Week 1

Question 1

public health

Answer 1

What a society can do to collectively assure the conditions in which people can be healthy

Question 2

goal of public health

Answer 2

Prevent diseases and promote health

Question 3

what are the major public health Achievements?

Answer 3

safer, healthier food
Preventable diseases – vaccines
Family planning
Increase life expectancy
Safer work places
Decreased CVD and stroke
Motor vehicle safety

Question 4

Upstream thinking

Answer 4

Tactics affecting community level

Modifying economic, political, environmental factors to support better health outcomes

Question 5

primary prevention

Answer 5

Prevention of problems before they occur
Promotes health, and protects versus threats to health

Example – vaccines

Question 6

Secondary prevention

Answer 6

detects and treats problems in early stages

Example – screening, mammograms

Question 7

tertiary prevention

Answer 7

Limits further negative affects from existing problem

Example – shelter service after tornado, optimizing diet for diabetic patient

Question 8

Core functions

Answer 8

assessment
Policy development
Assurance

Question 9

assessment – essential services

Answer 9

Investigate health needs and analyze determinants of health

Question 10

policy development – essential services

Answer 10

Advocate for resources, develop policies and plans

Question 11

Assurance – essential services

Answer 11

manage resources
Implement programs
Enforce laws and regulations
Research new solutions

Question 12

Equity

Answer 12

Custom tools that identify and address inequality

Question 13

equality

Answer 13

Evenly distributed tools and assistance

Question 14

justice

Answer 14

Fixing the system to offer equal access to tools and opportunities

Question 15

implicit bias

Answer 15

Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding and decisions in an unconscious manner

Question 16

Is implicit bias involuntary, or voluntary?

Answer 16

Involuntary without awareness or control

Question 17

tasks of assessment phase

Answer 17

Identify strengths and weaknesses of community
Identify health needs and develop strategies to address them

Question 18

Primary data

Answer 18

information collected by you
Observation, interviews, surveys

Question 19

secondary data

Answer 19

Information collected by another source
Census, Statistics, records

Question 20

SMART objective

Answer 20

Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Realistic
Timely

Question 21

Formative evaluation

Answer 21

ongoing throughout intervention

Purpose is to evaluate the process and determine if it is operating as planned

Question 22

summative evaluation

Answer 22

Completion of intervention

Evaluates outcome and impact of final product

Question 23

Outcome evaluation

Answer 23

Examines immediate outcomes

Question 24

impact evaluation

Answer 24

Examines long-term outcomes

Question 25

evaluation steps

Answer 25

Relevance
Adequacy
Progress
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Impacts
Sustainability

Question 26

social determinants of health

Answer 26

Conditions in the environment, where people are born, work, Live, and age that affect health and risks

safe housing, transportation
Unemployment
Discrimination
Social exclusion
Polluted air and water
Access to nutritious food

Question 27

What are determinants of health

Answer 27

income
Education
Social support
Genetics
Health services
Gender