Vocabulary
Core functions of public health include diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in a community
Assessment
This country spends considerably more per person and as a percentage of GDP than other developed countries
United States
Established in 1970 to consolidate federal research, monitoring, standards- setting, and enforcement activities to achieve a cleaner, healthier environment in the United States
What year did 27 states repeal helmet laws for motorcyclist
1980
This hurricane was the costliest hurricane to ever hit the United States
Katrina
The price paid by the purchaser for the insurance policy on a monthly or yearly basis
Premium
Healthy individuals who choose not to purchase insurance, poor or near poor that don’t qualify for medicaid, and self employed persons that decide not to purchase insurance
The Uninsured
Contributed to the reduction of workplace injuries
OSHA
In this period of time, the top 3 leading causes of death were from infectious disease
1900's
The national repository of antibiotics, vaccines, chemical antidotes, antitoxins, and other critical medical equipment and supplies is found here
Strategic National Stockpile
An increase in the frequency of a disease above the usual and expected rate
Epidemic
The year that Congress first granted states to develop health services for mothers and children
1921
Non-profit organization that works to improve healthcare quality through accreditation
National Committee for Quality Assurance
This was the year that New York City established milk stations that provided safe milk?
1893
The states have primary legal responsibility for public health because this document does not mention health
The way a coin will successively turn up heads or tails if flipped in just the same way
Random Variation
Aims to provide access to insurance, at times, subsidized by the federal government, for citizens and legal residents of the United States
Health Insurance Exchange
Coordinates and responds to disasters in the United States that have overwhelmed the resources of state and local authorities
Federal Emergency Management Agency
This was the year that DDT was banned
1972
Known as the three E’s of injury prevention
Education, Enforcement, Engineering
The most public health oriented kind of care the medical profession provides
Prenatal Care
Allows children to stay on parent’s insurance until they turn 26 years of age
Affordable Care Act
The primary federal agency for biomedical research
National Institutes of Health
This was the year that the Children’s Bureau was established
1912
This novel showed the unhygienic conditions of the meatpacking industry
The Jungle