Lecture 1A part 1

Question 1

What is public health according to WHO?

Answer 1

All organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent dz, promote health, and prolong life among the pop as a whole

Question 2

What is the aim of PH according to WHO?

Answer 2

Provide maximum benefit for the largest number of ppl

Question 3

What is the definition of PH according to the CDC?

Answer 3

The science and art of preventing dz, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, orgs, public and private communities, and individuals

Question 4

What are exs of PH actions?

Answer 4

Develop policies to protect or promote health
Prevent dz and injury by promoting healthy lifestyles
Implement educational programs
Administer health svcs
Conduct research
Regulate health systems

Question 5

What does basic science study?

Answer 5

Cells
Tissues
Molecules
Animals in lab settings

Question 6

What are the research goals of basic science?

Answer 6

Understanding dz mechanisms and the effects of substances

Question 7

Exs of basic science

Answer 7

Toxicology
Pathology
Immunology

Question 8

Who is studied in clinical science?

Answer 8

Sick pts who come to HC facilities seeking tx

Question 9

What are the research goals of clinical science?

Answer 9

Improving dx and tx of dz

Question 10

Exs of clinical science

Answer 10

Internal med
Peds
Oncology

Question 11

What is studied in PH science?

Answer 11

Pops or communities at large

Question 12

Research goals of PH science

Answer 12

Prevention of dz
Promotion of health

Question 13

Exs of PH science

Answer 13

Epidemiology
Health education
Behavioral science
Environmental health science

Question 14

PH approach steps

Answer 14

Surveillance (What is the problem?)
Risk factor identification (What is the cause?)
Intervention eval (What works?)
Implementation (How do you do it?)

Question 15

What does epidemiology enable us to do?

Answer 15

Enables us to determine where dzs originate, how or why they move through pops, and how we can prevent them

Question 16

What is PH surveillance used for?

Answer 16

To monitor a PH situation

Question 17

What is the purpose of PH laboratories?

Answer 17

Support PH by performing tests to confirm dz diagnoses, conducting research, and training.

Question 18

What is the purpose of PH informatics?

Answer 18

Deals with the methods for collecting, compiling, and presenting health info (particularly electronic data)

Question 19

What does prevention effectiveness do?

Answer 19

Provides important economic info for decision and policy makers to help them choose the best prevention option available

Question 20

What are the core sciences of public health?

Answer 20

Prevention effectiveness
Surveillance
Epidemiology
Informatics
Laboratory

Question 21

What is the definition of epidemiology?

Answer 21

The study of the distribution and determinants of dz frequency in human pops and the application of this study to control health problems

Question 22

Definition of study

Answer 22

Applies sound methods of scientific inquiry

Question 23

Definition of distribution

Answer 23

Who, when where
Frequency and pattern of health events in a pop
Rate or risk of dz in pop (to allow valid comparisons across pops)

Question 24

Definition of determinants

Answer 24

Characteristics that influence whether or not dz occurs (causal or preventive)
Help generate hypotheses
Can be risk factors or protective factors

Question 25

Definition of dz

Answer 25

May refer to a broad range of health-related events/outcomes
Infectious, chronic dzs, genetic conditions, overall health and well-being