WGU E224 GLOBAL AND POPULATION HEALTH
CERTIFICATION PREPARATION GUIDE
◉ Q: How did historical events shape modern public health goals?
Answer: A: Discoveries like germs, vaccines, and improved
sanitation led to preventing illness, using research to guide care, and
promoting health equity.
◉ Q: Germ Theory of Disease
Answer: A: Idea that germs cause disease by spreading between
people or contaminated things.
◉ Q: Pasteurization
Answer: A: Heating food to kill bacteria while keeping nutrients.
◉ Q: Vaccine
Answer: A: Substance (injection/oral/nasal) that builds immunity to
disease.
◉ Q: Shattuck Report
Answer: A: 1850 report showing poor sanitation caused disease;
emphasized tracking health data.
,◉ Q: Evidence-Based Medicine
Answer: A: Treatment based on the best available research.
◉ Q: Penicillin
Answer: A: First antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928
to treat bacterial infections.
◉ Q: Define community health.
Answer: A: Improving health within a specific group or location
(town, school district).
◉ Q: Define public health.
Answer: A: Protecting and improving health across larger
populations via policies, prevention, and education.
◉ Q: Similarities and differences between community and public
health.
Answer: A: Both focus on prevention and quality of life. Community
health is local; public health is larger scale, often government-driven.
◉ Q: Community Health Assessment
, Answer: A: Gathering and analyzing data to determine what a
community needs to be healthier.
◉ Q: Community and public health goals
Answer: A: Prevent disease, promote healthy habits, reduce health
disparities between groups.
◉ Q: Why is community health important to public health?
Answer: A: Healthy communities build a strong foundation for
overall population health.
◉ Q: Mortality
Answer: A: Death rate in a population.
◉ Q: Morbidity
Answer: A: How often illness/disease occurs in a population.
◉ Q: Health Determinants
Answer: A: Factors influencing health, like income, education,
environment.
◉ Q: Intervention
Answer: A: Action taken to improve health or prevent illness.
CERTIFICATION PREPARATION GUIDE
◉ Q: How did historical events shape modern public health goals?
Answer: A: Discoveries like germs, vaccines, and improved
sanitation led to preventing illness, using research to guide care, and
promoting health equity.
◉ Q: Germ Theory of Disease
Answer: A: Idea that germs cause disease by spreading between
people or contaminated things.
◉ Q: Pasteurization
Answer: A: Heating food to kill bacteria while keeping nutrients.
◉ Q: Vaccine
Answer: A: Substance (injection/oral/nasal) that builds immunity to
disease.
◉ Q: Shattuck Report
Answer: A: 1850 report showing poor sanitation caused disease;
emphasized tracking health data.
,◉ Q: Evidence-Based Medicine
Answer: A: Treatment based on the best available research.
◉ Q: Penicillin
Answer: A: First antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928
to treat bacterial infections.
◉ Q: Define community health.
Answer: A: Improving health within a specific group or location
(town, school district).
◉ Q: Define public health.
Answer: A: Protecting and improving health across larger
populations via policies, prevention, and education.
◉ Q: Similarities and differences between community and public
health.
Answer: A: Both focus on prevention and quality of life. Community
health is local; public health is larger scale, often government-driven.
◉ Q: Community Health Assessment
, Answer: A: Gathering and analyzing data to determine what a
community needs to be healthier.
◉ Q: Community and public health goals
Answer: A: Prevent disease, promote healthy habits, reduce health
disparities between groups.
◉ Q: Why is community health important to public health?
Answer: A: Healthy communities build a strong foundation for
overall population health.
◉ Q: Mortality
Answer: A: Death rate in a population.
◉ Q: Morbidity
Answer: A: How often illness/disease occurs in a population.
◉ Q: Health Determinants
Answer: A: Factors influencing health, like income, education,
environment.
◉ Q: Intervention
Answer: A: Action taken to improve health or prevent illness.
