WGU E224 GLOBAL AND POPULATION HEALTH
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ Public Health.
Answer: The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life,
and promoting physical health and mental health and efficiency
through community efforts towards a sanitary environment
◉ Global health.
Answer: An area for study, research and practice that places a
priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all
people worldwide.
◉ Ex: public health efforts.
Answer: - The promotion of hand washing
- Mass dosing of children against worms
- Large-scale screening for diabetes
◉ Ex: Global health activities.
Answer: - Emerging and reemerging infectious disease
- Eradication of polio
, ◉ Guiding principles of public health work.
Answer: - Prevention of disease
- Respect for the rights of individuals
◉ Describe the millennium goals.
Answer: - Created in 2000, countries signed on to help meet the
goals.
◉ How do the millennium goals relate to global health.
Answer: All related either directly or indirectly to health
◉ Discuss the global effort to eradicate smallpox.
Answer: - Vaccinate the family members of those who had been
infected
- Visited the entire continent of India to search for cases
◉ Determinants of Health.
Answer: the range of personal, social, economic, and environmental
factors which determine the health status of individuals or
populations
◉ List important health indicators.
Answer: - Infancy mortality rate
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
◉ Public Health.
Answer: The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life,
and promoting physical health and mental health and efficiency
through community efforts towards a sanitary environment
◉ Global health.
Answer: An area for study, research and practice that places a
priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all
people worldwide.
◉ Ex: public health efforts.
Answer: - The promotion of hand washing
- Mass dosing of children against worms
- Large-scale screening for diabetes
◉ Ex: Global health activities.
Answer: - Emerging and reemerging infectious disease
- Eradication of polio
, ◉ Guiding principles of public health work.
Answer: - Prevention of disease
- Respect for the rights of individuals
◉ Describe the millennium goals.
Answer: - Created in 2000, countries signed on to help meet the
goals.
◉ How do the millennium goals relate to global health.
Answer: All related either directly or indirectly to health
◉ Discuss the global effort to eradicate smallpox.
Answer: - Vaccinate the family members of those who had been
infected
- Visited the entire continent of India to search for cases
◉ Determinants of Health.
Answer: the range of personal, social, economic, and environmental
factors which determine the health status of individuals or
populations
◉ List important health indicators.
Answer: - Infancy mortality rate
