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1
Q

The WHO defines health as a “state of complete
physical. Mental, and _____ well-being and not
merely the absence of disease”

A

SOCIAL

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Whose book offers both the positive and
negative definitions of health?

A

ANN BOWLING

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Computing for mortality rates supports which
definition of health?

A

NEGATIVE

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Etymology: The term “Community” may come
from the Latin word “‘corn” which means together
or ______?

A

WITH

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Etymology: The term community may come from
the Etruscan word “‘munis” which means:

A

TO
ENDOW, TO PROVIDE

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The sociological definition of community makes
use of what as its fundamental unit?

A

FAMILY

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Q

All the people living in Antananarivo can be
called as one community following which
definition?

A

GEOGRAPHICAL

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This refers to the belief that each member of a
community has a unique function that
contributes to the aggregate dynamics of a
community.

A

SOCIAL SYSTEM

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Q

Income as an influence to personal health
belongs to which factor?

A

SOCIOECONOMIC
STATUS

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Q

The decision to eat nutritious food or to jog
regularly under appropriate conditions is an
example of?

A

PERSONAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

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Public Health refers to the health status of a
defined group of people and the actions and
conditions, both private and public
(governmental), to promote, protect, and
preserve their health.

T or F

A

FALSE - it involves all
people not just a defined group of people

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The prevalence of Singapore’s common
diseases is largely determined by it being
positioned one-and-a-half degrees north of the
equator. lying entirely between the 1st and 2nd
parallels. Choose the factor/s to which this fact
belongs:

A

GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL FACTOR

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The larger the community, the greater its number
of health resources and the less its range of
health problems will be.

T or F

A

FALSE - the larger the
community, lager resources, the more health
problems.

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14
Q

The influence of social norms on community
health can be positive or negative and can
change over time.

T or F

A

TRUE

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15
Q

The statement below refers to which factor? It
may mean more jobs for people. therefore.
capacitating these people to have access to
better choices for their health but it may bring
also with-it occupational illnesses.

A

INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT

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The WHO defines Public Health as “the art of
applying science in the context of ______ so as
to reduce the inequalities in health while
ensuring the best health for the greatest
number.”

A

POLITICS

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Q

Which of the following are the activities of public
health?

▪ Respond to disasters
▪ Protect against environmental
hazards
▪ Promote and encourage healthy
behaviors
▪ Promote good governance
▪ Prevent injuries
▪ Assure the quality and accessibility Of
health services
▪ Assist communities in recovery after
disasters
▪ Prevent election of corrupt leaders
▪ Promote proper allocation of public funds
▪ Prevent epidemics and spread of
disease

A

▪ Respond to disasters
▪ Protect against environmental
hazards
▪ Promote and encourage healthy
behaviors
▪ Prevent injuries
▪ Assure the quality and accessibility Of
health services
▪ Assist communities in recovery after
disasters
▪ Prevent epidemics and spread of
disease

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Which of the following are the activities of public
health?

▪ Respond to disasters
▪ Protect against environmental
hazards
▪ Promote and encourage healthy
behaviors
▪ Promote good governance
▪ Prevent injuries
▪ Assure the quality and accessibility Of
health services
▪ Assist communities in recovery after
disasters
▪ Prevent election of corrupt leaders
▪ Promote proper allocation of public funds
▪ Prevent epidemics and spread of
disease

A

▪ Respond to disasters
▪ Protect against environmental
hazards
▪ Promote and encourage healthy
behaviors
▪ Prevent injuries
▪ Assure the quality and accessibility Of
health services
▪ Assist communities in recovery after
disasters
▪ Prevent epidemics and spread of
disease

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19
Q

Using the paradigm depicting how Public Health
works in America, coordinating with the City
Health Office to conduct medical missions to
address a problem in a target community is step
number?

A

7

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20
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Public health is more concerned with the
prevention of diseases rather than treatment.

T ir F

A

True

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Q

What are the 5 Ps of Public Health?

A

Promotion
▪ Population
▪ Prevention
▪ Protection
▪ Preparedness

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Q

The evidence the earliest civilizations were
already into the use of prescription drugs can be
found where?

A

SUMERIAN CLAY TABLET

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23
Q

Spiritual Era?

24
Q

What happened during the 19th century?

