varied extent of factors that affect public health: environmental and
individual factors that influence health, disparities, and inequities,
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH, and shared responsibility for
accountability.
,Community Oral Health Management I
Exam 1 Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
Requires COLLABORATION of community partners t
Compare the components of private practice and public health
practice. (Table 1.1) -
correct answer ✅PRIVATE PRACTICE
- Patient
- Examination
- Diagnosis
- Treatment Planning
- Treatment
- Fee/payment
- Patient evaluation
PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE
- Community
- Survey/assessment
- Analysis
- Program planning
- Program implementation/operation
, Community Oral Health Management I
Exam 1 Questions & Answers (Grade
A+)
- Program funding/financing/budget
- Program evaluation/appraisal
Identify public health problems and public health solutions and
relate them to each other. -
correct answer ✅- Examples of public health problems include:
HPV, smoking, newborns born with severe disorders, foodborne
illnesses, parasitic diseases, chronic conditions
*The public perception is inadequate, the spectrum of health issues
are more diverse than realized.
- Guiding Principles used to identify public health problems:
1. Burden of the disease or condition
2. Prevalence of a risk factor for the disease or condition
3. Ability of affecting the population as a whole
4. Seriousness of the problem
5. Economic or social impact
6. Public health concern
7. Political will to address the issue
8. Availability of resources
9. Requirement for group action to solve the problem
