BPH 206 Exam 2 Study Questions and Answers Graded A 2024

Public Health in America Statement: essential roles of government related to public health - Assessment, policy development, and assurance Assessment - Includes obtaining data that defines the health of the overall population and specific groups within the population, including defining the nature of new and persisting health problems Policy Development - includes developing evidence-based recommendations and other analyses of options such as health policy analysis, to guide implantation, including efforts to educate and mobilize community partnerships Assurance - includes governmental public healths oversight responsibility for ensuring that key components of an effective health system including health care and public health are in place even though implementation will often be performed by others what are the essential health services as defined by IOM? - 1.Monitor health status and identify and solve community health problems 2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community 3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues 4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems 5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts 6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety 7. Link people to needed personal health serves and ensure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable 8. Ensure the provision of competent public and personal healthcare workforce 9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population based health services 10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems What essential health services fall under assessment? - 1.Monitor health status and identify and solve community health problems (ex: vital statistics, health surveys, surveillance, including reporting diseases) 2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community (epidemiologic identification of emerging health threats ex: state public health laboratories, CDC, epidemic investigations) What essential health services fall under policy development? - 3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues (social marketing,etc. ex: health education campaigns like comprehensive state tobacco programs) 4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems (convening and facilitating community groups etc. ex: lead control programs; testing and follow up of children, reduction of lead exposure, educational follow up, and addressing underlying causes) 5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts (development of codes, regulations, and legislation to guide public health, leadership development at all levels of public health. ex: newborn screenings and follow up programs for PKU and other genetic and congenital disease)