PUBH 5334 Midterm Exam Questions With
Answers 100% Pass
WEEK 1 - ANSWER WEEK 1
Health - ANSWER A state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity; A means to achieve desirable goals in life while
maintaining a multidimensional (physical,
mental, social, political, economic, and spiritual)
equilibrium that is operationalized for individuals
as well as for communities
Community - ANSWER ______ is a group of individuals who share common interests and
characteristics.
1. Units that accomplish basic needs for
sustenance
2. Units for social interaction
3. Units of symbolic collective identity - ANSWER How did Hunter in 1975 define the
three units of a community?
Community Health - ANSWER Refers to the health status of a community and to
,the organized responsibilities of public health,
school health, transportation, safety, and other taxsupported
functions, with voluntary and private
actions to promote and protect the health of local
populations identified as communities
(1) promotion of good health in a defined
group of individuals
(2) protection of good health in
a defined group of individuals
(3) maintenance
of good health in a defined group of individuals. - ANSWER What are the three
fundamental functions of community health?
Public Health - ANSWER "The science and art of preventing disease,
prolonging life and promoting human health
through organized efforts and informed
choices of society, organizations, public and
private, communities and individuals"
Population Health - ANSWER _________ ___________ refers to health status,
efforts, and conditions directed toward a
,group of people who may not identify
themselves as a community and by means
that are not necessarily organized.
Health Education - ANSWER "Comprises consciously constructed
opportunities for learning involving some
form of communication designed to improve
health literacy, including improving
knowledge, and developing life skills which
are conducive to individual and community
health"
Health Promotion - ANSWER "The process of enabling people to increase
control over, and to improve, their health"
Focus in medicine is treatment of diseases, focus in health is prevention. Concern is
individual in medicine, communities in health. - ANSWER What are some differences in
medicine and public health?
• Core competencies are a unique set of
skills desirable for the broad practice of
community and public health.
, • They reflect characteristics that are
desirable in the workforce.
• They serve as a starting point for practice
and organizations to understand, assess,
and meet training and workforce needs.
1. Evidence-based approaches to public health
2. Public health and health care systems
3. Planning and management to promote health
4. Policy in public health
5. Leadership
6. Communication
7. Interprofessional practice
8. Systems thinking - ANSWER What are core competencies?
Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization - ANSWER • Origin of community and public
health:
well-planned cities
• World's first sanitation system
characterized by both public and private
drains
• For enforcement of cleanliness, there were
Answers 100% Pass
WEEK 1 - ANSWER WEEK 1
Health - ANSWER A state of complete physical, mental, and social
well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity; A means to achieve desirable goals in life while
maintaining a multidimensional (physical,
mental, social, political, economic, and spiritual)
equilibrium that is operationalized for individuals
as well as for communities
Community - ANSWER ______ is a group of individuals who share common interests and
characteristics.
1. Units that accomplish basic needs for
sustenance
2. Units for social interaction
3. Units of symbolic collective identity - ANSWER How did Hunter in 1975 define the
three units of a community?
Community Health - ANSWER Refers to the health status of a community and to
,the organized responsibilities of public health,
school health, transportation, safety, and other taxsupported
functions, with voluntary and private
actions to promote and protect the health of local
populations identified as communities
(1) promotion of good health in a defined
group of individuals
(2) protection of good health in
a defined group of individuals
(3) maintenance
of good health in a defined group of individuals. - ANSWER What are the three
fundamental functions of community health?
Public Health - ANSWER "The science and art of preventing disease,
prolonging life and promoting human health
through organized efforts and informed
choices of society, organizations, public and
private, communities and individuals"
Population Health - ANSWER _________ ___________ refers to health status,
efforts, and conditions directed toward a
,group of people who may not identify
themselves as a community and by means
that are not necessarily organized.
Health Education - ANSWER "Comprises consciously constructed
opportunities for learning involving some
form of communication designed to improve
health literacy, including improving
knowledge, and developing life skills which
are conducive to individual and community
health"
Health Promotion - ANSWER "The process of enabling people to increase
control over, and to improve, their health"
Focus in medicine is treatment of diseases, focus in health is prevention. Concern is
individual in medicine, communities in health. - ANSWER What are some differences in
medicine and public health?
• Core competencies are a unique set of
skills desirable for the broad practice of
community and public health.
, • They reflect characteristics that are
desirable in the workforce.
• They serve as a starting point for practice
and organizations to understand, assess,
and meet training and workforce needs.
1. Evidence-based approaches to public health
2. Public health and health care systems
3. Planning and management to promote health
4. Policy in public health
5. Leadership
6. Communication
7. Interprofessional practice
8. Systems thinking - ANSWER What are core competencies?
Indus Valley or Harappan Civilization - ANSWER • Origin of community and public
health:
well-planned cities
• World's first sanitation system
characterized by both public and private
drains
• For enforcement of cleanliness, there were
