PUBLIC HEALTH (MCU PRIMER) Flashcards
immunization
- personal protection
- environmental sanitation
- specific disease control
personal protection
children and young persons
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
social welfare
improve equity in health, reduce health risks, promote healthy lifestyles and settings, and respond to the underlying determinants of health.
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Health Organization (WHO)
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budget for the following blennium
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Health Assembly (WHA)
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is the other major “intergovernmental agency related to the UN” heavily involved in international health
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Bank
to develop and implement multi-sectoral public policies for health, integrated gender- and age-sensitive approaches.
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Health Organization (WHO)
aims provide welfare and protection
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
social welfare
a major public health problem
- vision disorders
- errors of refraction
- low vision
- blindness
vision disorders
defined legally as visual acuity less than 20/200 or worse in the better eye with best ophthalmic correction
- vision disorders
- errors of refraction
- low vision
- blindness
blindness
premier international health organization
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Health Organization (WHO)
approve the WHO programme
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Health Assembly (WHA)
encourage healthy persons to take precautionary measures
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
preventive
united nations specialized agency for health
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Health Organization (WHO)
what is the role of each staff and what tasks are they expected to perform
- money
- manpower
- materials
- management
manpower
water disposal
- personal protection
- environmental sanitation
- specific disease control
environmental sanitation
spends the majority of its program (non-administrative) budget on health care
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
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environment, hereditary, cultural factors
- measurement of needs
- assessment of resources
- definition of goals
- planning
measurement of needs
preparation of a strategy to achieve the goals
- measurement of needs
- assessment of resources
- definition of goals
- planning
planning
aims to encourage people to value health
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
health education
principal health agency in the philippines
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
Department of Health (DOH)
science and art of conserving and promoting healthful, wholesome and comfortable vision
- Hygiene
- Visual Hygiene
- Visual Sanitation
- Sanitation
- Health
- Public Health Optometry
Visual Hygiene
determines what buildings and capital equipment are required for the efficient delivery of health care
- money
- manpower
- materials
- management
materials
improvement in the health of the community
- measurement of needs
- assessment of resources
- definition of goals
- planning
definition of goals
what funds are necessary for drugs, vaccines and other consumables?
- money
- manpower
- materials
- management
materials
type of training do they require to enable them to fulfill their respective roles
- money
- manpower
- materials
- management
manpower
use of sanitary measures; science of sanitary condition, cleanliness and free from dirt, germs, etc.
- Hygiene
- Visual Hygiene
- Visual Sanitation
- Sanitation
- Health
- Public Health Optometry
Sanitation
deals with the needs to specific groups
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
special services
tapeworm
- personal protection
- environmental sanitation
- specific disease control
specific disease control
treatment of the sick
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
curative
highest priority must be given for the most common and most severe diseases
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
curative
how many are required and can be employed?
- money
- manpower
- materials
- management
manpower
money, manpower, materials, management
- measurement of needs
- assessment of resources
- definition of goals
- planning
assessment of resources
common cause of visual impairment in the country
- vision disorders
- errors of refraction
- low vision
- blindness
errors of refraction
embodiment of the principles, which aid in the undertaking of the causes and sources ocular infection and disease
- Hygiene
- Visual Hygiene
- Visual Sanitation
- Sanitation
- Health
- Public Health Optometry
Visual Sanitation
it is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
- Hygiene
- Visual Hygiene
- Visual Sanitation
- Sanitation
- Health
- Public Health Optometry
Health
responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services to all Filipinos
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
Department of Health (DOH)
the health secretary is Dr. Francisco Duque
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
Department of Health (DOH)
give loans money to poor countries on advantageous terms not available in commercial markets
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Bank
infectious typhoid
- personal protection
- environmental sanitation
- specific disease control
specific disease control
regarded as the most important element of health services
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
curative
includes all activities aimed at gathering information about the health status of the community and identifying the factors
- measurement of needs
- assessment of resources
- definition of goals
- planning
measurement of needs
water supply
- personal protection
- environmental sanitation
- specific disease control
environmental sanitation
may result from developmental vision problems, uncoordinated growth, or disease processes.
- vision disorders
- errors of refraction
- low vision
- blindness
low vision
there are tendency to invest too heavily in buildings and expensive equipment
- money
- manpower
- materials
- management
materials
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the science of the preservation of health; sanitary science; a system of principles or rules designed for the promotion of health
- Hygiene
- Visual Hygiene
- Visual Sanitation
- Sanitation
- Health
- Public Health Optometry
Hygiene
the use of the full scope of optometric knowledge, skills and services to prevent disease, to prolong life, and to promote health and the efficiency of groups of people particularly at the community level.
- Hygiene
- Visual Hygiene
- Visual Sanitation
- Sanitation
- Health
- Public Health Optometry
Public Health Optometry
health care is provided as welfare services which is paid for almost exclusively from government revenue or compulsory insurance scheme
- money
- manpower
- materials
- management
money
second most prevalent chronic health problem
- vision disorders
- errors of refraction
- low vision
- blindness
vision disorders
there must be a realistic assessment of resources that are available or could be made available for improving the health of the community
- measurement of needs
- assessment of resources
- definition of goals
- planning
assessment of resources
proper education among individuals
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
preventive
providing care for the sick members of the population
- curative
- preventive
- special services
- social welfare
- health education
curative
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its top priority are children, so it devotes most on its resources to the poorest countries and to children younger than 5
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
requires a careful selection of priorities
- measurement of needs
- assessment of resources
- definition of goals
- planning
definition of goals
to decide major policy questions
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Health Assembly (WHA)
governed by 192 member states through the world health assembly
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- World Health Assembly (WHA)
- World Bank
- The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
- Department of Health (DOH)
World Health Organization (WHO)
resources available to the health authorities should be skillfully managed at all levels
- money
- manpower
- materials
- management
management