SCN 195 Community Health Exam 1 with
verified answers to pass
Community Health - correct answer ✔✔non-clinical approaches for improving health,
preventing disease and reducing disparities through addressing social, behaviors;
environmental, economic and medical determinants of health in a geographically defined
population
Health education - correct answer ✔✔The development of individual, group, institutional,
community and systemic
strategies to improve health knowledge, attitudes, skills and behavior
Focus of Public Health in U.S until 1950s - correct answer ✔✔Public health efforts have focused
upon the control of infectious diseases
1970's Public Health Focus - correct answer ✔✔Recognized that health promotion efforts have
great potential for reducing
morbidity, saving lives, and reducing costs
Cultural Competency - correct answer ✔✔the ability to understand, appreciate, and interact
with persons from cultures different from our own
Epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence,
distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people.
Mortality Rate - correct answer ✔✔the number of deaths per 100,000
verified answers to pass
Community Health - correct answer ✔✔non-clinical approaches for improving health,
preventing disease and reducing disparities through addressing social, behaviors;
environmental, economic and medical determinants of health in a geographically defined
population
Health education - correct answer ✔✔The development of individual, group, institutional,
community and systemic
strategies to improve health knowledge, attitudes, skills and behavior
Focus of Public Health in U.S until 1950s - correct answer ✔✔Public health efforts have focused
upon the control of infectious diseases
1970's Public Health Focus - correct answer ✔✔Recognized that health promotion efforts have
great potential for reducing
morbidity, saving lives, and reducing costs
Cultural Competency - correct answer ✔✔the ability to understand, appreciate, and interact
with persons from cultures different from our own
Epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔Branch of medical science concerned with the incidence,
distribution, and control of diseases that affect large numbers of people.
Mortality Rate - correct answer ✔✔the number of deaths per 100,000
