Community Health
Organizations
Epidemiology
Health Promotion and School Health
Infants-Adults
100
A group of people who have common characteristics
What is community
100
Agency that is classified as a quasi-governmental health organization
What is American Red Cross
100
A disease that lasts less than 3 months
What is acute disease
100
A formal alliance of organizations that come together to work for a common goal
What is a coalition
100
What percentage of pregnancies in the US are unintended?
What is 50%
200
Plans for improving health challenges in the 21st century are guided by
What is Healthy People 2020
200
One of the WHO's most noteworthy achievements was helping to eradicate
What is Smallpox
200
A disease that occurs regularly in a population
What is endemic
200
A temporary group that is brought together for dealing with a specific
What is a task force
200
An infant death is the death of a child younger than:
What is one year
300
The diseases that remain a concern in the 21st century because they are the primary cause for missed days from work and school
What is communicable diseases
300
The headquarters of the WHO is located in
What is Geneva, Switzerland
300
Morbidity rates measure
What is sickness
300
Who are the individuals most often selected as the coordinator of the school health advisory council?
What is the school nurses or health educators
300
The majority of unintentional deaths in children are the result of
What is motor vehicle crashes
400
3 leading causes of death in the US today
What is Heart disease, Cancer, Chronic lower respiratory diseases
400
The agency that maintains records, analyzes disease trends, and publishes epidemiological reports on all types of diseases?
What is CDC
400
Health screenings are an example of what kind of prevention?
What is Secondary
400
Physical education, nutrition services and health promotion for staff all make up
What is the Coordinated School Health Program
400
The number one cause of death in the adult age group is
What is cancer
500
John Snow’s removal of a drinking water pump handle in 1854 in London, stopped a
What is cholera epidemic
500
Name 2 of the 3 core functions of public health
What is assessment, policy development and assurance
500
Community efforts aimed at preventing the recurrence of an epidemic
What is tertiary prevention of communicable diseases
500
What makes up priority health content for a school health curriculum
What is mental and emotional health, tobacco use, and personal health and wellness
500
The best single behavioral change Americans can make to reduce morbidity and mortality is to
What is stop smoking
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