Public Health

Question 1

Public health definition

Answer 1

Art and science of:
-preventing disease
-prolonging life
-promoting health

Through organised effort of Society

Question 2

Public health characteristics? 3

Answer 2

-population based
-recognises the key role of the state linker to socio-economic determinants of health
-emphasises the collaborative responsibility for:
health
its protection
preventing disease

Question 3

PH outcomes? 2

Answer 3

-improve healthy life expectancy
-reduce differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy across population

Question 4

PH vision? 2

Answer 4

-improve nation’s health
-improve the health of poorest fastest

Question 5

PH domain? 4

Answer 5

-health protection
-health improvement
-health promotion
-strengthen local responses

Question 6

Health protection (UKHSA) goals? 4

Answer 6

-strengthen response to COVID 19
-increase global security
-protect public from new and existing threat to health
-establish UKHSA as dynamic organisation

Question 7

Health promotion examples? 4

Answer 7

-screening tests
-immunisation
-infection disease control
-water contamination

Question 8

Health improvement examples? 4

Answer 8

-weight management
-smoking cessation
-increased exercise levels
-increase mental well-being

Question 9

Health prevention goals? 3

Answer 9

-focus on health inequalities
-prolonging life expectancy
-reduce pressure to NHS

Question 10

PHE 2020-25 strategy? 3

Answer 10

-decrease food sugar and calories
-decrease smoking rate
-decrease air pollution

FAIRER SOCIETY
-decrease infant mortality
-decrease childhood obesity

KEEP PUBLIC SAFE
-reduce use of antibiotic
-low rate drug resistant disease

Question 11

Health inequalities indicators? 8

Answer 11

-life expectancy
-infant mortality
-teenage pregnancy rate
-access to primary care
-housing
-homeless families rate
-smoking rate
-cardiovascular and cancer death rate