Midterm Part 1

Question 1

What is the definition of Health as defined by the World Health Organization?

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

T/F: Public health is clearly defined by WHO and this definition is universally accepted.

Answer 2

False; there is not one, universally accepted, definition of public health

Question 3

What is the oldest and largest organization of public health professionals in the world?

Answer 3

American Public Health Association (1872)

Question 4

What organization defines Public Health as a series of individuals, communities, activities and programs working to PROMOTE health, PREVENT disease/injury/premature death, and to ENSURE conditions in which we all can be safe and healthy?

Answer 4

American Public Health Association (APHA)

Question 5

What organization defines public health as what we as a society do collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy?

Answer 5

the Institute of Medicine

IOM

Question 6

What are the 3 parts of the Triad/Triangle of Health?

Answer 6

Host, Agent, and Environment

Question 7

What is the main goal of public health?

Answer 7

prevention

Question 8

What are the 3 core functions of the 10 essential public health services?

Answer 8

Assessment, Policy development, and Assurance

Question 9

Which core function of public health services would monitoring the health of a community fall under?

Answer 9

Assessment

Question 10

Which core function of public health services would informing/educating people about health issues fall under?

Answer 10

policy development

Question 11

Which core function of public health services would enforcing laws (regulations that protect health/ensure safety) fall under?

Answer 11

Assurance

Question 12

What should the goal of any community or health care provider be?

Answer 12

to prolong the number of years of healthy life of the population

Question 13

What is the term for the incidence of disease within a population?

Answer 13

Morbidity

Question 14

What is the term for the number of people who have died from a disease or condition?

Answer 14

Mortality

Question 15

T/F: Life expectancy is defined as the limit of natural life./

Answer 15

False; this is the definition of life span

Question 16

What is the term for the average length of life a person or group is likely to live?

Answer 16

life expectancy

Question 17

What is the current life expectancy?

Answer 17

78

Question 18

Since the year 1900, life expectancy has risen from between late 40s-early 50s to an average life expectancy in the late 70s - early 80s. How many of those years have been attributed to advances in public health?

Answer 18

25

Question 19

T/F: Primary care is typically based in an office setting (outpatient).

Answer 19

True

Question 20

T/F: Tertiary care emphasizes prevention, health promotion, and health maintenance.

Answer 20

False; this is true of primary care

Question 21

T/F: Primary care is more specific than general.

Answer 21

False; primary care is more general than specific (i.e. screenings)

Question 22

T/F: Secondary care is considered hospital setting-based.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

Patients who have been rendered at least partially non-ambulatory by their health problem and are bed-ridden for at least a portion of the day typically seek which type of care, secondary or tertiary?

Answer 23

Secondary care

Question 24

T/F: Tertiary care includes so-called “routine surgeries” and is more specialized, intensive and costly than primary care.

Answer 24

False; this is true of secondary care

Question 25

Which type of care uses more advanced techniques, equipment and personnel - secondary or tertiary?

Answer 25

Tertiary

Question 26

Which type of care is most expensive. primary, secondary, or tertiary?

Answer 26

tertiary

Question 27

What's the simple way to discern primary, secondary and tertiary care?

Answer 27

Primary - Doc in the Box Secondary - Imaging center Tertiary - Mayo Clinic Specialized Surgery

Question 28

T/F: Chiropractic Care is very specific and is thus considered Tertiary Care.

Answer 28

False; considered primary care (think prevention)

Question 29

What is the term for Prevention of the occurence or the incidence of illness or injury via risk reduction in susceptible population?

Answer 29

Primary Prevention

Question 30

What is the term fro prevention of disease/injury progression via early detection and prompt intervention?

Answer 30

Secondary Prevention (reduce the extent of the burden)

Question 31

What type of prevention is carried out by ongoing care/rehab with the intent of preventing permanent disability/death?

Answer 31

Tertiary Prevention

Question 32

What are the 3 major underlying resources of healthcare infrastructure (how public health services are organized and delivered)?

Answer 32

Agencies, People, and Funding

Question 33

What are the 3 major types of Agencies?

Answer 33

Governmental (public), Quasi-Governmental (hybrid) Non-governmental (private - NGO)

Question 34

What 4 main levels are Governmental Agencies found at?

Answer 34

International (WHO) National (CDC) State (Iowa Dept of Health) Local (Scott County HD)

Question 35

What is the primary funding fro Governmental Agencies like the CDC?

Answer 35

taxes or assessments

Question 36

T/F: All countries have a primary dept or agency responsible for the health of the citizens.

Answer 36

True

Question 37

What is the largest department of the US federal government?>

Answer 37

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - 25% of total budget

Question 38

What Government Agency was established in 1946 in Atlanta?

Answer 38

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Question 39

T/F: The CDC was established 2 years after the WHO.

Answer 39

False; the CDC was established 2 years BEFORE WHO (1946 and 1948)

Question 40

T/F: Other health agencies that contribute to the nation's health in the US include the USDA, OSHA, EPA, and DHS.

Answer 40

True

Question 41

T/F: Not all states have their own Dept of Health.

Answer 41

False

Question 42

T/F: the local health departments are the responsibility of the city or county government and there are almost 3,000 nationwide

Answer 42

True

Question 43

What is an example of a Quasi-governmental agency?

Answer 43

Red Cross

Question 44

What are the "Big Three" Non-governmental organizations?

Answer 44

American Cancer Society American Heart Association American Lung Association

Question 45

What type of agency is the American Public Health Association?

Answer 45

NGO

Question 46

What type of agency is the World Federation of Chiropractic?

Answer 46

Has status with the WHO as a formally affiliated NGO

Question 47

T/F: Most Service, Social, and Religious Organizations that sponsor health-related programs are considered Quasi-Governmental Agencies.

Answer 47

False; Nongovernmental Health Agencies