PHC 4101 Exam 1 (100% Accurate Answers)

What is Public Health? correct answers Organized community efforts aimed at the prevenion of disease and the promotion of health (e.g. vaccinations, stopping spread of epidemics, public health initiatives) Public Health Levels correct answers Global, Federal, State, Local Core Foundations of Public Health correct answers Assessment- diagnostic fxn Policy Development- science used to develop strategy for improving community health Assurance- ensuring the programs that better maintain community health stay avaliable Difference between Medicine and Public Health correct answers Medicine- curing a disease in a an individual Public Health- preventing disease in a population Public Health Disciplines correct answers Epidemiology Statistics Biomedical Sciences Environmental Health Social an Behavioral Sciences Health Policy and Management Public Health has increased life expectancy how? correct answers Sanitation and hygiene, antibiotics and vaccinations Public Health Achievements correct answers Vaccine preventable Diseases Motor Vehicle Safety Safer Workplaces Control of Infectious Diseases Decline in deaths from CHD and stroke Fluoride in drinking water Maternal and baby health Tobacco recognized as health hazard Safer foods Prevention types correct answers Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Primary Prevention correct answers avoidance of problem Secondary Prevention correct answers minimize the severity of an illness or injury if it does occur Tertiary Prevention correct answers minimize disability from disease or injury