FINAL Flashcards
What is health
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
the presence of wellness rather than the absence of sickness
What is public health
- a collective effort to identify and address the unacceptable realities that result in preventable and avoidable health and quality of life outcomes
- the composite of efforts and activities that are carried our by people and organizations to these ends.
PREVENT>CURE ambulence in valley or fence on cliff
What was the “big idea” from The Law of Present-Moment Living discussed on the first day of class?
*Don’t put your life and happiness on hold pending the resolution of some problem.
Which of the following emphases are available in the Department of Public Health? Mark all that apply.
*Health Promotion
*Epidemiology
*Environmental and Occupational Health
Health science
Social Ecological Model: Organizational
Gary finds the abundant bike parking and locker room facilities provided by his employer to be very convenient for cycling to work.
work, school, church
Social Ecological Model: Community
Thanks to the Boulder City council, the Colorado transit authority, and regional cycling advocacy groups, 80% of Gary’s morning cycling commute is a dedicated bike path.
culture, values, environment, transportation, facilities
Social Ecological Model: Interpersonal
Gary uses Strava, a mobile app for runners and cyclists, to record his rides and keep up with his biking friends.
family, friends, role models, events, social media
Social Ecological Model: Individual
Gary is confident in his biking abilities and sets weekly distance goals.
self efficacy, education, etc.
Social Ecological Model: Public Policy
In an effort to address climate change globally and traffic congestion locally, the U.S. government is subsidizing the purchase of new pedal-assist bicycles.
policies, guidelines, infrastructure, zoning.
What type of reasoning supposes that one public health regulation aimed at limiting the threat of disease will lead to a host of other regulations limiting personal freedoms.
*The Slippery Slope fallacy
Social Determinants of Health
The social, cultural, political, economic, commercial, and environmental factors that shape the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.
Confirmation Bias
Seeking only information to validate your views or opinions
Which of the following best represents the Physical Activity Guidelines for American adults
*150-300 minutes of moderate physical activity together with resistance training/activities at least twice each week
HIPAA ethics
To protect privacy and ensure the safe-guarding of medical records.
IRB ethics
To protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects.
ADA ethics
Prohibits discrimination based on disability and improves accessibility and accommodations for persons with disabilities.
Lori Spruance
PH faculty; PhD from Tulane University; research interests include childhood obesity prevention, public health nutrition, school-based research, BS in school health and physical education from Utah State University
John Beard
EH/OH faculty; PhD from the University of North Carolina; instructor for HLTH 322: Environmental Health; research interests include Utah’s temperature inversions; BS in statistics from BYU
Michael Barnes
PH faculty: Associate Dean; PhD from Southern Illinois University; research interests include policy advocacy applications
Chantel Sloan
EH/OH faculty; PhD from Dartmouth; teaches HLTH 315: Health Disease and Determinants; a respiratory health expert; BS in biology from BYU-Hawaii
Robbie Chaney
PH faculty; PhD from the University of Cincinnati; teaches HLTH 330: Health Promotion; research interests include active transport in urban areas and urban bicycle safety; BS in microbiology from Washington State University
According to chapter two of the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics, which of the following is most closely correlated with prevalence of preventable ill health and mortality in society?
Social Conditions
According to chapter two of the Oxford Handbook of Public Health Ethics, social justice is concerned with the distribution of what two things in society?
Benefits and burdens
Which of the following is a foundational value and philosophy of public health?
no: Market justice
yes: Social justice
Social Justice
Everyone deserves equal economic, political, and social rights and opportunities.
Everyone deserves equal access to the benefits and burdens of society
Argues that social determinants disallow someone from excelling purely on personal responsibility.
According to the article entitled “A Public Health Approach to Gun Violence” the key components of a public health approach include:
The article argues that Public Health’s biggest challenge in applying this approach to gun violence is…
- Pinpointing the problem, 2. Identifying key risk and protective factors, 3. Testing possible solutions, and 4. Implementing proven programs.
A lack of data
Utah was praised in a Harvard Chan School of Public Health podcast for…
*Including suicide prevention information in concealed carry trainings.
According to the Harvard Chan School of Public Health podcast, public health should…
*Try to make it hard to be sick/injured and make it easy to be healthy/safe.
The public health approach:
- Pinpointing the problem, 2. Identifying key risk and protective factors, 3. Testing possible solutions, and 4. Implementing proven programs.
Alexander Fleming
Quite accidentally identified the antibiotic properties of “mold juice” or penicillin
Edwin Chadwick
Early social reformer of water, sanitation, and hygiene regulations
Margaret Sanger
Advocate of women’s reproductive rights and author of Family Limitation
Ignaz Semmelweis
Postpartum sepsis
Clara Barton
Founder of the American Red Cross
John Snow
Cholera solver: Father of modern epidemiology
William Hinton
First Black professor at Harvard, studied syphilis which he termed a “disease of the underprivileged.”
Jose Celso Barbosa
First Puerto Rican physician in the US; advocated for employer-based health care.
Public Health Approach: Surveillance
What is the problem?
Public Health Approach: Risk Factor Identification
What is the cause of the problem?
Public Health Approach: Intervention Evaluation
What works?
Public Health Approach: Implementation
How do you do it?
Covid at it’s deadliest months killed the same number of people per month as…?
The top chronic diseases
The core functions of public health:
Assurance
Assessment
Policy Development
Which of the following is NOT a part of the first essential service of public health – Monitor health to identify and solve community health problems?
Use of methods and technology to interpret and communicate data
Maintenance of population registries
Accurate, periodic assessment of a community’s health status
*Constituency development
The Utah County Health Department teamed with the Utah County Sheriff’s Office, Intermountain Health Care, faculty from the Department of Public Health at BYU, and the Mayor of Orem work together to prevent opioid addiction among residents of Orem. This is an example of:
*Mobilizing community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
Which of the following essential public health services are organized under the policy development function of public health? (mark all that apply)
*Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
*Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
*Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
10 Essential public Health Services
Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems
Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems
Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
Assure competent public and personal health care workforce
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
What type of research gathers data in a numerical form which can be put into categories, or in rank order, or measured in units to be displayed in tables and graphs?
*Quantitative