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GERM
THEORY OF DISEASE

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What is the theory that says living things can be produced from nonliving things?
ABIOGENESIS (theory of spontaneous generation), biogenesis says that living things comes from living things
26
What the theory tells us that diseases may be caused by microorganisms?
GERM THEORY OF DISEASE
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Pioneer of vaccination?
EDWARD JENNER – vaccine for smallpox
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Which Era? In spite of the beginnings of recognition of the nature of diseases, the living conditions were hardly conducive to good health. Cities were overcrowded, and water supplies were inadequate and often unsanitary, Streets were usually unpaved, filthy, and heaped with trash and garbage. Workplaces were unsafe and unhealthy. Many homes had unsanitary' dirt floors.
18TH CENTURY
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Bacteriologic period of public health?
19TH CENTURY
30
What is the first discovered antibiotic?
PENICILLIN – by Alexander Fleming
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The below describe which time The drop in tax revenues reduced health department budgets and caused halt in forming in local health departments.
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
32
CDC is established in what US state?
GEORGIA
33
What disease is due to niacin deficiency with manifestations that affect the skin, digestive, and nervous system?
PELLAGRA
34
Polio eradication?
NEVER – eradication means no cases in all parts of the world
35
What term means that there are no remaining active cases of particular disease in any parts of the world?
ERADICATION
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More health researches that can be translated into something that actually benefits mankind may be an answer to which challenge 01 the 21st century?
EXPANDING THE KNOWLEDGE BASE
37
The different types of community organizations are classified according to the following except? ▪ Benefits ▪ Taxes ▪ Fund sources ▪ Organizational structure
▪ Benefits ▪ Taxes
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Which of the following statements are true about PAMET? (PHISMET is for students) ▪︎ Funded by membership dues ▪ Not headed by government officials ▪ Association of medical technologists
▪︎ Funded by membership dues ▪ Not headed by government officials ▪ Association of medical technologists
39
What are four levels of governmental health agencies? ▪
▪ International ▪ National ▪ Regional / State ▪ Local
40
Primary operating body of WHO?
WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
41
What year was it declared that smallpox was finally eradicated?
1980
42
Dr. Francisco T. Duque III is the head of?
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
43
Who is the head of DOH 2023
Ted Herbosa
44
Acting upon the complaint that Jollibee Indangan Branch does not conduct regular sanitation of their work are and immediate surroundings environment should be the responsibility of?
CITY HEALTH OFFICE
45
Which of the following is not a component of Coordinated School Health Programs? ▪ Family and community involvement ▪ Comprehensive school health education ▪ Physical education ▪ School health services ▪ Playschool ▪ Counseling, psychological, and social services ▪ School nutrition services ▪ Healthy school environment ▪ School-site health promotion for staff
Playschool
46
Which of the following is true regarding the National Academy of Sciences (quasi￾governmental)?
▪ Receives funding from the government ▪ Receives funding from private organizations ▪ Operates independently from government supervision
47
Which of the following does not belong to the group? The rest are under philanthropic organization ▪ Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ▪ American Legion Foundation (social services foundation) ▪ Rockefeller Foundation ▪ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
▪ American Legion Foundation (social services
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Corporations affect community health through the following: the way it treats the environment by its use of natural resources, by the discharge of wastes, the safety of the work environment it provides and through the type of products and services it gives. Furthermore, corporations should do the following to their employees: provide health and benefit packages, conduct health and safety education programs, and facilitates worksites fitness and recreation programs. T or F
True
49
Malita Disctrict Hospital belongs to which level of care?
SECONDARY
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The higher the level of care, the more qualified the health personnel and the more sophisticated the health equipment should be. Such as in Southern Philippines Medical Center. T or F
True
51
This is the ability to the desire and ability to take initiative in one’s own health and well-being.
SELF-LEADERSHIP
52
Which generation will be looking for meaningful work, real relationships and will tend to be moving into the central cities, often creating a reverse commute (city to the suburbs)? They are the first generation who have been exposed to wellness throughout their lives and have certainty about what they want to do. They will bring a new outlook to the workplace through hard work, having fun, and being open.
GENERATION Y
53
Wealth and ____ influence are likely the most influential factor in making future lifestyle choices.
SOCIOECONOMIC
54
What is the study of factors that influence the expression of our genes in ways that can be passed across generations without actually changing the DNA sequence?
EPIGENETIC
55
When you eat healthier, manage stress, exercise, and love more, your brain actually gets more blood flow and more oxygen. But more than that your brain gets measurably tighter.
FALSE – loving more has no connection to blood flow.
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As we look forward to the next 25 years of wellness and health promotion, we can recognize the foundation laid in this field in terrors of establishing relationships between health behaviors and various health and economic outcomes. Then we can mold our thinking about health as something much more than simply the absence of disease. TRUE or FALSE
True

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