FNDH 600 Public Health Exam 1 | 100% Correct | Verified | 2024 Version

Life Expectancy in the USA has increased since 1900 by about 25 years due to advances in drug and medical care - False The CDC and WHO work to improve population health entirely by making sure that each person in the population takes personal responsibility for their own health - False This federal-level public health organization is part of the Department of Health and Human Services, has more than 21,000 employees working in 50 countries, and a total budget of about $15.4 billion. They work 24/7 to protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the US. - Center for Disease Control and Prevention The 3 major functions or core functions of public health incluse - Assurance policy development Assessment The level of prevention that involves preventing complications of diseases is called - Tertiary Prevention According to Dr. Greg Martin, public health is the discipline that addresses health at ___ level - a population Which of these is something a public health professional is LEAST LIKELY TO DO in their profession? - Refuse to help people who fail to get vaccinated If recent trends continue with US demographics - The share of white population is expected to decline to less than half of all Americans after 2045From the very beginning in 1948, WHO's top priorities inclided - -Nutrition -Malaria and environmental sanitation -Women's health and venereal disease -Children's Health According to Warin (2018), "...these dominant discourses about an individual 's ignorance and the marked differences in food provision, types of health education and information, suggested that people's knowledge about healthy eating was less sophisticated in one locale, and they need to be educated with basic information and cooking lessons to help them change their 'ill-informed' eating behaviours." In this statement, the author is mainly highlighting perceived differences between: - Higher and lower socio-economic areas According to Warin (2018), there is very strong evidence that interventions that try to change people's behaviors in isolation have limited efficacy and cost-effectiveness - True Warin (2018) clearly saw obesity as a problem of an individual lacking education and knowledge - False Warin (2018) ethnographic fieldwork included all of the following except: - Having participants keep a food log During the 20th century, population-wide vaccinations resulted in the eradication of - Polio and smallpox Epidemiology - The study of the distribution and determinants of disease or health status in a population Health education - Programs designed with a community to help it know about health risks and how to reduce these risks health promotion - The process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their healthPreventi