Related Professions

Question 1

five strategic points of intervention and collaboration between planning and public health?

Answer 1

1. Visioning and Goal Setting (public health practitioners should have a seat at the table, and could use visioning sessions to educate the public about development and public health)
2. Plans and Planning (planners should provide a narrative description of the rationale for addressing health, physical activity and accessibility for all people in the comprehensive plan)
3. Implementation Tools (the reform of zoning and subdivision regulations can promote public health through walkability and transit use, for example)
4. Site Design and Development (e.g., promoting pedestrian friendly environments)
5. Public Facility Siting and Capital Spending (e.g., enhancing walkability around public facilities such as schools)

Question 2

Universal Design

Answer 2

“The design of products and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.”

This translates to providing more opportunities for multi-modal travel, including wheelchairs, walking, bicycle, or mass transit (in addition to car travel).

Question 3

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

Answer 3

“a combination of procedures, methods, and tools by which a policy, program, or project may be judged in terms of its potential effects within the population.”

An HIA can be used to analyze a policy or set of policies, such as a comprehensive plan, a major rezoning, or a brownfield redevelopment project

An HIA might include the assessment of transportation and injury prevention, noise, opportunities for physical fitness, natural hazards, and solid and hazardous waste disposal.

Question 4

Civil Engineering

Answer 4

Civil Engineering deals with the built environment and areas of focus include roads, bridges, water and waste water, and utilities

Question 5

Environmental Science

Answer 5

An environmental scientist assesses the environmental health and stability of a given area. This typically involves creating surveys or research to collect a variety of environmental samples such as soil, water or air samples.

Question 6

Architecture

Answer 6

Planners could include architects in plan making, especially in the creation of design guidelines, or architectural recommendations. Architects are often part of private developer implementation when designing a building in a planning area.

Question 7

Landscape Architecture

Answer 7

Landscape architects can assist in the creation of parks and recreation master plans, or on specific outdoor projects such as parks, plazas, open space and streetscaping.

Question 8

How do Planners work with Attorneys

Answer 8

Planners interact with investment and finance, and agreements of various kinds, zoning ordinances, etc.

Question 9

How do Planners work with Real Estate professionals?

Answer 9

A real estate agent is anyone who has a real estate license.

A real estate broker, beyond the agent level and has passed a brokers licensing exam

Question 10

How might planners interact with police?

Answer 10

Rise in community policing efforts - community sets policing priorities for their own neighborhoods and goal of police officer is to build ties and partnerships and work closely with community.

Planners have interest in developing those kind of relationships

Question 11

public health terms

access

Answer 11

the ability to obtain needed health care services

Question 12

public health

ATSDR (agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

Answer 12

Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The agency is mandated by the federal superfund law to assess health risks from hazardous waste sites on the National Priority List. ATSDR determines if additional health studies are needed at these sites, provides health advisories, and publishes toxicological profiles on chemicals found at hazardous waste sites. ATSDR also maintains exposure registries of people exposed to certain substance

Question 13

BRFSS (The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System)

Answer 13

A telephone questionnaire initially developed by the CDC in the early 1980s to collect state-level data to monitor state level prevalence of the major behavioral risks among adults associated with premature morbidity and mortality, such as cigarette smoking and inactivity.

Question 14

public health

behavior/healthy behavior

Answer 14

Behavior is the combination of knowledge, practices and attitudes that together contribute to motivate actions we take regarding our own health. Healthy behavior may promote and preserve good health.

Question 15

CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Answer 15

Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services providing federal leadership in the prevention and control of diseases.

Question 16

chronic disease

Answer 16

A health condition that occurs over a long period of time (e.g., several weeks, months, or years).

Question 17

environmental factor

Answer 17

An extrinsic factor (e.g., geology, climate, insects, sanitation, health services, etc.) that affects the agent and the opportunity for exposure.

Question 18

environmental health

Answer 18

The discipline that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment, promotes human health and well being, and fosters a safe and healthful environment.

Question 19

epidemiology

Answer 19

The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems.

Question 20

health disparities

Answer 20

The difference in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the U.S.

Question 21

health indicator

Answer 21

A measure that reflects, or indicates, the state of health of persons in a defined population (e.g., the infant mortality rate).

