Global Health - Exam 1 Questions with 100%
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Health - ANSWER complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Public Health - ANSWER The science and art of preventing
disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and
mental health and efficiency through community efforts
towards a sanitary environment
Global health - ANSWER An area for study, research and
practice that places a priority on improving health and
achieving equity in health for all people worldwide.
Ex: public health efforts - ANSWER - The promotion of hand
washing
- Mass dosing of children against worms
- Large-scale screening for diabetes
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Ex: Global health activities - ANSWER - Emerging and
reemerging infectious disease
- Eradication of polio
Guiding principles of public health work - ANSWER - Prevention
of disease
- Respect for the rights of individuals
Describe the millennium goals - ANSWER - Created in 2000,
countries signed on to help meet the goals.
How do the millennium goals relate to global health - ANSWER
All related either directly or indirectly to health
Discuss the global effort to eradicate smallpox - ANSWER -
Vaccinate the family members of those who had been infected
- Visited the entire continent of India to search for cases
Determinants of Health - ANSWER the range of personal, social,
economic, and environmental factors which determine the
health status of individuals or populations