Public Health Basics
This type of prevention includes things like vaccines and seatbelts.
What is primary prevention?
This branch of government makes laws
What is the legislative branch?
Laws that ban indoor smoking are an example of this type of government power.
What is public health regulation?
This term describes fair access to health for all.
This color (red or blue) is often used to label conservative-leaning states.
What is red?
The federal agency responsible for tracking disease outbreaks in the U.S.
What is the CDC?
A public health policy becomes official when this person signs it.
Who is the president/governor?
A political debate topic that affects access to reproductive services.
What is reproductive rights?
Food deserts are an example of this kind of environmental inequality.
What is environmental injustice?
This major US law expanded insurance for millions of people.
The study of how diseases spread in populations.
What is epidemiology?
A government document that allocates money to programs like public health.
What is the budget?
During COVID-19, masks and vaccines were debated in this political arena.
What is the public policy arena/government?
Policies that expand insurance coverage try to reduce this barrier.
What is financial/access barrier?
"X" platform debates about vaccines are an example of public health mixing with this online world.
What is social media?
The term for differences in health outcomes between groups.
What are health disparities?
The process where the public votes on leaders and policies.
What is an election?
Funding for local health departments usually comes from this level of government.
Communities of color are often disproportionately affected by pollution due to this systemic issue.
What is environmental racism?
The government agency that approves medicines.
What is the FDA?
This includes factors like housing, income, and healthcare.
What are the social determinants of health?
Policies related to health are often created by this committee type.
What are health or public health committees?
This term describes how different groups aren't affected equally by policies (e.g., income or race)
What is intersectionality?
The idea that health decisions should include community voices.
What is community-based decision-making?
This global organization sets international health guidelines and coordinates responses to worldwide health emergencies.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?