Question 22

health impact assessment (HIA)

Answer 22

Any combination of qualitative and quantitative methods used to assess the population health. consequences of a policy, project, or program that does not have health as its primary objective (i.e., assessing the health consequences of non-health-sector actions).

Question 23

Healthy People 2010

Answer 23

A program of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, HP 2010 is a nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda. Its two primary goals are to increase the quality and years of life and to minimize health disparities among Americans.

Question 24

health promotion

Answer 24

The process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health.

Question 25

indicator

Answer 25

A variable that helps measure changes directly or indirectly. It also makes it possible to assess the success of a program’s efforts in achieving its goals. In medicine, indicators help to measure changes in the health situation of a given population (e.g., the elderly).

Question 26

infectious disease

Answer 26

A disease is caused by the presence of disease-causing organisms or agents, such as bacteria, viruses, and parasitic worms.

Question 27

injury prevention strategies

Answer 27

Strategies that focus primarily on environmental design (e.g., road construction that permits optimum visibility), product design, human behavior, education, and legislative and regulatory requirements that support environmental and behavioral change.

Question 28

intervention

Answer 28

The act or fact of interfering with a condition to modify it or with a process to change its course.

Question 29

NACCHO (The National Association of County and City Health Officials)

Answer 29

The national nonprofit organization representing local public health agencies (including city, county, metro, district, and Tribal agencies). NACCHO provides education, information, research, and technical assistance to local health departments and facilitates partnerships among local, state, and federal agencies in order to promote and strengthen public health.

Question 30

NCEH (The National Center for Environmental Health)

Answer 30

One of numerous centers at CDC. Its mission is “to provide national leadership, through science and service, that promotes
health and quality of life by preventing or controlling those diseases, birth defects,
disabilities, or deaths that result from interactions between people and their environment.”

The main activities of NCEH include public health surveillance, applied research, statistical
and laboratory analyses, and training programs for state and local health officials.

Question 31

NIH (The National Institutes of Health)

Answer 31

Part of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services that conducts scientific research into the causes, prevention,
and cure of diseases.

Question 32

NHANES (The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey)

Answer 32

A survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control (NCHS/CDC). The survey, which takes between four and six years to complete, has been conducted three times since 1971. It is designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States through interviews and direct physical examinations of approximately 30,000 children, adults, and elderly people.

Question 33

obesity

Answer 33

An excessively high amount of body fat or adipose tissue in relation to lean body mass

Question 34

overweight

Answer 34

Increased body weight in relation to height, when compared to some standard of acceptable or desirable weight.

Question 35

PACE EH (Protocol for Assessing Community Excellence in Environmental Health)

Answer 35

An environmental health assessment tool developed by NACCHO intended for users to identify environmental health related issues, develop indicators, and develop action plans to address them in order to improve local environmental public health status. NACCHO staff conducts regional trainings several times a year for departments interested in using the tool.

Question 36

prevention

Answer 36

Actions that reduce exposure or other risks, keep people from getting sick, or keep disease from getting worse.

Question 37

public health

Answer 37

A set of organized interdisciplinary efforts to protect, promote, and restore the public’s health. It is the combination of assessment, policy development and assurance that is directed to the maintenance and improvement of the health of all the people through
collective or social actions. The mission of public health is to “Promote physical, mental and environmental health and prevent disease, injury and disability.

(Source: Institute of Medicine 1988; National Association of County Health Offi cials 1994.)

Question 38

quality of life

Answer 38

The degree to which individuals perceive themselves as able to function physically, emotionally and socially. In a general sense, it is that which makes life worth living. In a more “quantitative” sense, it refers to a person’s time remaining alive, free of impairment, disability, or handicap.

Question 39

social capital

Answer 39

The institutions, relationships, and norms that shape the quality and quantity of a society’s social interactions

Question 40

social marketing

Answer 40

The application of commercial marketing technologies to the analysis, planning, execution, and evaluation of programs designed to influence the voluntary behavior of target audiences in order to improve their personal health and welfare and that of their society.

Question 41

surveillance

Answer 41

The ongoing, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health data. This activity also involves timely dissemination of the data and use for public health
programs.