GCH 205 EXAM 1 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
VERIFIED 100% CORRECT!!
Know the WHO definition of health. Answer - health is a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity
What is public health versus medicine and how do their interventions differ?
Answer - The biggest difference between public health and medicine is that
public health deals with health from the perspective of populations, while
medicine deals with health from the perspective of individuals. In medicine,
the patient is the individual person. In public health, the patient is the entire
community.
What is global health & why is it important? Answer - health problems, issues
and concerns that transcend national boundaries and may best be addressed
by cooperative actions.
-Diseases are not limited by national boundaries
-Understand the progress that has already been made
-Understand the challenges that still remain
-Significant health disparities among groups
-Links between health and development
Know the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Answer - Goal 1: Eradicate
extreme hunger and poverty
, Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for a development
Know the difference between morbidity and mortality. Answer - Morbidity-
sickness or any departure, subjective or objective, from a psychological or
physiological state of well-being
Mortality- death
Know the definitions of disability and injury. Answer - Disability- temporary or
long-term reduction in a person's capacity to function
Injury- include road traffic injuries, falls, self-inflicted injuries, and violence,
among other things
Know the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Answer - Communicable disease- illnesses caused by a particular infectious
VERIFIED 100% CORRECT!!
Know the WHO definition of health. Answer - health is a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity
What is public health versus medicine and how do their interventions differ?
Answer - The biggest difference between public health and medicine is that
public health deals with health from the perspective of populations, while
medicine deals with health from the perspective of individuals. In medicine,
the patient is the individual person. In public health, the patient is the entire
community.
What is global health & why is it important? Answer - health problems, issues
and concerns that transcend national boundaries and may best be addressed
by cooperative actions.
-Diseases are not limited by national boundaries
-Understand the progress that has already been made
-Understand the challenges that still remain
-Significant health disparities among groups
-Links between health and development
Know the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Answer - Goal 1: Eradicate
extreme hunger and poverty
, Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote Gender Equality and Empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure Environmental Sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for a development
Know the difference between morbidity and mortality. Answer - Morbidity-
sickness or any departure, subjective or objective, from a psychological or
physiological state of well-being
Mortality- death
Know the definitions of disability and injury. Answer - Disability- temporary or
long-term reduction in a person's capacity to function
Injury- include road traffic injuries, falls, self-inflicted injuries, and violence,
among other things
Know the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Answer - Communicable disease- illnesses caused by a particular infectious
