Introduction To Community And Public Health

Question 1

Lifestyle diseases. Poor Dietary intake, lack of physical activity, drug abuse, alcohol abuse.

Answer 1

Chronic diseases

Question 2

What is primary secondary and tertiary healthcare in broken leg accident

Answer 2

Primary – first aid
Secondary – emergency room
Tertiary – surgery

Question 3

At least 2,500 people but fewer than 50,000 people

Answer 3

Urban Clusters

Question 4

Biological factors

Answer 4

Age distribution, gender distribution, and genetic makeup distribution

Question 5

Understaffed and under
funded

Answer 5

Strengthens local and state health
departments

Question 6

Group of individuals who share common interests and characteristics

Answer 6

Community

Question 7

The art and science of health promotion, disease prevention, disability limitation, and
rehabilitation

Answer 7

Preventive Medicine

Question 8

A field of medicine that works to understand how social and economic factors affect health and illness so that societal conditions
can be created that foster good health

Answer 8

Social Medicine

Question 9

Shortcomings

Answer 9

1. Health is dynamic and constantly changing
2. Insufficient dimensions: political, economical, and spiritual
3. Health is subjective
4. Idealistic rather than realistic
5. Health is not an individual level but community level
6. Health is an end product rather than a means or way

Question 10

Overt actions that have a specific
frequency, interest, and duration

Answer 10

Behavioral factors

Question 11

Multiple nations

Answer 11

International Health

Question 12

General or as a whole

Answer 12

Community

Question 13

Activities/services provided by
healthcare professionals acting as first point of contact/consultation for all patients within healthcare system

Answer 13

Primary healthcare

Question 14

Organized responsibilities of community health

Answer 14

Public health, school health, transportation, safety, and other tax supported functions

Question 15

A branch of medicine that deals with populations as opposed to individuals and that provides
health care at the community level.

Answer 15

Community Medicine

Question 16

All nations

Answer 16

Global Health

Question 17

What is dedicated money and grant money

Answer 17

dedicated money – fund
grant money - charity

Question 18

Consists of organizations, policy, and environmental efforts to improve good health

Answer 18

Health promotion

Question 19

What fertility rate is higher

Answer 19

Rural

Question 20

Advertising, raising awareness, entails health education and creating an environment that is
conducive to good health. Goal is
voluntary behavior change.

Answer 20

Promotion

Question 21

Future of Public Health

Answer 21

Institute of Medicine (1988)

Question 22

Individuals in a community are bound to each other by

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Social, Religious, Ethnic, Occupational, or other characteristics that they have in common

Question 23

The health status of people who may or may not identify themselves as a community
and the efforts and conditions directed toward that group by means that may or may not be organized

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Population Health

Question 24

Social factors

Answer 24

Economic conditions, Occupational distribution, and Political milieu

Question 25

Stigma

Answer 25

Strengthens mental health programs and services

Question 26

Specific sector in a community

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Population

Question 27

Created definition and functions of public health

Answer 27

Charles-Edward Amory Winslow

Question 28

6 Shortcomings in the definition of WHO

Answer 28

PESPMS – Physical, Economical, Social, Political, Mental, Spiritual

Question 29

Ways and extents of organization with the community

Answer 29

Organizational factors

Question 30

Meaning of hal

Answer 30

Hale, sound, whole

Question 31

Preventing and controlling illness and maintaining the maximum functioning of the community. Example is COVID-19 vaccine

Answer 31

Maintenance

Question 32

• Quality of air
• Quality of environmental sanitation
• Quality of water supply
• Quality of food
• Protection against radiation
• Protection against noise pollution

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Environmental factors

Question 33

Cultural factors

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• Beliefs attributed to a particular social
  ethnic or age group
• Religion
• Racial and ethnic people

Question 34

Fewer patients. More
specialized form. Cancer management and neurosurgeries

Answer 34

Tertiary healthcare

Question 35

Communicable disease

Answer 35

Infectious diseases

Question 36

Health status of the community

Answer 36

Community health

Question 37

Government ran and funded by tax dollars

Answer 37

Public health

Question 38

All activities that can reduce harmful effects of environmental hazards. Functions are water purification, air quality,
environment sanitation, food hygiene, and drug safety

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Protection

Question 39

All territory, population, and
housing units located outside

Answer 39

Rural

Question 40

Areas densely settled
territory with 50,000 or more people

Answer 40

Urban Areas

Question 41

Certificate in public health is awarded for all the graduates on council in education of public health.

Answer 41

Adequate training of community and public health professionals

Question 42

Provided by medical specialists associated by hospital-based care

Answer 42

Secondary healthcare