HEP 3600 - UNIT 1 EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY
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What needs to happen for improve health - Answers Individual actions to improve
personal health and organized community actions
Community - Answers A group of people who have common characteristics
Public health - Answers actions that society takes collectively to ensure that the
conditions in which people can be healthy can occur; most inclusive term
Community health - Answers the health status of a defined group of people and the
actions and conditions to promote, protect, and preserve their health
Population health - Answers the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including
the distribution of such outcomes within the group
Global health - Answers health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national
boundaries and are beyond the control of individual nations, and are best addressed by
cooperative actions and solutions
Public health system - Answers the organizational mechanism of those activities
undertaken within the formal structure of government and the associated efforts of
private and voluntary organizations and individuals
Personal health activities - Answers Individual actions and decision making that
affect the health of an individual or his or her immediate family members or friends
Community/public health activities - Answers activities aimed at protecting or
imporving the health of population or community. Maintaining birth and death
records, protecting food and water supply. For example proper garbage disposal. No
smoking laws.
Factors that affect the health of a community - Answers physical, social and cultural,
community organization, individual behaviors
Physical factors: geography - Answers Altitude, latitude, climate
Physical factors: environment - Answers Population growth, depletion of
nonrenewable resources, built environment
Physical factors: community size - Answers The larger the community, the greater
the range of health problems and health resources; communicable disease issues; size
has both positive and negative impacts
Physical factors: industrial development - Answers Provides a community with added
resources and infrastructure for community health programs, but it may bring with it
environmental pollution and occupational injuries and illnesses
Social and cultural factors - Answers beliefs, traditions, and prejudices;
economics;
politics;
religion;
socioeconomic status;
social norms
How far does archeological evidence of community health activities date back to -
Answers 2000 BCE
Imhotep - Answers Father of medicine
Leonardo da Vinci - Answers Scientist inventor, mathematician, engineer, artist
(e.g.Mona Lisa), etc. This genius produced numerous anatomical drawings based
on dissection. For example this depiction of the Vitruvian Man
Fricastoro (1483-1553) - Answers spoke of disease being caused by "invisible seeds"
that penetrate and multiply in the human body.
LATEST UPDATE 2026
What needs to happen for improve health - Answers Individual actions to improve
personal health and organized community actions
Community - Answers A group of people who have common characteristics
Public health - Answers actions that society takes collectively to ensure that the
conditions in which people can be healthy can occur; most inclusive term
Community health - Answers the health status of a defined group of people and the
actions and conditions to promote, protect, and preserve their health
Population health - Answers the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including
the distribution of such outcomes within the group
Global health - Answers health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national
boundaries and are beyond the control of individual nations, and are best addressed by
cooperative actions and solutions
Public health system - Answers the organizational mechanism of those activities
undertaken within the formal structure of government and the associated efforts of
private and voluntary organizations and individuals
Personal health activities - Answers Individual actions and decision making that
affect the health of an individual or his or her immediate family members or friends
Community/public health activities - Answers activities aimed at protecting or
imporving the health of population or community. Maintaining birth and death
records, protecting food and water supply. For example proper garbage disposal. No
smoking laws.
Factors that affect the health of a community - Answers physical, social and cultural,
community organization, individual behaviors
Physical factors: geography - Answers Altitude, latitude, climate
Physical factors: environment - Answers Population growth, depletion of
nonrenewable resources, built environment
Physical factors: community size - Answers The larger the community, the greater
the range of health problems and health resources; communicable disease issues; size
has both positive and negative impacts
Physical factors: industrial development - Answers Provides a community with added
resources and infrastructure for community health programs, but it may bring with it
environmental pollution and occupational injuries and illnesses
Social and cultural factors - Answers beliefs, traditions, and prejudices;
economics;
politics;
religion;
socioeconomic status;
social norms
How far does archeological evidence of community health activities date back to -
Answers 2000 BCE
Imhotep - Answers Father of medicine
Leonardo da Vinci - Answers Scientist inventor, mathematician, engineer, artist
(e.g.Mona Lisa), etc. This genius produced numerous anatomical drawings based
on dissection. For example this depiction of the Vitruvian Man
Fricastoro (1483-1553) - Answers spoke of disease being caused by "invisible seeds"
that penetrate and multiply in the human body.
