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Community Health Answer the health status of a defined group of people & the actions & conditions to promote, protect, & preserve their health Community Answer a group of individuals identified by at least one common characteristic Factors that affect community health Answer physical factors, community organization, social & cultural factors, individual behaviors Public Health Answer actions the society takes collectively to ensure that the conditions in which people can be healthy can ...

Attenuated Whole Agent Vaccines Answer -MMR (measles, mumps, rubella vaccine) -VAR (varicella [chickenpox] vaccine) -Zoster (Zostavax shingles vaccine) -LAIV (nasal Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine; Flu Mist) -RV (RotaTeq & Rotarix rotavirus oral vaccines) Inactivated Whole Agent Vaccines Answer -vaccine contains inactivated "dead" microbes -incapable of infecting the host PROS: safe--no chance of infection from the vaccine IPV (Injected Polio Vaccine) IIV (Inactivated Influen...

Tobacco Use in U.S. Answer -26.5% of those age 12+ used a tobacco product in the past 30 days -20% of those age 18+ are current cigarette smokers -Approx. 480,000 premature deaths/year -Approx. 16 million people experience serious smoking-related illnesses/year -Approx. 41,000 deaths/year due to diseases caused by environmental (secondhand) tobacco smoke -Single most preventable cause of disease, disability, and death (heart disease, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, strok...