Public Health 101
The definition of Public Health according to the WHO?
What is "A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”?
The level of care that Medicine focuses on?
What is the individual?
This U.S. agency is primarily responsible for protecting human health and the environment.
What is the EPA (environmental protection agency)?
How many people are on the S4PH exec board?
What is 10 people?
What is Epi?
What is incidence and distribution of disease?
What is one of the sections of PH?
What is:
- Environment
- Infection control
-Hygiene
- Medical/nursing services
- Infrastructure for adequate standard
of living/health maintenance
The name of a circular type of muscle of the eye?
What is Orbicularis oculi?
The Sanitary Revolution happened during this time?
What is 1850-1875?
What college in PH in?
What is Health and Human Services?
What is "The proportion of an initially disease-free population that develops disease, becomes injured, or dies during a specified period of time"?
The diet of about __% of U.S. population falls short of the federal
recommendations.
What is 75%?
The main intervention level of medical care?
What is treatments once issue arise?
This heavy metal, once used in paint and gasoline, can cause neurological damage—especially in children.
What is lead?
Who is the faculty advisor for S4PH?
Who is the amazing Dr. Jennifer Felner?
When is a Case-Control Study
Warranted?
What is:
- Cheaper, faster and smaller sample sizes required than cohort studies
- Valuable when disease is rare or latency is long
- The exposure data is difficult or expensive to obtain
This is considered the 'good' type of cholesterol?
What is High density lipoprotein (HDL)?
This metabolic pathway converts glucose to pyruvate.
What is glycolysis?
This act established safe drinking water standards in the U.S.
What is the Safe Drinking Water Act?
What is the name of the previous S4PH president?
Who is Khushi Shah?
Who is the father of epidemiology?
Who is John Snow?
The stroke acronym used to help identify one?
What is FAST?
Red blood cells lack this organelle.
What is the nucleus?
The Paris Agreement aims to limit global warming to this number of degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
What is 1.5°C?
This is known as a a Forever Chemical
What is PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances)?
What was the second most recent epidemic? (Hint: Not COVID)
What is the 2010, 2014: Whooping cough?