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CH1 An Overview Flashcards

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_____ is limiting a disability from disease or rehab of a person. Examples: Dentures, periodontal surgery, prosthetic devices

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tertiary prevention

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____ is treatment or control of a disease when it is still considered early. Examples: Amalgam or composite restorations, remineralization of incipient decay, conservative periodontal therapy, scaling and root planning, ART (atraumatic restorative technique)

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secondary prevention

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  • Not just the absence of disease
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  • Prevent injusrties: sports, mouth guards
  • Healthy behaviors: putting arm in blood pressure machine
  • Disaster: hurricane
  • Ensure quality health: visiting second graders in school
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13) The dramatic increase in average life span during the 20th century is credited to a public health program such as ________.

A) Community water fluoridation

B) Dental insurance premiums

C) Vaccination

D) Malpractice

E) Both C and D

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C) Vaccination

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Community water fluoridation, OHI, preemptive education, sealants, prophylaxis and immunizations are all examples of ______ prevention

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primary

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  • Dental hygienists was created as a public health professional
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  • ________ : Take a needs assessment or survey
  • Diagnosis: We make an ______ in public health NOT diagnosis
  • Planning: developing a _______
  • Implementation: ________ the program
  • Evaluation: evaluating program
  • Documentation: documenting all ___ collected
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  • Simplified chart in module NEED TO KNOW
  • Assessment: Take a needs assessment or survey
  • Diagnosis: We make an analysis in public health NOT diagnosis
  • Planning: developing a program
  • Implementation: implementing the program
  • Evaluation: evaluating the program
  • Documentation: documenting all data collected
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  • _______: develop and coordinate
  • _______: Provide funding, products, etc.
  • _______: Innovation
  • _______: provide care in a public health facility
  • _______: Promoting dental health education
  • _______: study health and disease
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  • Admin: develop and coordinate
  • Corporate: Provide funding, products, etc.
  • Entreprenuer: Innovation
  • Clinician: provide care in a public health facility
  • Educatior: Promoting dental health education
  • Researcher: study health and disease
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  • Public health defined
  • Historical perspective of public health
  • Dental public health defined
  • Factors affecting dental public health
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______ is concerned with the health of ALL.

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Public Health

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Protecting the community from getting the flu would be an example of:

A. Health protection

B. Disease prevention

C. Health promotion

D. Disease Protection

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A. Health protection

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Preventing a disease from even occuring is an example of?

A. Health protection

B. Disease prevention

C. Health promotion

D. Disease Protection

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B. Disease prevention

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What are the three essential domains of public health?

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Health protection, disease prevention, health promotion

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Which of the following dictates services to ensure the promotion of health and prevention of disease and injury?

A) Needs Assessment

B) Public Health Goals

C) Health Care Reform

D) Public Health Demands

E) Human Services Planning

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B) Public Health Goals

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Fluoride varnish on demineralized tooth surfaces, early diagnosis, and perio maintenance are all examples of _____ prevention.

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secondary

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Dentures or implants to replace lost teeth are both examples of _______ prevention.

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tertiary

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15) The science and art of preventing and controlling dental diseases and promoting dental health through community efforts is termed ________.

A) Surgeon General’s Report

B) Secretary of Health and Human Services Report

C) Dental public health

D) Dental hygiene

E) None of the above

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C) Dental public health

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Public health has been defined by the World Health Organization as the effort to promote _____ and mental health and prevent _____, injury, and disability.

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physical; disease

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The IOM defines public health as, “what we, as a society, do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy.”

What are the core funtions that are conducted by government public health agencies?

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Assessment

Policy development

Assurance

Serving functions for all

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10) Which of the following dictates services to ensure the promotion of health and prevention of disease and injury?

A) Needs Assessment

B) Public Health Goals

C) Health Care Reform

D) Public Health Demands

E) Human Services Planning

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B) Public Health Goals

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Preventing epidemics and injuries, protecting against enviornmental hazards, responding to disasters and ensuring quality and accessibility are all _________.

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public health goals

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Definition:

______ are goals that guide all public health activities. They dictate the services needed to ensure the promotion of health and prevention of diesase and injury

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Public health goals

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Definition:

_______ are those interventions that help attain public health goals.

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Public health services

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What are the 10 services of public health?

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1. Monitor health status to identify community health problems

2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community

3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues

4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems

5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts

6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety

7. Link people to needed personal health services and ensure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable

8. Ensure a competent public health and personal health care workforce

9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services (follow-up)

10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems

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The core function, _______ , involves monitoring the health of communities and populations to identify health problems and priorities.

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Assessment

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______ is the process of developing goals and strategies to address the problems from assessment.

*One of the core functions*

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Policy development

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The core function, _______, involves making sure that all poupulations have access to appropriate and cost-effective services. Activities included are promotion of health and disease prevention

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assurance

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_______ is the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems.

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Serving all functions

42
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When fulfilling the administrator role, a dental public health hygienist ________.

