Intro to Public Health

Question 1

What is Health?

Answer 1

a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing rather than the mere abscence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

What is Public Health?

Answer 2

the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts of society.

Question 3

What are three core areas that enable Public health?

Answer 3

Protection, Promotion, and Prevention.

Question 4

What is required in order to obtain the three core areas of Public health?

Answer 4

Governance, advocacy, capacity, and information.

Question 5

What is the difference between Clinical medicine and Public health?

Answer 5

Clinical medicine focuses on the immediate issue and the individual. Ex: Fracture or broken leg
Public Health uses a more Holistic approach and seeks for the How/Why to prevent the situation from reoccurring. Ex: Was he/she under the influence of alcohol?

Question 6

What is health determined by?

Answer 6

Complex interaction between many factors and determinants of health. Including individual, physical, social and economic environment

Question 7

Who all are responsible for Public health?

Answer 7

All sectors of society. Including, Health departments, coordinated efforts (stakeholders), Private sector, NGO’s, and International organizations.

Question 8

What is the CDC?

Answer 8

It is the U.S’ federal public health agency.

Question 9

What is the CDC’s mission?

Answer 9

It is to support state and local health departments.

Question 10

Does Public health study populations at a time?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

Who were the first humans to practice community safety measures in 500 B.C?

Answer 11

Greeks and Romans

Question 12

Who was the Public Health Act established by in the 1848?

Answer 12

United Kingdom

Question 13

When was the Environmental Protection Agency founded?

Answer 13

1970

Question 14

How many people were infected worldwide by influenza in 1918?

Answer 14

500 million

Question 15

What vaccine was introduced in 1955; eradication initiative launched in 1988?

Answer 15

Polio

Question 16

How many people are living with HIV worldwide?

Answer 16

37.9 million

Question 17

What did the plague use as a weapon of war during the Siege of Kaffa?

Answer 17

Biological warfare

Question 18

What date was Public Health surveillance conducted after the 9/11 attacks?

Answer 18

September 2001

Question 19

What was provided during Hurricane Katrina to ensure safety and preparedness?

Answer 19

Emergency services, public health surveillance, and disease treatment.

Question 20

What is the world’s first written health code?

Answer 20

Book of Leviticus

Question 21

What laws are enforced to ban smoking in public places?

Answer 21

Tobacco Laws

Question 22

What promotes Food labeling and promotion of physical activity?

Answer 22

Obesity

Question 23

When was the CDC founded?

Answer 23

1946

Question 24

How many people died by influenza in 1918?

Answer 24

50 million

Question 25

Can public health data be used to influence public policy?

Answer 25

Yes! For example, in the U.S we have seat belt laws, because data showed mandating seat belts would be a good public health intervention.

Question 26

What are the four Public Health approach?

Answer 26

Surveillance- What is the problem?
Risk Factor Identification- What is the cause?
Intervention Evaluation- What works?
Implementation- How do you do it?

Question 27

What is Surveillance?

Answer 27

the act of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data.

Question 28

What is Risk Factor Identification?

Answer 28

A condition, factor, or behavior that increases risk, in this case the risk of developing a specific disease, health condition, or injury.

Question 29

Does the CDC have the power to enforce policy?

Answer 29

No

Question 30

Does the State have the power to pass a law?

Answer 30

Yes! Ex: pass a law on vaccination requirements, seat belt, and helmet use etc.

Question 31

Can local entities such as a county, town, or city have the power to implement programs to make health changes?

Answer 31

Absolutely!

Question 32

What are the five U.S Government levels?

Answer 32

Federal, state, county, township, and city.

Question 33

What constitution does the CDC fall under the 3 Branches of the U.S Government?

Answer 33

Executive Branch

Question 34

What does the Executive Branch have the power to do?

Answer 34

Enforce laws

Question 35

What does the CDC’s director oversee?

Answer 35

Both CDC and its sister agency ATSDR

Question 36

What is Epidemiology?

Answer 36

the study of distribution and determinants of health related states or events in specified populations.

Question 37

What does Epi mean?

Answer 37

Epi means upon

Question 38

What does Demi mean?

Answer 38

Demi means people

Question 39

What are Epidemiological studies?

Answer 39

Descriptive and Analytic

Question 40

What is Descriptive study in epidemiology?

Answer 40

It is the amount and distribution in populations person, place, and time.

Question 41

What do you when studying Analytic study in epidemiology?

Answer 41

You test the hypothesis and identify/quantify risk or exposure.

Question 42

What are the Descriptive study types?

Answer 42

Case reports
Case series
Ecological studies
Cross sectional or prevalence surveys

Question 43

What are the Observational study types?

Answer 43

Case control