SPHHS 150 FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS
What does Public Health aim to do? - Answers - Provide maximum benefit for the
largest number of people and to fulfill society's
interest in assuring conditions in which [all] people can be healthy
What is a population? - Answers - The total number of individuals or inhabitants in a
region
Examples of population health: - Answers - Adolescents in the US, families living in rural
areas of New England
What is health? - Answers - A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
What does Public Health focus on? - Answers - Population - health for an entire
community
What does Clinical Medicine focus on? - Answers - Individual - treats individual patients
What does Public Health emphasize? - Answers - Prevention - preventing disease early
on through strategies like vaccines and health education
What does Clinical Medicine emphasize? - Answers - Treatment - medical interventions
liken medicine, surgery, to address individual health issues
What is Public Health approach? - Answers - Proactive - aims to prevent health
problems before they occur
What is Clinical Medicine approach? - Answers - Reactive - responds to health
problems as they arise in a patient
Public Health Scope of practice: - Answers - Broader scope - initiatives in schools,
communities, workplaces, gov institutions
Clinical Medicine Scope of practice: - Answers - Clinical settings - hospitals, clinics, and
other healthcare facilities
How Public Health work gets done: - Answers - Interdisciplinary - collaboration across
different sectors, such as social services, education, environmental agencies
How Clinical Medicine work gets done: - Answers - Direct patient interaction - work
directly with the patients and their families
, What is Public Health: - Answers - The science of protecting and improving the health of
families and communities through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for
disease and injury prevention, and detection for infectious diseases
Public Health In Action - Answers - Several areas of focus:
- we make it safe to eat and drink in Mass
- we ensure that the environment is healthy and safe
- we prevent injury, illness, and premature death
- we give children a healthy start and support people in vulnerable situations
- we ensure that hospitals and other places meet highest standards
- we help prepare to respond to violence
-we prioritize equity and resources
What are the sciences that makeup PH? - Answers - 1. Biomedical Sciences (Biology,
Chem)
2. Epidemiology
3. Biostatistics
4. Environmental Sciences
5. Social and Behavioral Sciences (Psych)
6. Health Policy and Management
Examples of PH activity - Answers - Prevention: vaccination and screening
Environmental Health: air and water quality monitoring
Control of Infectious Diseases: quarantine
Other interventions can be school health programs, vehicle laws
Core Functions of PH - Answers - Assessment: identify the threats to health
Policy development: create solutions to fix and target the issue
Assurance: monitor the success of the solutions
10 Essential Services of PH: - Answers -
What is Assessment? - Answers - Collecting and analyzing data
1. Assess and monitor population health
2. Investigate and diagnose health root causes
What is Policy Development? - Answers - 3. Communicate effectively to inform and
educate
4. Strengthen and mobilize communities
5. Create and implement policies, plans, laws
6. Utilize legal and regulatory actions
What is Assurance? - Answers - -Guarantee
7. Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health
8. Improve and innovate through evaluation and research
9. Build a diverse skilled workforce
What does Public Health aim to do? - Answers - Provide maximum benefit for the
largest number of people and to fulfill society's
interest in assuring conditions in which [all] people can be healthy
What is a population? - Answers - The total number of individuals or inhabitants in a
region
Examples of population health: - Answers - Adolescents in the US, families living in rural
areas of New England
What is health? - Answers - A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
What does Public Health focus on? - Answers - Population - health for an entire
community
What does Clinical Medicine focus on? - Answers - Individual - treats individual patients
What does Public Health emphasize? - Answers - Prevention - preventing disease early
on through strategies like vaccines and health education
What does Clinical Medicine emphasize? - Answers - Treatment - medical interventions
liken medicine, surgery, to address individual health issues
What is Public Health approach? - Answers - Proactive - aims to prevent health
problems before they occur
What is Clinical Medicine approach? - Answers - Reactive - responds to health
problems as they arise in a patient
Public Health Scope of practice: - Answers - Broader scope - initiatives in schools,
communities, workplaces, gov institutions
Clinical Medicine Scope of practice: - Answers - Clinical settings - hospitals, clinics, and
other healthcare facilities
How Public Health work gets done: - Answers - Interdisciplinary - collaboration across
different sectors, such as social services, education, environmental agencies
How Clinical Medicine work gets done: - Answers - Direct patient interaction - work
directly with the patients and their families
, What is Public Health: - Answers - The science of protecting and improving the health of
families and communities through the promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for
disease and injury prevention, and detection for infectious diseases
Public Health In Action - Answers - Several areas of focus:
- we make it safe to eat and drink in Mass
- we ensure that the environment is healthy and safe
- we prevent injury, illness, and premature death
- we give children a healthy start and support people in vulnerable situations
- we ensure that hospitals and other places meet highest standards
- we help prepare to respond to violence
-we prioritize equity and resources
What are the sciences that makeup PH? - Answers - 1. Biomedical Sciences (Biology,
Chem)
2. Epidemiology
3. Biostatistics
4. Environmental Sciences
5. Social and Behavioral Sciences (Psych)
6. Health Policy and Management
Examples of PH activity - Answers - Prevention: vaccination and screening
Environmental Health: air and water quality monitoring
Control of Infectious Diseases: quarantine
Other interventions can be school health programs, vehicle laws
Core Functions of PH - Answers - Assessment: identify the threats to health
Policy development: create solutions to fix and target the issue
Assurance: monitor the success of the solutions
10 Essential Services of PH: - Answers -
What is Assessment? - Answers - Collecting and analyzing data
1. Assess and monitor population health
2. Investigate and diagnose health root causes
What is Policy Development? - Answers - 3. Communicate effectively to inform and
educate
4. Strengthen and mobilize communities
5. Create and implement policies, plans, laws
6. Utilize legal and regulatory actions
What is Assurance? - Answers - -Guarantee
7. Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health
8. Improve and innovate through evaluation and research
9. Build a diverse skilled workforce
