Scn 195 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

SCN 195 Exam 2 Questions and Answers 100% Solved Social Policy in Concrete cities - Where you live is one predictor of how long you will live. Detroit and Chicago. Year New York City Health Department founded - 1866: NY State Legislature creates the Metropolitan Board of Health, considered official start of the New York City Department of Health. The cure for syphilis - 1943: Dr. John F. Mahoney discovers that penicillin will cure syphilis at the NYC DOH laboratory on Staten Island LaGu...

SCN 195 Exam 2 Questions and Answers 100% Solved Ethics - The study of MORALITY (whats right or wrong). The science of how choices are made. Epistemology - The study of KNOWLEDGE. Origin, nature, methods and limits of human knowledge. Metaphysics - The study of the NATURE of reality. Beliefs, perceptions about "what exists" and relations among the things that exist. The Tuskegee Experiment - Enrolls African American men with syphilis to understand the course of the disease. The ...

SCN 195 Exam 3 Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ ___defines health disparities as health inequalities that are unnecessary, avoidable, and unfair/unjust - World Health Organization Societal mechanisms whereby people are positioned in a hierarchy based on their wealth, status, power, prestige, gender, race/ethnicity, and other identifying characteristics - Social Stratification The tendency of people to view their own subgroup as superior and to reject subgroups with different...

SCN 195 FINAL EXAM Questions and Answers 100% Solved W.H.O Health Disparities - World Health Organization - health inequalities that are considered unnecessary, avoidable, unfair/unjust. social stratification - Specific people are grouped into categories based on certain characteristics. Ethnocentrism - Belief in the superiority of one's ethnic group. intersectionality - the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender as they apply to a given indivi...

SCN 195 Exam #3 Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ 19th century - Up until the end of the ______ century, education and training for health professionals was INFORMAL, inconsistent and often based on apprenticeship. Accreditation - The program of instruction at the institution is evaluated by the NATIONAL ORGANIZATION for that profession. Flexner Report - In 1910, the _______ formalized the EUROPEAN MODEL in American training of doctors. () Civil War - ______ nurse were direc...

SCN 195 FINAL EXAM Questions and Answers 100% Solved 19th century health profession education in U.S - Was informal inconsistent and often based on apprenticeship credentialing - Process whereby an individual or a professional preparation program meets the specified standards established by the credentialing body, and is thus recognized for having done so licensure - Agency or government grants permission to individuals to practice a given profession by certifying that those licensed hav...

SCN 195 3rd Exam Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Rated A+ US spends 18% of GDP on healthcare which is about how many trillions - 3 How much did US spend in dollars per person in every year - 9000 Medicare starts in during which decade - 60's which medicare paid for prescription drugs - PART D Employer base health coverage began in US during which important historical period - WORLD WAR II Approximate _________% of all american can get healthcare through employee - 50% The supre...

SCN-195 Exam 1 Questions and Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+ Focus of Public Health in U.S until 1950s - Public health efforts have focused upon the control of infectious diseases. 1970's Public Health Focus - Recognized that health promotion efforts have great potential for reducing morbidity, saving lives, and reducing costs • The visibility of health education/promotion began to increase (chronic diseases) Dimensions of Health: - A dynamic state or condition that is multidimensi...

NYC & diabetes, highest rates - Answers--(9.1%) NYC, diabetes & obesity - Answers-African American , poor Worksite health promotion programs, benefit to employers - Answers-increase there productivity Fitness assessments, setting - Answers-worksite one-on-one patient education, setting - Answers-1 to 1- health care setting Percentage of 2 year schools offering A.S in Public Health - Answers-2%