HED EXAM1 Questions and Answers
activities aimed at improving or protecting the health of a population or community - Answer-
community health
the top 2 causes of death in the US - Answer-cancer and cardiovascular disease
conditions or behaviors that make it more likely a person will acquire a disease - Answer-risk factors
when people do not have access to fresh fruits, vegetables, and/or healthy refrigerated items - Answer-
food deserts
list 3 differences between public health officials and physicians in serving the public - Answer-public
health: focuses on the group, forms assumptions, seeks to prevent disease
physician: lab tools, doesn't take other factors into account just individual factors, prescribed
medications, treats disease
the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group of society - Answer-social norms
years of life lost are calculated by this formula - Answer-75 - age of death
, population specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcome, or access to care - Answer-
health disparity
number of events in a given population over a given period of time or given point in time - Answer-rates
list 3 types of vehicles - Answer-blood, food, water, inanimate objects
this type of cancer is most common in younger men - Answer-testicular
this type of cancer is most common in older men - Answer-prostate
causes of disease that occur occasionally at irregular intervals and name of one disease - Answer-
sporadic
- tetanus, chicken pox
what are the two races/ethnicities with the highest increase in HIV infections - Answer-african american
and hispanic/latino
malaria is an example of what kind of disease - Answer-endemic
the number of new and existing cases of illness/disease in a population - Answer-prevalence
cannot be transmitted from an infected person to a non infected person
- name one example - Answer-non-communicable disease
- diabetes, asthma
activities aimed at improving or protecting the health of a population or community - Answer-
community health
the top 2 causes of death in the US - Answer-cancer and cardiovascular disease
conditions or behaviors that make it more likely a person will acquire a disease - Answer-risk factors
when people do not have access to fresh fruits, vegetables, and/or healthy refrigerated items - Answer-
food deserts
list 3 differences between public health officials and physicians in serving the public - Answer-public
health: focuses on the group, forms assumptions, seeks to prevent disease
physician: lab tools, doesn't take other factors into account just individual factors, prescribed
medications, treats disease
the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group of society - Answer-social norms
years of life lost are calculated by this formula - Answer-75 - age of death
, population specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcome, or access to care - Answer-
health disparity
number of events in a given population over a given period of time or given point in time - Answer-rates
list 3 types of vehicles - Answer-blood, food, water, inanimate objects
this type of cancer is most common in younger men - Answer-testicular
this type of cancer is most common in older men - Answer-prostate
causes of disease that occur occasionally at irregular intervals and name of one disease - Answer-
sporadic
- tetanus, chicken pox
what are the two races/ethnicities with the highest increase in HIV infections - Answer-african american
and hispanic/latino
malaria is an example of what kind of disease - Answer-endemic
the number of new and existing cases of illness/disease in a population - Answer-prevalence
cannot be transmitted from an infected person to a non infected person
- name one example - Answer-non-communicable disease
- diabetes, asthma
