Epidemiology
What term describes the number of new cases of a disease in a population over a specific period?
What is incidence?
What United Nations agency leads international efforts to improve public health?
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)
What U.S. federal program primarily provides health insurance to people aged 65 and older?
What term describes the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age?
What are Social Determinants of Health?
What vegetable was traditionally carved into lanterns in Ireland before pumpkins became popular for Halloween?
What is a turnip?
What term describes the total number of existing cases of a disease in a population at a given time or over a specified period?
What is prevalence?
What disease, caused by a parasite transmitted by infected mosquitoes, remains a major global health concern?
What is Malaria?
What U.S. federal-state program provides health coverage to eligible low-income individuals and families?
What is Medicaid?
What social determinant domain includes access to safe housing, transportation, clean air and water, and neighborhood safety?
What is neighborhood and built environment?
What is the fear of spiders called?
What is a pandemic?
What does the abbreviation DALY stand for in global health research
What is Disability-adjusted life year
What 2012 U.S. law expanded health insurance coverage, created health insurance marketplaces, and prohibited denying coverage based on preexisting conditions in most major medical plans?
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also called Obamacare?
What term describes the ability to obtain, understand, and use health information to make appropriate health decisions?
What is health literacy?
According to Irish folklore, what mischievous supernatural being is often associated with a post of gold at the end of the rainbow?
What is a leprechaun?
What type of study follows a group of people over time to compare outcomes between those exposed and unexposed to a potential risk factor?
What is a cohort study?
What country became the first in the world to eliminate malaria in 2021, despite being located in a region where the disease is widespread?
What federal agency is responsible for regulating the safety and effectiveness of many medications and medical devices in the United States?
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
A patient misses appointments because the nearest clinic is 40 miles away, and they have no car. Which social determinant is most directly affecting their care?
What is access to healthcare and transportation?
Which famous scientist is associated with the discovery of penicillin in 1928?
Who is Alexander Fleming?
What are 80 cases?
What is the term for a disease that is consistently present at a baseline level within a particular geographic area or population?
What is an endemic disease
What constitutional amendment gives the U.S. states broad authority over public health measures under their general police powers, subject to constitutional and federal limits?
What are the 5 key domains of the Social Determinants of Health?
What are economic stability, education access and quality, healthcare access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, and social and community context?
What is the full name of the famous counting vampire from Sesame Street?
Who is Count Von Count?