Vocab CH 1

Question 1

community

Answer 1

A group of people who are located in a particular space (including cyberspace), have shared values, and interact within a social system.

Question 2

Community nutrition

Answer 2

A discipline that strives to prevent disease and to improve the health, nutrition, and well-being of individuals and groups within communities.

Question 3

Policy

Answer 3

A course of action chosen by public authorities to address a given problem.

Question 4

Public health

Answer 4

Promotes and protects people’s health and the communities where they live, learn, work, and play.

Question 5

Bioterrorism

Answer 5

The intentional release of disease-causing toxins, microorganisms, or other substances.

Question 6

Ecology

Answer 6

The interrelations between individuals and their environments

Question 7

Health

Answer 7

According to the world health organization, a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.

Question 8

Health promotion

Answer 8

The process of enabling people to achieve their maximum potential for good health

Question 9

Intervention

Answer 9

A health promotion activity aimed at changing the behavior of a target audience

Question 10

Risk factors

Answer 10

Factors associated with an increased probability of acquiring a disease

Question 11

Primary prevention

Answer 11

Aimed at preventing the disease by controlling the risk factors

Question 12

Secondary prevention

Answer 12

Focuses on detecting disease early through screening and other forms of risk appraisal.

Question 13

Tertiary prevention

Answer 13

Aims to treat and rehabilitate people who have experienced an illness or injury

Question 14

Social ecological model

Answer 14

Focuses on the nature of people’s interactions with their surrounding physical and sociocultural environments

Question 15

Cognition

Answer 15

The knowledge and awareness that people have their environment and the judgements they make related to it

Question 16

Attitudes

Answer 16

An individual’s positive or negative evaluation of performing a behavior or engaging in an activity

Question 17

Built environment

Answer 17

Encompasses a variety of community design elements such as street layout, zoning, transportation options, stairs, public and green spaces, and business areas

Question 18

Health disparities

Answer 18

Exist when a segment of the population bears a disproportionate incidence of a health condition or illness

Question 19

Health equity

Answer 19

Means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This would help remove obstacles such as poverty, discrimination, and other places where people lack access to.

Question 20

Surveillance

Answer 20

An approach to collecting data on a populations health and nutrition status in which data collection occurs regularly and repeatedly.

Question 21

Sustainability

Answer 21

The capacity of being maintained over the long term in order to meet the needs of the present without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to meet their needs