Community Health Final Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
Three aspects of disease prevention - ANSWER-Agent, Environment, Susceptible
host
Aim of Primary prevention - ANSWER-stop a disease before it occurs
Herd immunity - ANSWER-Resistance of a population to spread of an infectious
organism due to the immunity of a high proportion of the population
Attenuated whole agent vaccine - ANSWER-Contains living, weakened microbes
that are capable of infection the human host but incapable of causing disease
Inactivated whole agent vaccine - ANSWER-Contains inactivated "dead" microbes
that are wholly incapable of infecting the host
Toxoid vaccine - ANSWER-Contains inactivated bacterial toxins that have no
chance of causing disease but immunity from the vaccine is short lived
Acellular vaccine - ANSWER-a vaccine made from a part or parts of an infectious
agent that does not contain whole cells
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, Conjugated vaccine - ANSWER-Contains sugars purified from bacterial capsules
combined with a carrier module, usually used on children
Methods of primary prevention of injury - ANSWER-Education, regulation,
automatic protection (child proof locks, air bags, etc.), and lawsuits
Methods of primary prevention of chronic diseases - ANSWER-Education on risk
factors (smoking, dieting, etc.) and reduction and elimination of those risk factors
Influenza - ANSWER-Respiratory infectious disease cause by the Influenza virus
Transmission of Influenza - ANSWER-The transfer of the virus from inanimate
objects to nose/mouth/eyes, and/or airborne routes
Treatment of Influenza - ANSWER-Over the counter drugs for symptoms;
Antiviral drugs Amantadine, Relenza and Tamiflue if take by second day of disease
process
Prevention of Influenza - ANSWER-Injected inactivated Influenza vaccine (IIV)
or nasal live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) given annually
Hemaglutinin - ANSWER-part of Influenza virus that attaches the virus to the
host
Neuraminidase - ANSWER-part of Influenza virus that promotes viral infection
Aim of secondary prevention - ANSWER-Stop or slow the progression of a
disease in the earliest possible stage to prevent impairment, disability, or death.
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Questions and Answers
Three aspects of disease prevention - ANSWER-Agent, Environment, Susceptible
host
Aim of Primary prevention - ANSWER-stop a disease before it occurs
Herd immunity - ANSWER-Resistance of a population to spread of an infectious
organism due to the immunity of a high proportion of the population
Attenuated whole agent vaccine - ANSWER-Contains living, weakened microbes
that are capable of infection the human host but incapable of causing disease
Inactivated whole agent vaccine - ANSWER-Contains inactivated "dead" microbes
that are wholly incapable of infecting the host
Toxoid vaccine - ANSWER-Contains inactivated bacterial toxins that have no
chance of causing disease but immunity from the vaccine is short lived
Acellular vaccine - ANSWER-a vaccine made from a part or parts of an infectious
agent that does not contain whole cells
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, Conjugated vaccine - ANSWER-Contains sugars purified from bacterial capsules
combined with a carrier module, usually used on children
Methods of primary prevention of injury - ANSWER-Education, regulation,
automatic protection (child proof locks, air bags, etc.), and lawsuits
Methods of primary prevention of chronic diseases - ANSWER-Education on risk
factors (smoking, dieting, etc.) and reduction and elimination of those risk factors
Influenza - ANSWER-Respiratory infectious disease cause by the Influenza virus
Transmission of Influenza - ANSWER-The transfer of the virus from inanimate
objects to nose/mouth/eyes, and/or airborne routes
Treatment of Influenza - ANSWER-Over the counter drugs for symptoms;
Antiviral drugs Amantadine, Relenza and Tamiflue if take by second day of disease
process
Prevention of Influenza - ANSWER-Injected inactivated Influenza vaccine (IIV)
or nasal live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) given annually
Hemaglutinin - ANSWER-part of Influenza virus that attaches the virus to the
host
Neuraminidase - ANSWER-part of Influenza virus that promotes viral infection
Aim of secondary prevention - ANSWER-Stop or slow the progression of a
disease in the earliest possible stage to prevent impairment, disability, or death.
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