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N309 Exam 1 questions with correct answer1.
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N309 Exam 1 questions with correct answer1.
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N309 Exam 1 questions with correct answersWhat is the difference between public health and medicine? Correct
Answer-Public health: population focus, greatest good for greatest
number of people, emphasis on preventing disease
Medicine: individual focus, needs of individual, emphasis on diagnosis
and treating diseases
Define health, public health, and global health Correct Answer-Health -
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Public Health - 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
Global Health - the application of the principles of public health to
health problems and challenges that transcend national boundaries and to
the complex array of global and local forces that affect them
Why study global health? Correct Answer-Disease crosses borders and
affects everyone in the country and the health problems require global
solutions and international cooperation
, Examples of determinants of health Correct Answer-physical
environment, employment and working conditions, access to health
services, health behaviors, etc.
Life expectancy at birth Correct Answer-The average number of years a
newborn baby could expect to live if current mortality trends were to
continue for the rest of the newborn life
Maternal mortality rate Correct Answer-The number of women who die
as a result of pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live
births in a given year
Calculation: (# of maternal deaths) / (# of live births) X 100,000 live
births (during a year) = ____ number of women who die as a result of
pregnancy and childbirth complications per 100,000 live births in a
given year
Infant mortality rate Correct Answer-The number of deaths of infants
under age 1 per 1,000 live births in a given year
Calculation: (# of infant deaths) / (# of live births during the year) X
1,000 = ____ death per 1,000 live births in a year
Neonatal mortality rate Correct Answer-The number of deaths of infants
under 28 days of age in a given year per 1,000 live births in that year
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