CPH: Evidence-based public health
approach
what is public health? - correct answer ✔✔aims to prevent a population from experiencing ill health and
to achieve health equity, eliminate health disparities, and improve the health of all groups
functions of public health - correct answer ✔✔assessment
policy development
assurance
assessment - correct answer ✔✔1. assess and monitor public health
2. investigate, diagnose, and address health hazards and root causes
policy development - correct answer ✔✔1. communicate effectively to inform and educate
2. strengthen, support, and mobilize communicates and partnerships
3. create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws
assurance - correct answer ✔✔1. enable equitable access
2. build a diverse and skilled workforce
3. improve and innovate through evaluation, research, and quality improvement
4. build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health
determinants of health - correct answer ✔✔30% genetics, 40% individual behavior, 20% social and
environmental factors, 10% health care
Evidence-based public health approach - correct answer ✔✔problem, etiology, recommendations,
implementation, evaluation (PERIE)
, what is the health problem? - correct answer ✔✔need to address: burden of disease, course of disease,
distribution of disease
burden of disease - correct answer ✔✔the occurrence of disability and death due to a disease
course of disease - correct answer ✔✔asks how often the disease occurs, how likely it is to be present
currently, and what happens once it occurs
distribution of disease - correct answer ✔✔1. asks who gets the disease, where they are located, when
does the disease occur
2. may help generate ideas or hypotheses about the disease's etiology
rate - correct answer ✔✔burden and course of disease requires the use of this measurement
what does the numerator measure in a rate? - correct answer ✔✔measures the number of times an
event, such as the diagnosis of lung cancer, occurs
what does the denominator measure in a rate? - correct answer ✔✔measures the number of times the
event could occur
-often times the total population is used as the denominator, as well as the at-risk population
incidence rate - correct answer ✔✔measures the chances of developing a disease over a period of time -
usually one year
incidence rate equation - correct answer ✔✔incidence rate = # of new cases of a disease in a year / # of
people in the at-risk population
mortality rate - correct answer ✔✔type of incidence rate that measures the incidence of death due to a
disease during a particular year
prevalence equation - correct answer ✔✔# living with a particular disease / # at-risk population
approach
what is public health? - correct answer ✔✔aims to prevent a population from experiencing ill health and
to achieve health equity, eliminate health disparities, and improve the health of all groups
functions of public health - correct answer ✔✔assessment
policy development
assurance
assessment - correct answer ✔✔1. assess and monitor public health
2. investigate, diagnose, and address health hazards and root causes
policy development - correct answer ✔✔1. communicate effectively to inform and educate
2. strengthen, support, and mobilize communicates and partnerships
3. create, champion, and implement policies, plans, and laws
assurance - correct answer ✔✔1. enable equitable access
2. build a diverse and skilled workforce
3. improve and innovate through evaluation, research, and quality improvement
4. build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public health
determinants of health - correct answer ✔✔30% genetics, 40% individual behavior, 20% social and
environmental factors, 10% health care
Evidence-based public health approach - correct answer ✔✔problem, etiology, recommendations,
implementation, evaluation (PERIE)
, what is the health problem? - correct answer ✔✔need to address: burden of disease, course of disease,
distribution of disease
burden of disease - correct answer ✔✔the occurrence of disability and death due to a disease
course of disease - correct answer ✔✔asks how often the disease occurs, how likely it is to be present
currently, and what happens once it occurs
distribution of disease - correct answer ✔✔1. asks who gets the disease, where they are located, when
does the disease occur
2. may help generate ideas or hypotheses about the disease's etiology
rate - correct answer ✔✔burden and course of disease requires the use of this measurement
what does the numerator measure in a rate? - correct answer ✔✔measures the number of times an
event, such as the diagnosis of lung cancer, occurs
what does the denominator measure in a rate? - correct answer ✔✔measures the number of times the
event could occur
-often times the total population is used as the denominator, as well as the at-risk population
incidence rate - correct answer ✔✔measures the chances of developing a disease over a period of time -
usually one year
incidence rate equation - correct answer ✔✔incidence rate = # of new cases of a disease in a year / # of
people in the at-risk population
mortality rate - correct answer ✔✔type of incidence rate that measures the incidence of death due to a
disease during a particular year
prevalence equation - correct answer ✔✔# living with a particular disease / # at-risk population
