True or false
As biomedical and environmental sciences have conquered many of the diseases that killed people of previous generations, people in modern societies are dying of diseases caused by their behavior and the social environment.
True
The ___________ model looks at how the social environment, including interpersonal, organizational, community, and public policy factors, supports and maintains unhealthy behaviors.
Ecological
Public health often arouses controversy on moral grounds, most often when it confronts what type of issues?
Sexual & reproductive issues
Three e's of prevention?
Education, enforcement, engineering
Public health seeks to understand the medical care system in an area of study generally referred to as ______ ______ and management or health administration.
health policy
In a therapeutic clinical trial, both the experimental group and the control group are composed of patients who have the disease for which a therapy is being tested
True
The numbers that describe the health of populations and the science that helps to interpret those numbers are referred to as _____________________.
Statistics
Which of the following refers to the presence of high blood pressure without a known cause?
What is the leading cause of occupational injury death?
Motor Vehicle injures
______ justice emphasizes individual responsibility, minimal obligation to the common good, and the fundamental freedom to all individuals to be left alone
market justice
Unless something unusual happens, like the outbreak of Cryptosporidium in the Milwaukee water supply, people assume that they are basically safe.
True
Statistics collect data that serves as _______ tools to inform experts on how healthy or sick a society is and where its weaknesses are.
Diagnostic
Which of the following is comprised of the answers to the who, when, and where questions?
Distribution
This is calculated by dividing a person’s weight in kilograms by the square of his/her height in meters.
Body Mass Index (BMI)
The study of the patterns of disease occurrence in human populations and the factors that influence these patterns.
Epidemiology
Anxiety and mood disorders are NOT often associated with chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, and cancer.
False .. They are.
________ factors are important in some mental disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Genetic
Which of the following is the most common source of human infection in the world?
Parasites
What are the levels of prevention?
Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Tertiary Prevention
When calculating the rate of a disease, which is generally the denominator of the calculation?
Population at risk
In most cases, chronic diseases DO NOT have a single cause, making it easier for scientists to recognize significant risk factors and establish preventive measures.
True.
_____________ identifies events and exposures that may be harmful to humans and estimates the probabilities of their occurrence as well as the extent of harm they may cause.
Risk Assessment
Which of the following is calculated by dividing the ratio of exposed subjects to nonexposed subjects in the case group by the ratio of exposed subjects to nonexposed subjects in the control group?
Odds-ratio
Define each level of prevention
Primary Prevention- Conditions prevailing before the event
Secondary Prevention- Conditions prevailing during the event
Tertiary Prevention- availability & quality of emergence care are major factors
What is the first leading cause of injury death?
Poisoning