nathe chapter 1 - dental public health overview

Question 1

assessment

Answer 1

Process of care that analyzes the program’s target group and resources
first step of program planning or community health improvement process

Question 2

policy development

Answer 2

function in which laws and other policies are planned and developed to support community oral health issues

Question 3

assurance

Answer 3

making sure all populations have access to quality health care
agencies ensure that services necessary to achieve agreed upon health goals are provided

Question 4

health

Answer 4

state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease

Question 5

public health

Answer 5

health of population as whole rather than on treatment of individual
dental hygiene role focusing on public health science and practice
science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting physical health and efficiency within population
concerned with protecting health of entire community not just individuals

Question 6

community dental health (dental public health)

Answer 6

oral health care and education with an emphasis on utilization of dental hygiene sciences to deliver care to target population
science and art of preventing and controlling oral diseases and promoting oral health through organized community efforts

Question 7

primary prevention

Answer 7

employment of strategies and agents to forestall the onset of disease, reverse its progress, or arrest its process before treatment becomes necessary
services designed to prevent disease before is occurs
includes health education, avoidance of disease, health protection

Question 8

secondary prevention

Answer 8

routine treatment methods to terminate a disease process and/or restore tissues to as near normal as possible
can be termed restorative care
services designed to slow progression of disease or its sequelae at any point after its inception
includes detection and treatment of disease ASAP to halt or slow its progress

Question 9

tertiary prevention

Answer 9

strategy to replace lost tissues through rehabilitation
services designed to soften impact of an ongoing illness or injury that has lasting effects by helping manage long term health problems and injuries

Question 10

socioeconomic status (ses)

Answer 10

individuals comparative social and economic standing within a community
social standing or status of person or group in community or society on social-economic scale
measured by factors such as education and type, income, wealth, place of residence

Question 11

access to care

Answer 11

assurance that conditions are in place for people to obtain the health care they need and want

Question 12

world health organization (WHO)

Answer 12

international health organization with primary role of directing and coordinating international health within the united nations system
primarily focused on serving the needs of developing countries

Question 13

department of health and human services (DHHS)

Answer 13

department of federal government presiding over agencies that implement programs to fulfill health goals
primarily provides an infrastructure, research, surveillance, and funding for programs that are carried out at the state and local levels

Question 14

centers for disease control (CDC)

Answer 14

major federal agency that monitors health, informs decision makers about health topics, provides people with information so they can take responsibility for their own health, provides healthcare workers with info on health promotion,
prevents disease and promotes health

Question 15

healthy people 2020

Answer 15

dynamic national compilation of measurable goals and objectives for prevention of disease and promotion of health that identify current nationwide health improvement priorities
applicable at national, state, local levels