PHC 4101 Midterm Exam questions well
answered to pass
Who defined public health as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting
physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the
environment, the control of community infections, the education of the individual in principles of
personal hygiene, the organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive
treatment of disease, and the development of the social machinery which will ensure to every individual
in the community a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health" ? - correct answer
✔✔Charles-Edward A. Winslow
Who defined public health as "a coalition of professions united by their shared mission as well as by their
focus on disease prevention and health promotion; their prospective approach in contrast to the reactive
focus of therapeutic medicine, and their common science, epidemiology" ? - correct answer ✔✔The
Institute of Medicine
_____ _____ focuses on preventing illness; assesses the health of the population, diagnoses the
problems, seeks the causes of those problems, and devises strategies to cure them; achievements and
focus on prevention are more abstract than medicine; contributes a great deal more to the health of a
population than medicine does; based on science - when scientists are certain they know all about the
causes of a problem and what should be done about it, a political decision is generally necessary before
action can be taken to solve it. - correct answer ✔✔Public Health
_____ _____ focuses on healing patients who are ill; save money on medical costs because of effective
public health programs; based on science - when a doctor diagnoses a patient's illness and recommends
a treatment, it is up to the patient to accept or reject the doctor's recommendation. - correct answer
✔✔Clinical Medicine
What are the three core functions of public health? - correct answer ✔✔1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
,Which core function of public health is meant to monitor health status to identify community health
problems, as well as diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community? -
correct answer ✔✔Assessment
Which core function of public health is meant to inform, educate, and empower people about health
issues, mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems, and develop policies and
plans that support individual and community health efforts? - correct answer ✔✔Policy Development
Which core function of public health is meant to enforce laws and regulations that protect health and
ensure safety, link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care
when otherwise unavailable, assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce, and
evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services? -
correct answer ✔✔Assurance
What are the 5 steps in approaching health problems in a community? - correct answer ✔✔1. Define the
health problem
2. Identify the risk factors associated with the problem
3. Develop and test community-level interventions to control or prevent the cause of the problem
4. Implement interventions to improve the health of the population
5. Monitor those interventions to assess the effectiveness
The main task of _______ is to develop interventions designed to prevent specific problems that have
been identified either through an assessment process initiated by a public health agency or through
community has a high rate of cancer in comparison with other similar communities. - correct answer
✔✔Prevention
______ prevention prevents an illness or injury from occurring at all, by preventing exposure to risk
factors. - correct answer ✔✔Primary
These two scenarios are examples of what type of prevention?
-Prevention for cancer includes efforts to discourage teenagers from smoking and efforts to encourage
smokers to quit
-Prevention of crashes by building divided highways and installing traffic lights - correct answer
✔✔Primary Prevention
, ______ prevention seeks to minimize the severity of the illness or the damage due to an injury-causing
event once the even has occurred. - correct answer ✔✔Secondary
These two scenarios are examples of what type of prevention?
-Screening programs established are established to detect cancer early when it is still treatable
-Design of safer automobiles with stronger bumpers, padded dashboards, seat belts, and airbags; laws
requiring drivers and passengers to wear the seat belts - correct answer ✔✔Secondary Prevention
_______ prevention seeks to minimize disability by providing medical care and rehabilitation services. -
correct answer ✔✔Tertiary
These two scenarios are examples of what type of prevention?
