HPEX 300 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026
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◉ Winslow definition of health.
Answer: science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and
promoting physical health and efficiency through organized
community efforts
◉ WHO definition of health.
Answer: state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
◉ IOM definition of health.
Answer: state of well-being and capability to function in the face of
changing circumstances
◉ Society for Academic Emergency Medicine definition of health.
Answer: state of physical and mental well-being that facilitates
achievement of individual and societal goals
◉ Talcott Parsons.
Answer: sociologist who coined the term "sick role"
,◉ illness vs. disease.
Answer: illness is subjective, disease is objective
◉ direct determinants of health.
Answer: -exercise
-sexual activity
-diet
◉ epidemiology triangle.
Answer: -centerpiece of public health efforts
-agent, host, environment
◉ macroenvironmental determinants of health.
Answer: -education
-work
-healthcare
-water and sanitation
-housing
◉ John Snow.
Answer: contaminated water and disease
, ◉ Edwin Chadwick.
Answer: unsanitary working conditions and disease
◉ Lemuel Shattuck.
Answer: public health infrastructure
◉ uninsured Americans.
Answer: 16%
-Hawaii has lowest percentage
-Texas, Oklahoma have highest
◉ medical errors.
Answer: nearly 100,000 deaths a year
◉ American Medical Association (AMA).
Answer: professional membership organization for physicians
-standardized medical education
◉ Flexner Report.
Answer: evaluated medical schools in Canada and the U.S.
VERIFIED Q&A MASTER SOLUTION PACK
◉ Winslow definition of health.
Answer: science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and
promoting physical health and efficiency through organized
community efforts
◉ WHO definition of health.
Answer: state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
◉ IOM definition of health.
Answer: state of well-being and capability to function in the face of
changing circumstances
◉ Society for Academic Emergency Medicine definition of health.
Answer: state of physical and mental well-being that facilitates
achievement of individual and societal goals
◉ Talcott Parsons.
Answer: sociologist who coined the term "sick role"
,◉ illness vs. disease.
Answer: illness is subjective, disease is objective
◉ direct determinants of health.
Answer: -exercise
-sexual activity
-diet
◉ epidemiology triangle.
Answer: -centerpiece of public health efforts
-agent, host, environment
◉ macroenvironmental determinants of health.
Answer: -education
-work
-healthcare
-water and sanitation
-housing
◉ John Snow.
Answer: contaminated water and disease
, ◉ Edwin Chadwick.
Answer: unsanitary working conditions and disease
◉ Lemuel Shattuck.
Answer: public health infrastructure
◉ uninsured Americans.
Answer: 16%
-Hawaii has lowest percentage
-Texas, Oklahoma have highest
◉ medical errors.
Answer: nearly 100,000 deaths a year
◉ American Medical Association (AMA).
Answer: professional membership organization for physicians
-standardized medical education
◉ Flexner Report.
Answer: evaluated medical schools in Canada and the U.S.
