Mental Health
Mental health illness is the leading cause of disability in North America. True or False?
What is True
This is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
What is health.
TRUE/FALSE: Self-care has been a category of health care throughout history and is usually people's primary option.
What is true.
The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states in specified populations, and the application of this study to control of health problems is know as...
What is epidemiology.
A level of prevention that seeks to stop the onset of disease or disability by reducing health risks, decreasing vulnerability to illness (ex. immunizations), and promoting health and well-being.
What is Primary Prevention.
THIS is the number one reason students drop out of school.
What is Depression.
These are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status.
What are the (social) determinants of health.
This declined due to improved public health measures
What is mortality.
The data for nationally notifiable diseases from the 50 states are published weekly in ...
What is Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
Influences on health such as weather, climatic conditions, noise, light, air, food water, and exposure to toxic substances are know as...
What are environmental factors.
This is the top presenting concern among college students, followed by depression, and relationship problems.
What is Anxiety?
This group includes patients who are racial or ethnic minorities, children, elderly, socioeconomically disadvantaged, underinsured or those with certain medical conditions. Members of this group often have health conditions that are exacerbated by unnecessarily inadequate healthcare.
What are vulnerable populations.
These are the federal government's prevention agenda though national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.
What is Healthy People 2020.
Number of people with a disease in a population at one point in time / Total in the given population at same point in time is known as...
What is prevalence.
A level of prevention that seeks to restore optimal functioning and limit the extent of a disability.
What is tertiary prevention.
This (fraction) of college freshmen reported dealing with mental health disorders in the years leading up to college.
What is 1/3 or one in three
This model is an ecological approach that is directed at the whole school and expands on the eight elements of the CDC’s coordinated school health (CSH) approach
What is the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model
This type of health care practice focuses on services provided shortly before death with goal of maintaining quality of life.
What are END-OF-LIFE PRACTICEs.
Number of new cases of a disease in population in given time (1 year) Average total population in same time period is known as...
What is incidence.
This program provides low-cost health coverage to children in families that earn too much money to qualify for Medicaid.
What is the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
Men between 65 & 74 years of age are in the highest risk category for...
What is suicide
These types of organizations have some responsibilities assigned by the government but operate more like voluntary agencies.
What are quasi-governmental health agencies.
Major issues in the structure of the US Healthcare systems include cost containment, access, and...
What is quality.
Outcome data focuses on changes in _____ status.
What is health.
A process where people who live in a community come together, usually with the support of an organization, that acts in a shared self-interest.
What is community organizing.