D583 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
Ancient Greece & Rome - Answers - public hospitals established; first advanced water
systems & hygiene practices (public baths); first emphasis on disease prevention w/
lifestyle factors such as exercise, diet and sanitation
Middle Ages - Answers - bubonic plague combated with regulations of food at public
markets and quarantine; rise of public health legislation to mandate quarantine and
isolation
Renaissance - Answers - dissection of human bodies; first public health boards;
Gutenberg's printing press allowed spread of medical knowledge; study of disease
transmission began taking shape
Enlightenment - Answers - early statistical methods for tracking cause of death; first
vaccination to combat smallpox; sanitation improvements including clean water, waste
disposal, and hygiene; US Public Health Service created
Industrial Revolution - Answers - Edwin Chadwick's Sanitation Report advocates for
clean water, sewage systems, and better housing and linked poverty to poor health;
Public Health Act of 1848; John Snow ID'd contaminated water pump as cause of
cholera outbreak; germ theory; NYC Metropolitan Board of Health and then NYC Health
Dept.; MAJOR FOCUS ON SANITATION AND HYGIENE.
modern public health (1900s - now) - Answers - Influenza pandemic (1918); isolation /
rest in sanatoriums prevent spread of TB (early 1900s); creation of WHO (1948); polio
vaccine (1953); eradication of smallpox (1980); HIV/AIDs global health concern (1980s);
COVID-19
essential public health services - Answers - 1Assess and monitor population health
status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets
2Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the
population
3Communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that
influence it, and how to improve it
4Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health
5Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health
6Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public's health
7Assure an effective system that enables equitable access to the individual services
and care needed to be healthy
8Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce
9Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research,
and continuous quality improvement
10Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health
Ancient Greece & Rome - Answers - public hospitals established; first advanced water
systems & hygiene practices (public baths); first emphasis on disease prevention w/
lifestyle factors such as exercise, diet and sanitation
Middle Ages - Answers - bubonic plague combated with regulations of food at public
markets and quarantine; rise of public health legislation to mandate quarantine and
isolation
Renaissance - Answers - dissection of human bodies; first public health boards;
Gutenberg's printing press allowed spread of medical knowledge; study of disease
transmission began taking shape
Enlightenment - Answers - early statistical methods for tracking cause of death; first
vaccination to combat smallpox; sanitation improvements including clean water, waste
disposal, and hygiene; US Public Health Service created
Industrial Revolution - Answers - Edwin Chadwick's Sanitation Report advocates for
clean water, sewage systems, and better housing and linked poverty to poor health;
Public Health Act of 1848; John Snow ID'd contaminated water pump as cause of
cholera outbreak; germ theory; NYC Metropolitan Board of Health and then NYC Health
Dept.; MAJOR FOCUS ON SANITATION AND HYGIENE.
modern public health (1900s - now) - Answers - Influenza pandemic (1918); isolation /
rest in sanatoriums prevent spread of TB (early 1900s); creation of WHO (1948); polio
vaccine (1953); eradication of smallpox (1980); HIV/AIDs global health concern (1980s);
COVID-19
essential public health services - Answers - 1Assess and monitor population health
status, factors that influence health, and community needs and assets
2Investigate, diagnose, and address health problems and hazards affecting the
population
3Communicate effectively to inform and educate people about health, factors that
influence it, and how to improve it
4Strengthen, support, and mobilize communities and partnerships to improve health
5Create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws that impact health
6Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public's health
7Assure an effective system that enables equitable access to the individual services
and care needed to be healthy
8Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce
9Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing evaluation, research,
and continuous quality improvement
10Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health
