PBH 400 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is health policy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Refers to decisions, plans, actions that are taken in order
to achieve health care goals
Levels of Public Health Policy (fields) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Epidemiology, statistics, environmental,
social, biomedical science, health policy
(Key terms related to health policy): Incidence rates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅new cases of disease
Prevalance rates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅total cases
health disparities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅differences in health that impact individual
uninsured vs. underinsured - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅No insurance vs. not a fitting plan
access to care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅environment, education, transportation all play roles
Legislative branch - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Makes laws
Executive branch - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Signs laws
Judicial branch - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Enforces laws and makes sure they are constitutional
Policy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A guiding principle used to set a direction and influence decisions, short
term
Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A system of rules that a governing body regulates and enforces with
penalties, long term
What is health policy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Refers to decisions, plans, actions that are taken in order
to achieve health care goals
Levels of Public Health Policy (fields) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Epidemiology, statistics, environmental,
social, biomedical science, health policy
(Key terms related to health policy): Incidence rates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅new cases of disease
Prevalance rates - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅total cases
health disparities - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅differences in health that impact individual
uninsured vs. underinsured - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅No insurance vs. not a fitting plan
access to care - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅environment, education, transportation all play roles
Legislative branch - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Makes laws
Executive branch - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Signs laws
Judicial branch - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Enforces laws and makes sure they are constitutional
Policy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A guiding principle used to set a direction and influence decisions, short
term
Law - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A system of rules that a governing body regulates and enforces with
penalties, long term
