COMPLETE EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRCT ANSWERS
\.the health status of a defined group of people & the actions &
conditions to promote, protect, & preserve their health - ANSWERS-
Community Health
\.a group of individuals identified by at least one common characteristic
- ANSWERS-Community
\.name the 4 factors that contribute to health - ANSWERS-physical
factors, community organization, social cultural factors, individual
behaviors
\.actions the society takes collectively to ensure that the conditions in
which people can be healthy can occur - ANSWERS-Public Health
\.the organizational mechanism of those activities undertaken within
the formal structure to government & the associated efforts of private
& voluntary organizations & individuals - ANSWERS-Public Health
System
,\.the lead international public health agency - ANSWERS-World Health
Organization
\.-division of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
-began with malaria control & grew to every aspect of human health
-national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and
control - ANSWERS-CDC
\.American Red Cross, government funds part of an organization but
doesn't regulate anything - ANSWERS-quasi-governmental agencies
\.American Cancer Society, March of Dimes, Kiwanis International -
ANSWERS-non-governmental agencies
\.derived from "hal" meaning "hale, sound, whole" meaning a dynamic
state or condition of the human organism that is multidimensional in
nature, a resource for living & results from a person's interactions with
adaptations to his/her environment - ANSWERS-Health
\.health status of people who aren't organized and have no identity as a
group or locality and the actions/conditions to promote, protect, &
preserve their health - ANSWERS-Population Health
, \.describes "health problems, issues, concerns that transcend national
boundaries, may be influenced by circumstances or experiences in
other countries, & are best addressed by cooperative actions and
solutions - ANSWERS-Global Health
\.strives to make sure all people live long, healthy, lives - ANSWERS-
Healthy People 2020
\."increase the number of Americans who are healthy at every stage of
life" - ANSWERS-National Prevention Strategy
\.study of how, when & where diseases occur in populations
(communities)
*focus is prevention/control of the disease - ANSWERS-Epidemiology
\.any deviation from a state of health
-illness, injury, disability, death - ANSWERS-Disease
\.name the three ways you can categorize disease (____ vs_______) -
ANSWERS--infectious vs. non-infectious
-communicable vs. non-communicable
-acute vs. chronic