What is Public Health
Who is Public Health
The Why and Values
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These indicators, such as housing, income, and education.

What are the social determinants of health?

100

These people, not specifically individuals, are its main focal point.

What is the public, or population?

100

This highlights the ideas that data and evidence guide decisions in the field.

What is evidence-based practice?

200

This compares people with the disease to individuals w/o it to risk factors.

What is a case-control study?

200

This man traced cholera to a contaminated water pump in London.

John Snow

200

This value deals with reducing unequal differences across various groups.

What is health equity?

300

These activities such as vaccination, keeping clean, and education are examples of certain strategy.

What are public health interventions?

300

This collaborative research involves community members where they have the power, not the professional.

What is CBPR?

300

This maximizes the benefits while reducing the harm to populations.

What is beneficence?

400

This measure, statistical, shows the amount of risk, either increased or decreased, compared to an unexposed group.

What is relative risk?

400

This individual wrote a book, showcasing case scenario epidemiology.

Who is Dr. Levitt?

400

This foundational value shoots for shared responsibility and the common good.

What is social justice?