SPHHS 150 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Public Health - Answers - the science and art of protecting and improving the health of
communities through education promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease
and injury prevention
Epidemiology - Answers - study of trends, patterns and causes related to disease in
population; examines epidemics, aims to control spread of infectious diseases, and
seeks to understand health outcomes and ways to limit harmful exposures
Environmental Health Sciences - Answers - field of study that examines how the
environment impacts human health
Health Policy and Management - Answers - considers the role of medical care in public
health; healthcare economics and policies in health
Social & Behavioral Health Sciences - Answers - behavior seen as the leading concern
of factors that affect people's health > scientists consider how the environment and
social context within which people lie influences their behavior > emphasizes achieving
equity in health
Assessment - Answers - finding out what the problems are > assess and monitor
population health status, factors that influence health and community
Policy Development - Answers - Communicate effectively to educate people about
factors that affect health, the factors affecting them, and how to improve them
Strengthen and mobilize communities and partnerships
Create, champion, and implement policies and laws that impact health
Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public's health
Assurance - Answers - A system that enables equitable access to services
Build and support a diverse and skilled workforce
Improve and innovate PH functions through ongoing evaluation, research, & quality
improvement
Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure
, Equity - Answers - When someone is able to/has the opportunity to attain their full
health potential; everyone receives individualized care to bring them to the same level
of health
P E R I E - Answers - Problem > Etiology > Recommendations > Implementation >
Evaluation
Morbidity - Answers - refers to the illness itself
Mortality - Answers - refers to death from the illness
Disease Distribution - Answers - Who gets the disease? Does everyone have equal
risk?
Disease Incidence - Answers - The rate of new cases of a disease occurring in a
specific population over a particular period of time.
Disease Prevalence - Answers - The number of cases of a disease in a specific
population at a particular time point or over a specified period of time.
Social Determinants of Health - Answers - The conditions in which people are born,
grow, live, work, and age
Redlining - Answers - Systematic way of denying certain groups of people access to
mortgages, loans, homes (racially associated)
Reverse Redlining - Answers - When institutions or organizations purposefully target
neighborhoods
Racism - Answers - Systems of structuring opportunity and assigned value based on
the social interpretation of how one looks that unfairly disadvantages some people and
communities, unfairly advantages other people and communities, and saps the strength
of the whole society through the waste of human resources.
Infant Mortality - Answers - Number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under 1
Allostasis - Answers - Places psychological factors front and center in how we think
about health problems
Food Insecurity - Answers - A lack of consistent access to enough food for an active,
healthy life, due to a lack of available finical resources at the household level
Distinct, but related from hunger, which is a personal, physical sensation of comfort
Communicable Disease - Answers - Disease that can be passed from person to person
(animal to animal, animal to human); infectious disease
Public Health - Answers - the science and art of protecting and improving the health of
communities through education promotion of healthy lifestyles, and research for disease
and injury prevention
Epidemiology - Answers - study of trends, patterns and causes related to disease in
population; examines epidemics, aims to control spread of infectious diseases, and
seeks to understand health outcomes and ways to limit harmful exposures
Environmental Health Sciences - Answers - field of study that examines how the
environment impacts human health
Health Policy and Management - Answers - considers the role of medical care in public
health; healthcare economics and policies in health
Social & Behavioral Health Sciences - Answers - behavior seen as the leading concern
of factors that affect people's health > scientists consider how the environment and
social context within which people lie influences their behavior > emphasizes achieving
equity in health
Assessment - Answers - finding out what the problems are > assess and monitor
population health status, factors that influence health and community
Policy Development - Answers - Communicate effectively to educate people about
factors that affect health, the factors affecting them, and how to improve them
Strengthen and mobilize communities and partnerships
Create, champion, and implement policies and laws that impact health
Utilize legal and regulatory actions designed to improve and protect the public's health
Assurance - Answers - A system that enables equitable access to services
Build and support a diverse and skilled workforce
Improve and innovate PH functions through ongoing evaluation, research, & quality
improvement
Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure
, Equity - Answers - When someone is able to/has the opportunity to attain their full
health potential; everyone receives individualized care to bring them to the same level
of health
P E R I E - Answers - Problem > Etiology > Recommendations > Implementation >
Evaluation
Morbidity - Answers - refers to the illness itself
Mortality - Answers - refers to death from the illness
Disease Distribution - Answers - Who gets the disease? Does everyone have equal
risk?
Disease Incidence - Answers - The rate of new cases of a disease occurring in a
specific population over a particular period of time.
Disease Prevalence - Answers - The number of cases of a disease in a specific
population at a particular time point or over a specified period of time.
Social Determinants of Health - Answers - The conditions in which people are born,
grow, live, work, and age
Redlining - Answers - Systematic way of denying certain groups of people access to
mortgages, loans, homes (racially associated)
Reverse Redlining - Answers - When institutions or organizations purposefully target
neighborhoods
Racism - Answers - Systems of structuring opportunity and assigned value based on
the social interpretation of how one looks that unfairly disadvantages some people and
communities, unfairly advantages other people and communities, and saps the strength
of the whole society through the waste of human resources.
Infant Mortality - Answers - Number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under 1
Allostasis - Answers - Places psychological factors front and center in how we think
about health problems
Food Insecurity - Answers - A lack of consistent access to enough food for an active,
healthy life, due to a lack of available finical resources at the household level
Distinct, but related from hunger, which is a personal, physical sensation of comfort
Communicable Disease - Answers - Disease that can be passed from person to person
(animal to animal, animal to human); infectious disease
