Public Health

Question 1

Organized efforts of society to keep people healthy + prevent injury, illness, and premature death

Answer 1

public health

Question 2

Combination of programs, services, and policies that protect + promote health of all canadians

Answer 2

public health

Question 3

which protects a larger group; public health or population health

Answer 3

public health

Question 4

Aims to improve the health of the entire population + reduce health inequities among population groups

Answer 4

population health

Question 5

list 3 reasons why COVID 19 mortality differs across countries

Answer 5

of people tested
demographics
cultural differences
characteristics of HC system

Question 6

what is the reproductive number of a disease

Answer 6

R0

Question 7

R0 is the measure of

Answer 7

how many people one sick person can infect if there are no control measures in an unimmunized populations (control measures depend on how a disease is spread)

Question 8

if Ro<1

Answer 8

disease will fade over time as it takes more than 1 sick person to infect another

Question 9

if Ro>1

Answer 9

will spread + higher the number = faster the spread

Question 10

what is the msot important medical discovery

Answer 10

vacciens

Question 11

what is herd immunity

Answer 11

when sufficient part of pop is immune to an infectious disease (through vaccination or prior illness) that its sustained spread is unlikely

Question 12

______ can be used to establish critical vaccination level or theshold

Answer 12

herd immunity

Question 13

what is herd immunity threshold =

Answer 13

1-1/R0

Question 14

T or F: no vaccination goal in canada established in 2015 have been met

Answer 14

T

Question 15

the increasing vaccination model includes

Answer 15

what people think/ feel + social processes - motivation - practical issues - vaccination

Question 16

the _____ vaccine has an abbreviated market authorization procses of ____ months

Answer 16

influenza
8 months

Question 17

why was the COVID vaccine developed so fast

Answer 17

mRNA vaccines started being developed in the 1990s
Lots of funding in covid + data submitted in real time for approval (not just all at the end)
Merging of clinical phases (step 2 + 3 done concurrently)
Used established timelines for dosing

Question 18

what is a passive system for monitoring Canadian immunization AEs

Answer 18

CAEFISS

Question 19

what is an active immunization monitoring program

Answer 19

IMPACT

Question 20

who comes up with recommendations for vaccine use

Answer 20

National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI)

Question 21

NACI makes recommendations for vaccines based on

Answer 21

evidence and efficacy only- no consideration of cost

Question 22

who makes recommendations for immunization program planning

Answer 22

Canadian Immunization Committee (CIC)

Question 23

who reviews and provides recommendations on immunization program planning and establishes national goals and targets

Answer 23

CIC

Question 24

2 immunization programs in alberta

Answer 24

AACI and ISC

Question 25

T or F: immunization is mandatory in alberta

Answer 25

F

Question 26

Public health nurses immunize under the authority of the ________

Answer 26

Medical Officer of Health (MOH)

Question 27

what immunizations must be reported electronically to the provincial immunization repository (IDSM)

Answer 27

all immunizations except influenza and COVID
all immunization assessments even if no immunization
all prev unreported immunizations