HED 400 Final Exam Review UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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HED 400
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HED 400
HED 400 Final Exam Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Chapter 1: Principles, Measurements and the Health -development Link - CORRECT
ANSWER-
Define the terms health, public health, and global health - CORRECT ANSWER-
Why study global health - CORRECT ANSWER- To understan...
HED 400 Final Exam Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Chapter 1: Principles, Measurements and the Health -development Link - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔-
Define the terms health, public health, and global health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Why study global health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To understand:
- The progress that has already been made
- The challenges that still remain
- That diseases are not limited by national boundaries
- That there are disparities among groups
- The health-development link
- The need for different actors to work together
- Health disparities
- Link between health and development
- Nature of many global health concerns
- Need for different actors to work together
- To learn about low-cost but highly effective interventions
Health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- a state of complete physical, mental and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Public health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- "...the science and art of preventing disease,
prolonging life, and promoting physical health and mental health and efficiency through
organized community efforts toward a sanitary environment"
,is ANY activities intended to PREVENT DISEASES, promote health, and PROLONGING
LIFE among a population as a whole
Discuss some examples of public health activities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - promotion
of handwashing
the promotion of bicycle and - motorcycle helmets
- the promotion of knowledge about HIV/AIDs
- large scale screening for diabetes and hypertension
Global health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an area for study, research, and practice that
places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people
worldwide."; improve health for all people around the world
Examples of of global health issues - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Emerging and reemerging
infectious diseases
-Antimicrobial resistance
-Eradication of polio
-TB
-Malaria
-HIV
-The increasing cases of diabetes and heart disease globally
Discuss some examples of public health efforts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- development of
a campaign to promote child immunization in particular
get people in a city to use seat belts when driving
Eat healthier foods
Stop smoking tobacco
Describe some of the guiding principles of public health work - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -
Prevention of disease
- Respect for the rights of individuals
- a commitment to developing public health efforts in conjunction with communities
,Critical Global Health Concepts - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Determinants of health
-Measurement of health status
-Importance of culture to health
-Global burden of disease
-Key risk factors for different health conditions
-Demographic and epidemiologic transitions
-Organization and function of health systems
-Links among health, education, poverty, and equity
Key issues in Global health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - Environmental health
- Nutrition
- Women's health
- Child health
- Communicable diseases
- Noncommunicable diseases
- Injuries
Sustainable Development Goals - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 17 goals adopted by the UN in
2015 to reduce disparities between developed and developing countries by 2030
what are some of the global health challenges that remain to be addressed - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- high rate of death of women due to maternal causes, TB, HIV, and malaria
deaths
what are some of the most important challenges to health globally? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- nutrition, environmental health, reproductive health, child health,
communicable diseases, noncommunicable diseases, and injuries
Chapter 2: Health Determinants, Measurements and the Status of health Globally -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
, Briefly discuss the global effort to eradicate smallpox - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- World
Health Organization proposed to eradicate small pox by vaccinations. The most effective way
was to isolate new cases of smallpox, and vaccinating everyone in the vicinity of those
patients.
The determinants of health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the range of personal, social,
economic, and environmental factors that influence health status of individuals or
populations.
Social determinants of health - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The conditions in which people
are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the distribution of money, power, and
resources at global, national, and local levels
Define the most important health indicators and key terms related to measuring health status
and the burden of disease - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - The factors that influence health
status most
- The indicators used to measure health status
- The key trends in health status that have occurred historically
Key health status indicators - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- • Infant mortality rate
• Life expectancy at birth
• Maternal mortality ratio
• Neonatal mortality rate
• Under-5 mortality rate
• Infant mortality rate
• Life expectancy at birth
• Maternal mortality ratio
• Neonatal mortality rate
• Under-5 mortality rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Infant mortality rate
-The number of deaths of infants under age 1/1000 live births in a given year
Life expectancy at birth
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