-Involves the medical treatment and rehabilitation of cancer patients
-Required development of emergency medical services including ambulances, 911 calling networks, and
trauma centers - correct answer ✔✔Tertiary Prevention
The chain of causation model involves what three things? - correct answer ✔✔-An agent
-A host
-The environment
What model is the traditional approach when thinking of infectious diseases? - correct answer ✔✔The
Chain of Causation Model
An example of an agent in the chain of causation model would be what? - correct answer ✔✔A disease-
causing bacterium or virus
An example of a host in the chain of causation model would be what? - correct answer ✔✔A susceptible
human being
answered to pass
Who defined public health as "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting
physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the
environment, the control of community infections, the education of the individual in principles of
personal hygiene, the organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive
treatment of disease, and the development of the social machinery which will ensure to every individual
in the community a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health" ? - correct answer
✔✔Charles-Edward A. Winslow
Who defined public health as "a coalition of professions united by their shared mission as well as by their
focus on disease prevention and health promotion; their prospective approach in contrast to the reactive
focus of therapeutic medicine, and their common science, epidemiology" ? - correct answer ✔✔The
Institute of Medicine
_____ _____ focuses on preventing illness; assesses the health of the population, diagnoses the
problems, seeks the causes of those problems, and devises strategies to cure them; achievements and
focus on prevention are more abstract than medicine; contributes a great deal more to the health of a
population than medicine does; based on science - when scientists are certain they know all about the
causes of a problem and what should be done about it, a political decision is generally necessary before
action can be taken to solve it. - correct answer ✔✔Public Health
_____ _____ focuses on healing patients who are ill; save money on medical costs because of effective
public health programs; based on science - when a doctor diagnoses a patient's illness and recommends
a treatment, it is up to the patient to accept or reject the doctor's recommendation. - correct answer
✔✔Clinical Medicine
What are the three core functions of public health? - correct answer ✔✔1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
,Which core function of public health is meant to monitor health status to identify community health
problems, as well as diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community? -
correct answer ✔✔Assessment
Which core function of public health is meant to inform, educate, and empower people about health
issues, mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems, and develop policies and
plans that support individual and community health efforts? - correct answer ✔✔Policy Development
Which core function of public health is meant to enforce laws and regulations that protect health and
ensure safety, link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care
when otherwise unavailable, assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce, and
evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services? -
correct answer ✔✔Assurance
What are the 5 steps in approaching health problems in a community? - correct answer ✔✔1. Define the
health problem
2. Identify the risk factors associated with the problem
3. Develop and test community-level interventions to control or prevent the cause of the problem
4. Implement interventions to improve the health of the population
5. Monitor those interventions to assess the effectiveness
The main task of _______ is to develop interventions designed to prevent specific problems that have
been identified either through an assessment process initiated by a public health agency or through
community has a high rate of cancer in comparison with other similar communities. - correct answer
✔✔Prevention
______ prevention prevents an illness or injury from occurring at all, by preventing exposure to risk
factors. - correct answer ✔✔Primary
These two scenarios are examples of what type of prevention?
-Prevention for cancer includes efforts to discourage teenagers from smoking and efforts to encourage
smokers to quit
-Prevention of crashes by building divided highways and installing traffic lights - correct answer
✔✔Primary Prevention
, ______ prevention seeks to minimize the severity of the illness or the damage due to an injury-causing
event once the even has occurred. - correct answer ✔✔Secondary
These two scenarios are examples of what type of prevention?
-Screening programs established are established to detect cancer early when it is still treatable
-Design of safer automobiles with stronger bumpers, padded dashboards, seat belts, and airbags; laws
requiring drivers and passengers to wear the seat belts - correct answer ✔✔Secondary Prevention
_______ prevention seeks to minimize disability by providing medical care and rehabilitation services. -
correct answer ✔✔Tertiary
These two scenarios are examples of what type of prevention?
-Involves the medical treatment and rehabilitation of cancer patients
-Required development of emergency medical services including ambulances, 911 calling networks, and
trauma centers - correct answer ✔✔Tertiary Prevention
The chain of causation model involves what three things? - correct answer ✔✔-An agent
-A host
-The environment
What model is the traditional approach when thinking of infectious diseases? - correct answer ✔✔The
Chain of Causation Model
An example of an agent in the chain of causation model would be what? - correct answer ✔✔A disease-
causing bacterium or virus
An example of a host in the chain of causation model would be what? - correct answer ✔✔A susceptible
human being
