Public health basics
What is the main goal of public health?
What is to prevent disease and improve the health of communities?
What does the CDC stand for?
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
What is epidemiology?
What is the study of how diseases and health conditions affect populations.
What is one public health resource commonly offered on college campuses?
What is counseling services, vaccinations, or health education servces.
What is one way to help prevent the spread of the flu or similar viruses?
What is getting vaccinated and practicing good hygiene.
How is public health different from medical care?
What is public health focuses on preventing illness in populations when medical care treats individual patients.
What government organization helps ensure the safety of food and medications?
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
What does the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) track?
What is health behaviors, chronic diseases, and preventive healthcare use.
Why do colleges encourage students to have certain immunizations and to get vaccinated?
What is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases and protect campus communities.
What major disease has scientific research strongly linked to cigarette smoking?
What is Lung Cancer.
What are the three core functions of public health?
What is assessment, policy development, and assurance.
What does WHO stand for? What does it do?
What is the World Health Organization. An agency of the UN that leads, coordiantes and, sets the global standards for Public Health.
Why do public health professionals collect and analyze health data?
What is to identify health trends, determine risk factors, and develop prevention strategies.
What is Healthy People 2030?
What is a national initiative that sets goals to improve Americans health and well-being by 2030.
What is one example of a career in public health besides being a doctor or nurse?
What is a health educator someone who teaches communities about healthy habits, disease prevention, and ways to improve overall health.
What does health equity mean?
What is giving everyone a fair opportunity to achieve their best possible health.
What is one responsibility of a local health department?
What is providing vaccinations, inspecting restaurants, or investigating disease outbreaks.
According to CDC data from 2021–2023, approximately what percentage of U.S. adults had obesity - 10%, 25%, or 40%?
What is 40%
What is one example of a public health policy that protects college students?
What is smoke-free campus policies or food safety regulations.
How did public health professionals use epidemiology during COVID-19?
What is by tracking cases, studying transmission, and identifying populations at greater risk.
What are social determinants of health? Name two examples.
What is conditions that affect health. Such conditions could be income, education, housing, and access to healthcare.
What type of public health professional studies how diseases spread and affect populations?
What is an epidemiologist.
What is the main purpose of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)?
What is to conduct and fund medical research to better understand diseases, improve treatments, or promote public health.
Why is mental health considered a public health issue on college campuses?
What is it affects student well-being, academic success, and the health of the campus community.
How can public health professionals use research to reduce health problems in communities?
What is by identifying causes and risk factors, creating prevention programs, and evaluating whether those programs work.