Community and Public Health 2025/26 Study Pack
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True or False: The concept of 'Quality of Life' includes feelings people express in areas such as
standard of living, income, housing, neighbourhood and health. - True
True or False: The most cited definition of Health can be found in the Constitution of the United
States of America. - False
True or False: While traditional health indicators and measures focus on ill health or disease,
indicators of the quality of life and health scale tend to focus on life expectancy and morbidity
rates and to cover aspects of negative health and wellbeing. - False
'Health in a vacuum' as an understanding of the concept of health refers to:
Select one:
a. Morbidity & Disability
b. The absence of disease only
c. Having health
d. Self-perceived Health
e. All of the Above - b. The absence of disease only
Measures of psychological wellbeing tend to tap two components:
Select one:
a. Affective wellbeing (feeling states) and cognitive or mental functioning
b. Feeling healthy and feeling ill
c. Medicine and Public Health
d. All of the above
e. None of the above - a. Affective wellbeing (feeling states) and cognitive or mental
functioning
True or False: Good Health can affect a patient's sense of meaning. True or False? - False
'Targets for Health for All' as adopted by WHO member states in the European region advocates
for which of the following:
,Select one:
a. Ensuring equity in health
b. Add life to years
c. Add health to life
d. Add years to life
e. All of the Above - e. All of the Above
According to the WHO, Health is:
Select one:
a. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.
b. The conditions under which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.
c. The absence of disease or infirmity.
d. The opposite of illness.
e. None of the Above - a. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
What kind of information are more recent (within the past few decades) Health Information
Systems interested in?
Select one:
a. Morbidity & Disability
b. Use of Health Services
c. Cardiovascular and lifestyle risk factors
d. self-perceived Health
e. All of the Above - e. All of the Above
In the reading by Savolaine, J., & Granello, many models of wellness are discussed. What do the
authors propose as the common thread as a central theme of individual wellness between
these various models?
Select one:
, a. Social interaction
b. Mental stability
c. Absence of disease
d. Meaning and Purpose
e. None of the Above - d. Meaning and Purpose
True or False: Public Health is primarily the acute response to a disease at an individual level. -
False
Core components of Social capital are:
Select one:
a. Social ties
b. Community ties
c. Natural environment
d. Both A and B
e. All of the above - d. Both A and B
Which of the following is not a function of public health?
Select one:
a. The assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk to
identify health problems and priorities.
b. The formulation of public policies designed to solve identified local and national health
problems and priorities.
c. To assure that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care, including
health promotion and disease prevention services
d. To cure diseases in the context of a clinic or a hospital
e. None of the above - e. None of the above
The definition of Public health as defined by WHO is:
Select one:
| High-Scoring Verified Quizzes and Answers
True or False: The concept of 'Quality of Life' includes feelings people express in areas such as
standard of living, income, housing, neighbourhood and health. - True
True or False: The most cited definition of Health can be found in the Constitution of the United
States of America. - False
True or False: While traditional health indicators and measures focus on ill health or disease,
indicators of the quality of life and health scale tend to focus on life expectancy and morbidity
rates and to cover aspects of negative health and wellbeing. - False
'Health in a vacuum' as an understanding of the concept of health refers to:
Select one:
a. Morbidity & Disability
b. The absence of disease only
c. Having health
d. Self-perceived Health
e. All of the Above - b. The absence of disease only
Measures of psychological wellbeing tend to tap two components:
Select one:
a. Affective wellbeing (feeling states) and cognitive or mental functioning
b. Feeling healthy and feeling ill
c. Medicine and Public Health
d. All of the above
e. None of the above - a. Affective wellbeing (feeling states) and cognitive or mental
functioning
True or False: Good Health can affect a patient's sense of meaning. True or False? - False
'Targets for Health for All' as adopted by WHO member states in the European region advocates
for which of the following:
,Select one:
a. Ensuring equity in health
b. Add life to years
c. Add health to life
d. Add years to life
e. All of the Above - e. All of the Above
According to the WHO, Health is:
Select one:
a. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease or infirmity.
b. The conditions under which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.
c. The absence of disease or infirmity.
d. The opposite of illness.
e. None of the Above - a. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
What kind of information are more recent (within the past few decades) Health Information
Systems interested in?
Select one:
a. Morbidity & Disability
b. Use of Health Services
c. Cardiovascular and lifestyle risk factors
d. self-perceived Health
e. All of the Above - e. All of the Above
In the reading by Savolaine, J., & Granello, many models of wellness are discussed. What do the
authors propose as the common thread as a central theme of individual wellness between
these various models?
Select one:
, a. Social interaction
b. Mental stability
c. Absence of disease
d. Meaning and Purpose
e. None of the Above - d. Meaning and Purpose
True or False: Public Health is primarily the acute response to a disease at an individual level. -
False
Core components of Social capital are:
Select one:
a. Social ties
b. Community ties
c. Natural environment
d. Both A and B
e. All of the above - d. Both A and B
Which of the following is not a function of public health?
Select one:
a. The assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk to
identify health problems and priorities.
b. The formulation of public policies designed to solve identified local and national health
problems and priorities.
c. To assure that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care, including
health promotion and disease prevention services
d. To cure diseases in the context of a clinic or a hospital
e. None of the above - e. None of the above
The definition of Public health as defined by WHO is:
Select one:
