HUMMNTR 3704
Community - correct answer people, location, social interaction, shared values
3 P's - correct answer people, policy, programs
Public health - correct answer effort organized by society to protect, promote,
and restore people's health through the application of science, practical skills, and collective action.
infectious disease examples - correct answer 1900: pneumonia, TB,
diarrhea/enteritis
Chronis illness examples - correct answer 2000: coronary heart disease,
cancer, chronic lung disease
Public health systems - correct answer ex. drug treatments, doctors, faith
institutions, transit, labs, public health agency
Functions of public health - correct answer assessment, policy development,
assurance
health determinants - correct answer Biology and genetics, lifestyle, living,
working, and social conditions, community conditions, and background conditions.
SEF - correct answer Social-ecological framework: model for understanding
how all elements of society combine to shape an individual's health
SDF - correct answer Social determinants of health: economic stability,
neighborhood, education, food, social and community conditions, health and health care
, Types of prevention efforts - correct answer self-management, rehabilitation,
promote healthy behaviors and environments, create supportive environments
Healthy people 2030 - correct answer set of goals and objectives w 10 year
targets designed to guide national health promotion and disease prevention to improve health of all
people in US
Social and economic trends in populations - correct answer Aging,
generational diversity, nutrition and health care services, ethnic diversity, 21st century lifestyle,
environmental nutrition issues, global environmental challenges
Epidemiology - correct answer 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.
risk - correct answer likelihood that people who are without a disease, but
exposed to certain risk factors, will acquire the disease at some point
relative risk - correct answer (RR) comparison of risk of some health-related
event in groups
incidence - correct answer Numerator: new cases occurring during the follow-
up period in a group initially free of the disease. Denominator: all susceptible individuals present at the
beginning of hte follow0up period (pop. at risk) Time: duration of the follow-up period. How measured:
Cohort study
Prevalence - correct answer Numerator: all cases counted in a single survey or
examination of a group. Denominator: all individuals examined, including cases and noncases. Time:
single point in time. How measured: prevalence or cross sectional study
epidemiologic method - correct answer observing, counting cases or events,
relating cases or events to the population at risk, making comparisons, developing the hypothesis,
testing the hypothesis, drawing scientific inferences, conducting experimental studies, intervening and
evaluating
