Public Health Peeps
This person is known as the Father of Epidemiology.
Who is John Snow?
What is our text for this class?
The Community ToolBox
What is a SWOT analysis, when is it used and why? Please give an example.
Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats
This person is the host of the Public Health Millenial Podcast
Who is Omari Richins?
What are the social determinants of health? List at least 3 and explain their importance.
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are the conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
This person is known as the Father of Medicine.
Who is Hippocrates?
What is the difference between a logic model and theory of change model?
A logic model describes a logical sequence showing what the intervention’s intended outcomes are while a theory of change includes causal mechanisms to show why each intervention component is expected to result in the intended outcomes. logic model is descriptive while a theory of change is explanatory.
What is VMOSA, when is it used and why? Please provide an example.
Vision, Mission, Objectives, Strategies and Action
These are the four Deloitte business chemistry working styles
Driver, Pioneer, Integrator, Guardian
What are some of the greatest achievements attributable to public health? Name at least 3.
Who is the current surgeon general and/or a surgeon general within in the past decade?
Vivek Murthy (2021-present/Biden)
Jerome Adams (2017-2021/Trump)
Vivek Murthy (2014-2017/Obama)
What is the difference between empathy and sympathy, according to Brene Brown?
Empathy is a skill that can bring people together and make people feel included, while sympathy creates an uneven power dynamic and can lead to more isolation and disconnection.
Forming
Storming
Norming
Performing
Adjourning
It is important to start with the _________ in any consultant report.
What is start with the end? Tell them the main finding/s, recommendations, and/or solution first.
Horseshoe crab blood protects human health. True or False
TRUE. Horseshoe crab blood contains a unique enzyme called limulus amebocyte lysate, or LAL. It causes blood to coagulate when exposed to bacterial endotoxins. LAL is used to test medicines, vaccines (COVID! flu!), implants, etc.
This person served as secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services managing a trillion-dollar department that included the NIH, CDC, FDA, and the Medicaid and Medicare programs; oversaw the implementation of the Affordable Care Act; and led the responses to the Ebola and Zika outbreaks.
Who is Sylvia Burwell?
According to Gihan Fernando (Career Center Director), what % of jobs are attained by networking?
a. <30%
b. 30-50%
c. 50-70%
d. >70%
D. over 70% (he said 80%)
Education (smaller impact)
Clinical Intervention
Long lasting Intervention
Changing Environment
Socioeconomic Factors
Who are all the community partner organizations this term? And what is their organization's mission?
City of Alexandria, Community of Hope, Hope Multiplied, Men's Health Network
What is the greatest threat/opportunity for public health to address in this century? And why?
(I will accept thoughtful answers!)