Organization of Clinical & Public Health

Question 1

Six primary responsibilities of municipalities and local PH departments

Answer 1

• Vital statistics
• communicable disease control
• maternal & child health
• environmental health
• health education
• public health laboratories

Question 2

3 core functions of public health agency?

Answer 2

Asessessmet: PH should collect, assemble, and analyze community health
Policy development: Using a scientific knowledge base, make decisions & exercise responsibilites to serve public interest and policies
Assuranace: assure that necessary services are provided through regulation

Question 3

Describe #VIII of the 10 public health services

Answer 3

Build and support a diverse and skilled public health workforce

• Assess the the workforce (health workers) to meet community needs for public and personal health services
• maintain public health workforce standards to process licensure/credentialing of professionals and incorporateing core public health competencies

Question 4

Decribe #V of the 10 public health services

Answer 4

create, champions and implement policies, plans and laws that impact health

• develop policy to protect the health of the public and guide the practice of public health

Question 5

who has the highest incidence of infections

Answer 5

• migrant workers have the highest incidence of infections due to lack of awareness and fear of deportation