Population Health Chapter 3 exam
1. what is a core population health concept?: prevention
2. public health about the prevention of what?: disease
3. what are dramatic gains in life expectancy based on?: - accelerating economic growth
- recognition of infectious diseases
- improved sanitation practices
4. investing in what is one of the most effective and commonsense methods to
improve health?: disease prevention
5. actions that ward off or forestall the occurrence of disease in populations and
is one of the cornerstones of public health: preventing disease
6. spares people from developing preventable illnesses, reduces healthcare
costs, improves productivity, enhances quality of life: prevention
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, 7. whats the approach that precedes primary, aims to completely prevent the
expression of a risk factor?
- activities take place far "upstream"
- when successful, lowers disease incidience: primordial prevention
8. actions that keep people from becoming ill or injured in the first place;
strategies to prevent disease: primary disease prevention
9. what does primary disease prevention focus on?: - immunizing the population against
infectious diseases
- ensuring safe water supplies and sanitation
- improving the nutritional status of the population
- decreasing or eliminating hazardous exposures
- diminishing health
-compromising behaviors
10. what are examples of primary disease prevention?: vaccination, seat-belt legislation,
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1. what is a core population health concept?: prevention
2. public health about the prevention of what?: disease
3. what are dramatic gains in life expectancy based on?: - accelerating economic growth
- recognition of infectious diseases
- improved sanitation practices
4. investing in what is one of the most effective and commonsense methods to
improve health?: disease prevention
5. actions that ward off or forestall the occurrence of disease in populations and
is one of the cornerstones of public health: preventing disease
6. spares people from developing preventable illnesses, reduces healthcare
costs, improves productivity, enhances quality of life: prevention
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, 7. whats the approach that precedes primary, aims to completely prevent the
expression of a risk factor?
- activities take place far "upstream"
- when successful, lowers disease incidience: primordial prevention
8. actions that keep people from becoming ill or injured in the first place;
strategies to prevent disease: primary disease prevention
9. what does primary disease prevention focus on?: - immunizing the population against
infectious diseases
- ensuring safe water supplies and sanitation
- improving the nutritional status of the population
- decreasing or eliminating hazardous exposures
- diminishing health
-compromising behaviors
10. what are examples of primary disease prevention?: vaccination, seat-belt legislation,
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