Y1 PPGH PUBLIC HEALTH UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Define public health: - CORRECT ANSWER - The science and art of preventing disease,
promoting health and well-being and prolonging life through the organised efforts of society
What methods can be used to address determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1)
Legislation
2) Local and national social initiatives (↑ literacy, housing improvement)
3) Specific disease prevention programmes (e.g. immunisation)
What are the three domains of public health? - CORRECT ANSWER - *1) Health protection*
- Communicable diseases
- Environmental hazards (exposure to toxic chemicals/poison)
*2) Health improvement*
- Understanding wider determinants of health
- Housing/education/poverty/etc
- Seeks to improve health via *health promotion*
*3) Improving services*
- How quality of health services may be improved through *evidence-based planning*
Define health: - CORRECT ANSWER - "A state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"
WHO 1948
, Give examples of general health standardised questionnaires: - CORRECT ANSWER - *1)
Short-form 36 (SF-36)*
*2) General health questionnaire (GHQ)*
3) EQ5D
4) NHP
Define demographic transition: - CORRECT ANSWER - The change in the birth and death
rates as a country develops. This alters the shape of population pyramids
The demographic transition model describes the changes that occur as a country moves through
stages of development from a population with high fertility and mortality to one with low
fertility and mortality
Define epidemiological transition: - CORRECT ANSWER - The *shift* in the burden of
mortality and morbidity from *infectious diseases and malnutrition* characteristic of
underdevelopment to *non-communicable diseases* characteristic of development
What is life expectancy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Average length of time that babies born
today can expect to live if today's age and sex-specific mortality rates are applied throughout
their lifetime
What is healthy life expectancy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Combines measures of morbidity
and mortality to give an average length of time that a person in a specified population can expect
to live free of disease
Define fertility rate: - CORRECT ANSWER - Number of live births per 1000 women of
child-bearing age (15-44)
Define infant mortality rate: - CORRECT ANSWER - Infant mortality rate (not true rate) =
Probability of dying before *first* birthday
*= number of death of liveborn infants/ number of live births x 1000*
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Define public health: - CORRECT ANSWER - The science and art of preventing disease,
promoting health and well-being and prolonging life through the organised efforts of society
What methods can be used to address determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1)
Legislation
2) Local and national social initiatives (↑ literacy, housing improvement)
3) Specific disease prevention programmes (e.g. immunisation)
What are the three domains of public health? - CORRECT ANSWER - *1) Health protection*
- Communicable diseases
- Environmental hazards (exposure to toxic chemicals/poison)
*2) Health improvement*
- Understanding wider determinants of health
- Housing/education/poverty/etc
- Seeks to improve health via *health promotion*
*3) Improving services*
- How quality of health services may be improved through *evidence-based planning*
Define health: - CORRECT ANSWER - "A state of complete physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"
WHO 1948
, Give examples of general health standardised questionnaires: - CORRECT ANSWER - *1)
Short-form 36 (SF-36)*
*2) General health questionnaire (GHQ)*
3) EQ5D
4) NHP
Define demographic transition: - CORRECT ANSWER - The change in the birth and death
rates as a country develops. This alters the shape of population pyramids
The demographic transition model describes the changes that occur as a country moves through
stages of development from a population with high fertility and mortality to one with low
fertility and mortality
Define epidemiological transition: - CORRECT ANSWER - The *shift* in the burden of
mortality and morbidity from *infectious diseases and malnutrition* characteristic of
underdevelopment to *non-communicable diseases* characteristic of development
What is life expectancy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Average length of time that babies born
today can expect to live if today's age and sex-specific mortality rates are applied throughout
their lifetime
What is healthy life expectancy? - CORRECT ANSWER - Combines measures of morbidity
and mortality to give an average length of time that a person in a specified population can expect
to live free of disease
Define fertility rate: - CORRECT ANSWER - Number of live births per 1000 women of
child-bearing age (15-44)
Define infant mortality rate: - CORRECT ANSWER - Infant mortality rate (not true rate) =
Probability of dying before *first* birthday
*= number of death of liveborn infants/ number of live births x 1000*