A) Lobbies to change laws

B) Conducts research

C) Provides clinical care

D) Educates and promotes dental health

E) Develops and coordinates public health programs

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E) Develops and coordinates public health programs

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(1)Promoting development, (2)fostering health security, (3)strengthining health systems, (4)harnessing research/infromation/evidence, (5)enhancing partnerships and (6)improving performance make up the WHO’s _______.

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six-point agenda

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What are the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th Century?

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  1. Vaccination
  2. Motor vehicle safety (seatbelts)
  3. Workplace safety (OHSA)
  4. Control of infectious diseases (CDC)
  5. Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke (promotion of better habits)
  6. Safer and healthier food (food regulations)
  7. Healthier mothers and babies (WIC)
  8. Family planning (BC, condoms)
  9. Community water fluoridation
  10. Recognition of tobacco as a hazard
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Dental public health can also be called ________

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community health

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Dental public health is the science of providing oral health care and education to the public and emphasizes the science of ________.

A) Dentistry

B) Urgent health care

C) Prosthodontics

D) Dental hygiene

E) None of the above

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D) Dental hygiene

47
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Which of the following involves the monitoring of the health of communities?

A) Assessment

B) Policy Development

C) Assurance

D) Serving All Functions

E) None of the above

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A) Assessment

48
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Which of the following is the process by which society makes decisions about problems?

A) Assessment

B) Policy Development

C) Assurance

D) Serving All Functions

E) None of the above

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B) Policy Development

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Which of the following involves making certain that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective services to read agreed-upon public health goals?

A) Assessment

B) Policy Development

C) Assurance

D) Serving All Functions

E) None of the above

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C) Assurance

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9) Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems?

A) Assessment

B) Policy Development

C) Assurance

D) Serving All Functions

E) None of the above

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D) Serving All Functions

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According to the American Dental Hygienists Association, what are the current roles of the dental hygienist?

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Clinician

Researcher

Educator

Administrator

Corporate

Entrepreneur

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Access to care, infrastructure, workforce, dental hygiene skills, OH disparities, age, malpractice, insurance and cultural influences are all ____.

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factors affecting dental public health

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  • what is an example of primary public health prevention?
    a. disease prevention
    b. peridontal debridement
    c. fluoride treatments
    d. restorative materials    *
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a. disease prevention

54
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public health is credited with the dramatic increase in the average life span because of which of the following

a. vaccinations
b. safety policies
c. family planning
d. all of the above

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d. all of the above

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  • what is an example of secondary public health prevention?
    a. prevention of disease
    b. fluoride treatments
    c. restorations
    d. patient education    *
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b. fluoride treatments

56
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what is the main health care research institution in the US?

a. CDC and prevention
b. FDA
c. national institutes of health
d. john hopkins university

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c. national institutes of health

57
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how has malpractice directly impacted dental care delivery and quality?

a. enabled patients to sue
b. decreased the number of dental providers because of the fear of malpractice suits
c. decreased quality of care
d. increased the number of suits against dental providers

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a. enabled patients to sue

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4) The patient’s ability to sue a dental provider, if that provider fails to diagnose and treat periodontal disease, is defined as ________.

A) Access issues

B) Dental insurance premiums

C) Socioeconomic status

D) Copayment issues

E) Malpractice

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E) Malpractice

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3) Factors affecting dental care delivery include which of the following?

A) The development of the dental hygiene profession

B) Access issues

C) The decrease in periodontal diseases

D) Both A and B

E) None of the above

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D) Both A and B

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5) Dental public health is a component of ________.

A) Public Affairs

B) Public Relations

C) Public Health

D) Community Affairs

E) Both A and D

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C) Public Health

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9) Which of the following includes the research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems?

A) Assessment

B) Policy Development

C) Assurance

D) Serving All Functions

E) None of the above

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D) Serving All Functions

62
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The introduction of professional dental hygiene care, ____, and dental ____ have more than any other factors, influenced the reduction in oral diseases.

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fluoride; sealants

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Demographic information shows a strong correlation between oral health and _______ , which is an individual’s comparative social and economic standing within a community.

The lower the individual’s____ , the ____ frequent are untreated dental caries.

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socioeconomic status; SES; more

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_____ is a dental hygiene professional’s negligence by act or omission when the care provided is not within the _____ standards of practice and negatively affects the patient’s well-being.

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Malpractice; accepted

65
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The core public health function is ________.

A) Assessment

B) Synopsis

C) Analysis

D) Preface

E) None of the above

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A) Assessment

66
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Demographic information suggests a correlation between oral health status and ________.

A) Socioeconomic status

B) Oral health disparities

C) Community targets

D) Baseline data

E) None of the above

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A) Socioeconomic status

67
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Community oral health has a similar meaning to dental public health.

True

False

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True

68
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Many individuals present to emergency rooms for care when experiencing dental-related pain and infection.

True

False

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True

69
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The WHO’s six-point agenda, outbreaks of emerging and epidemic-prone diseases is one of the greatest threats to international health security. What point is this?

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Fostering Health Security

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