HPEX 300 EXAM 1 FINAL SCRIPT 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PASSED A+
◉ Who is IOM?
Answer: Institute of Medicine
◉ What did the future of public health define public health as in
1988?
Answer: public health is an organized community effort to address
public health by applying scientific and technical knowledge to
promote health
◉ who is WHO?
Answer: The World Health Organization
◉ What did the World Health Organization define health as in 1942?
Answer: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
(physical or mental weakness)
◉ What did the Institute of Medicine define health as in 1997?
, Answer: Health is a state of well-being and the capability to function
in the face of changing circumstances
◉ Health vs Healthy definition
Answer: Health: static assessment at a point in time
Healthy: dynamic ongoing activities that may lead to something in
the future
◉ What does the Society for Academic Emergency Medicines define
health as?
Answer: Health is a state of physical and mental well being that
facilitates the achievement of individual and societal goals (1992)
◉ What are some lifestyle factors that are direct determinants of a
person's health?
Answer: exercise, sexual activity, diet, and constitutional factors
(relationship between psychosocial stressors and disease)
◉ What are external influences on health?
Answer: Immediate environment of an individual, there are social
and community networks that influence health
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
PASSED A+
◉ Who is IOM?
Answer: Institute of Medicine
◉ What did the future of public health define public health as in
1988?
Answer: public health is an organized community effort to address
public health by applying scientific and technical knowledge to
promote health
◉ who is WHO?
Answer: The World Health Organization
◉ What did the World Health Organization define health as in 1942?
Answer: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
(physical or mental weakness)
◉ What did the Institute of Medicine define health as in 1997?
, Answer: Health is a state of well-being and the capability to function
in the face of changing circumstances
◉ Health vs Healthy definition
Answer: Health: static assessment at a point in time
Healthy: dynamic ongoing activities that may lead to something in
the future
◉ What does the Society for Academic Emergency Medicines define
health as?
Answer: Health is a state of physical and mental well being that
facilitates the achievement of individual and societal goals (1992)
◉ What are some lifestyle factors that are direct determinants of a
person's health?
Answer: exercise, sexual activity, diet, and constitutional factors
(relationship between psychosocial stressors and disease)
◉ What are external influences on health?
Answer: Immediate environment of an individual, there are social
and community networks that influence health
