PHP 0320 EXAM 1 VERIFIED STUDY GUIDE
population health - Answers - state of complete well-being among individuals with
shared traits
brief PH timeline - Answers - pre-1850: bad European epidemics -->
quarantine/isolation
1850-1949: hospitals
1950-1999: expansion of safety net
1999- : community health threats
PH philosophy - Answers - balance of population interest and individuals
PH values - Answers - state of well-being, right to care, interdependence, trust,
collaboration, participation
Chadwick - Answers - increases in QL will improve health
Shattuck - Answers - creates first vital statistics record
DALYs - Answers - disability-adjusted life years
ecosocial perspective - Answers - individual at center, then moves outward by cluster
life course perspective - Answers - age-related
critical period - Answers - exposures at critical development stage (perinatal through
adolescence)
sensitive period - Answers - exposures that have greater impact than other times
(adolescence, late life)
chains of risk - Answers - series of exposures that compound (e.g. low SES --> smoking
--> opioid OD)
accumulation - Answers - combination of all exposures throughout life
HALE - Answers - healthy life expectancy - avg. number of years in full health minus
number of years w/ injury/disease
multimorbidity - Answers - many diseases at once
WHO def. of optimized health for elderly - Answers - 1. meet basic needs
2. learn/decide
population health - Answers - state of complete well-being among individuals with
shared traits
brief PH timeline - Answers - pre-1850: bad European epidemics -->
quarantine/isolation
1850-1949: hospitals
1950-1999: expansion of safety net
1999- : community health threats
PH philosophy - Answers - balance of population interest and individuals
PH values - Answers - state of well-being, right to care, interdependence, trust,
collaboration, participation
Chadwick - Answers - increases in QL will improve health
Shattuck - Answers - creates first vital statistics record
DALYs - Answers - disability-adjusted life years
ecosocial perspective - Answers - individual at center, then moves outward by cluster
life course perspective - Answers - age-related
critical period - Answers - exposures at critical development stage (perinatal through
adolescence)
sensitive period - Answers - exposures that have greater impact than other times
(adolescence, late life)
chains of risk - Answers - series of exposures that compound (e.g. low SES --> smoking
--> opioid OD)
accumulation - Answers - combination of all exposures throughout life
HALE - Answers - healthy life expectancy - avg. number of years in full health minus
number of years w/ injury/disease
multimorbidity - Answers - many diseases at once
WHO def. of optimized health for elderly - Answers - 1. meet basic needs
2. learn/decide
