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Health is... Correct Answer-"a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO) Ways people view their health: Correct Answer-Clinical -- absence of disease, illness, or symptoms Functional -- ability to perform as expected in...

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N309-- Exam 1 questions with correct answers
Health is... Correct Answer-"a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"
(WHO)


Ways people view their health: Correct Answer-Clinical -- absence of
disease, illness, or symptoms


Functional -- ability to perform as expected in social/work roles


Adaptive -- ability to adapt to environment and stressors, maintain
stability


Eudaimonistic -- ideal state o human nature, exuberant well-being,
ability to achieve highest potentials


Culture & people's view of their health: Correct Answer-Being in
balance -- balance of lying and Yang in traditional Chinese medicine


Harmony -- American Indian, Native American


Signs of Positive Health: Correct Answer---Healthy body, healthy habits
--High quality personal relationships
--Sense of purpose in life
--Mastery of life's tasks

,--Resilience to stress, trauma, change


Public Health is: Correct Answer-"Health care is vital to all of us some
of the time, but public health is vital to all of us all of the time"


The science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a
community, as by preventative medicine, health education, control of
communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures, and
monitoring of environmental hazards.


Public Health vs. Medicine Correct Answer-Public Health:
-population focus
-greatest good for the greatest number
-emphasis on preventing disease and promoting health of communities
-interventions target environment, behavioral lifestyles, and medical care


Medicine:
-individual focus
-needs of individual more important than needs of group
-emphasis on diagnosing and treating diseases
-interventions are medical


What does public health do? Correct Answer--monitor health of
countries
-control communicable diseases

, -educate the public about health
-provide population interventions... Vitamin A and immunizations
-maintain safety net for vulnerable populations


Global health is: Correct Answer-"health problems, issues, and concerns
that transcend national boundaries and best addressed by cooperative
actions"


"The application of the principles of public health to health problems
and challenges that transcend national boudoirs and to the complex array
of global and local forces that affect them"


Why study global health? Correct Answer--diseases cross borders
-ethical responsibility to address health disparities (social justice)
-health is basis of economic and social development
-health promotes global security and freedom
-learn how to improve US health


Millennium Development Goals (MDG) -- 1 Correct Answer-1) Hunger
and Poverty


-cut in half from 1990 the proportion of people whose income is <
1$/day
-cut in half from 1990 the proportion of people who suffer from hunger

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