HES 4503 Principles of Community Health Midterm Study
Guide Questions With Complete Solutions
· Information on history/purpose/name of WHO
- World Health Organization: a united nations agency that
connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keeps
the world safe and service the vulnerable.
- WHO leads global efforts to expand universal health coverage.
We direct and coordinate the world's responses to health
emergences.
nongovernmental
often arise in response to unmet health need/gaps Funded by
private donations or members' dues operate free from
governmental interference (other than IRS)
Examples: voluntary, professional associations, philanthropic
foundations, services, religious, social organizations, and
corporate
U.S department of health and human services (DHHS)
federal agency overseas human health and provision of essential
human services for Americans
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Focuses on disease prevention, outbreak response, and public
health surveillance. It monitors and controls infectious and
chronic diseases, promotes health education, develops
,vaccinations programs, and provides emergency response to
public health threats.
National Institute of Health
Primarily funds and conducts biomedical research to advance
medical knowledge and improve healthcare. It supports research
on disease, treatments, and medical innovations through grants
and clinical trials.
State Health Agencies-governmental department
purpose: promotes, protects, and maintain health and welfare of
all citizens
Roles: links between federal and local health agencies, establish
health regulations, conducts for federal funds intended for local
health departments, centralized laboratory services, technical
assistance, and expertise, environment health
local health departments-governmental
responsibility of country or city governments, jurisdiction often
depends on size of population.
Epidemiologsits
study the distribution and determinants of health within a
population. Apply this information to the prevention, control and
treatment of health problems.
epidemiology
The study of the distribution, patterns, and determinants of
health-related events in populations.
Risk factors
, behavior, environmental exposure, human characteristics that
increases probability of disease, injury, or death.
outbreak
small number of cases more than expected common cause.
Localized to a specific area
Example: foodborne, outbreak-15 cases of botulism food
poisoning in a population that attend a company picnic
Epidemic
usually large cases of disease, illness, injury, health behavior,
health-related event, death in a specific population/community,
time and place
Endemic
regularly occurring cases of illness, disease, injury, health
behaviors, health-related event, and death in a specific
population and specififty optional time and place
pandemic
an outbreak of disease over a wide geographical area such as a
continent or multiple continents.
case
refers to an individual with a particular disease, health condition,
or health-related event that meet specific diagnostic criteria.
(people who are sick)
population as risk
Those susceptible to particular disease or conditions
Guide Questions With Complete Solutions
· Information on history/purpose/name of WHO
- World Health Organization: a united nations agency that
connects nations, partners and people to promote health, keeps
the world safe and service the vulnerable.
- WHO leads global efforts to expand universal health coverage.
We direct and coordinate the world's responses to health
emergences.
nongovernmental
often arise in response to unmet health need/gaps Funded by
private donations or members' dues operate free from
governmental interference (other than IRS)
Examples: voluntary, professional associations, philanthropic
foundations, services, religious, social organizations, and
corporate
U.S department of health and human services (DHHS)
federal agency overseas human health and provision of essential
human services for Americans
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Focuses on disease prevention, outbreak response, and public
health surveillance. It monitors and controls infectious and
chronic diseases, promotes health education, develops
,vaccinations programs, and provides emergency response to
public health threats.
National Institute of Health
Primarily funds and conducts biomedical research to advance
medical knowledge and improve healthcare. It supports research
on disease, treatments, and medical innovations through grants
and clinical trials.
State Health Agencies-governmental department
purpose: promotes, protects, and maintain health and welfare of
all citizens
Roles: links between federal and local health agencies, establish
health regulations, conducts for federal funds intended for local
health departments, centralized laboratory services, technical
assistance, and expertise, environment health
local health departments-governmental
responsibility of country or city governments, jurisdiction often
depends on size of population.
Epidemiologsits
study the distribution and determinants of health within a
population. Apply this information to the prevention, control and
treatment of health problems.
epidemiology
The study of the distribution, patterns, and determinants of
health-related events in populations.
Risk factors
, behavior, environmental exposure, human characteristics that
increases probability of disease, injury, or death.
outbreak
small number of cases more than expected common cause.
Localized to a specific area
Example: foodborne, outbreak-15 cases of botulism food
poisoning in a population that attend a company picnic
Epidemic
usually large cases of disease, illness, injury, health behavior,
health-related event, death in a specific population/community,
time and place
Endemic
regularly occurring cases of illness, disease, injury, health
behaviors, health-related event, and death in a specific
population and specififty optional time and place
pandemic
an outbreak of disease over a wide geographical area such as a
continent or multiple continents.
case
refers to an individual with a particular disease, health condition,
or health-related event that meet specific diagnostic criteria.
(people who are sick)
population as risk
Those susceptible to particular disease or conditions
