Public Health 201 Exam 2
Noncommunicable disease - correct answer ✔✔not passed from person to person, not mainly caused by
an acute infection, of long duration and generally slow progression
cardiovascular, cancers, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, mental health - correct answer ✔✔4 main
types of noncommunicable disease + other
burden of noncommunicable disease - correct answer ✔✔major cause of death and disability in the
world
Epidemiological/public health transition - correct answer ✔✔as social and economic development
occurs, different types of diseases become prominent
5 prevention, curative and rehabilitative approaches - correct answer ✔✔screening, multiple risk factor
reduction and multiple evidence based interventions, cost effective treatments, genetics, research
screening - correct answer ✔✔asymptomatic individuals tested
screening criteria - correct answer ✔✔disease produces substantial death/disability, early detection is
possible and improves outcome, feasible testing strategy for screening, screening is acceptable in terms
of harms/costs/and patient acceptance
multiple risk factor reduction - correct answer ✔✔simultaneous efforts to reduce more than one risk
factor (ex; coronary artery disease)
Multiple evidence based interventions - correct answer ✔✔population health approach (combines
health care, traditional public health, and social interventions
cost-effectiveness - correct answer ✔✔combines the issues of benefits and harms with issues of
financial costs
, genetic prevention - correct answer ✔✔incorporates efforts to prevent the occurrence of single genes or
multiple gene combinations that are likely to produce disease
genetic detection prior to disease - correct answer ✔✔efforts aimed at the detection of genetic defects
and the implementation of early intervention to prevent phenotypic expression of genes
gene-environment protection - correct answer ✔✔identify individuals who are especially likely to
develop disease when they experience specific environmental exposures
genotypic-based screening for early disease - correct answer ✔✔combinations of genes may identify
groups that are at a high risk for common diseases
communicable disease transmission - correct answer ✔✔transmitted from person to person, animals to
person, and environment to person
communicable disease - correct answer ✔✔a disease due to an organism such as bacteria or a virus that
is transmitted form person to person or from animals or the physical environment to humans by a
variety of routes, including from air and water, contaminated articles or fomites, and insect bites and
animal bites. Here considered a subset of infectious disease
cause of communicable disease - correct answer ✔✔bacteria, viruses, parasites (malaria, hookworm)
Burden of CD - correct answer ✔✔for many centuries, communicable diseases were the leading cause of
death and disability among all ages, but especially among the young and the old
outbreak - correct answer ✔✔smaller amounts, increased #of frequency of a HRE in a certain area
(typically foodborne )
epidemics - correct answer ✔✔increased frequency than what is normal of a HRE in a particular region,
community, or population (larger area than outbreaks & usually larger population)
Noncommunicable disease - correct answer ✔✔not passed from person to person, not mainly caused by
an acute infection, of long duration and generally slow progression
cardiovascular, cancers, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, mental health - correct answer ✔✔4 main
types of noncommunicable disease + other
burden of noncommunicable disease - correct answer ✔✔major cause of death and disability in the
world
Epidemiological/public health transition - correct answer ✔✔as social and economic development
occurs, different types of diseases become prominent
5 prevention, curative and rehabilitative approaches - correct answer ✔✔screening, multiple risk factor
reduction and multiple evidence based interventions, cost effective treatments, genetics, research
screening - correct answer ✔✔asymptomatic individuals tested
screening criteria - correct answer ✔✔disease produces substantial death/disability, early detection is
possible and improves outcome, feasible testing strategy for screening, screening is acceptable in terms
of harms/costs/and patient acceptance
multiple risk factor reduction - correct answer ✔✔simultaneous efforts to reduce more than one risk
factor (ex; coronary artery disease)
Multiple evidence based interventions - correct answer ✔✔population health approach (combines
health care, traditional public health, and social interventions
cost-effectiveness - correct answer ✔✔combines the issues of benefits and harms with issues of
financial costs
, genetic prevention - correct answer ✔✔incorporates efforts to prevent the occurrence of single genes or
multiple gene combinations that are likely to produce disease
genetic detection prior to disease - correct answer ✔✔efforts aimed at the detection of genetic defects
and the implementation of early intervention to prevent phenotypic expression of genes
gene-environment protection - correct answer ✔✔identify individuals who are especially likely to
develop disease when they experience specific environmental exposures
genotypic-based screening for early disease - correct answer ✔✔combinations of genes may identify
groups that are at a high risk for common diseases
communicable disease transmission - correct answer ✔✔transmitted from person to person, animals to
person, and environment to person
communicable disease - correct answer ✔✔a disease due to an organism such as bacteria or a virus that
is transmitted form person to person or from animals or the physical environment to humans by a
variety of routes, including from air and water, contaminated articles or fomites, and insect bites and
animal bites. Here considered a subset of infectious disease
cause of communicable disease - correct answer ✔✔bacteria, viruses, parasites (malaria, hookworm)
Burden of CD - correct answer ✔✔for many centuries, communicable diseases were the leading cause of
death and disability among all ages, but especially among the young and the old
outbreak - correct answer ✔✔smaller amounts, increased #of frequency of a HRE in a certain area
(typically foodborne )
epidemics - correct answer ✔✔increased frequency than what is normal of a HRE in a particular region,
community, or population (larger area than outbreaks & usually larger population)
