Public Health
This field focuses on preventing disease and promoting wellness for entire communities rather than individual patients.
What is public health?
Nevada HOSA’s statewide 2025-2026 service project
Silver State Support Initiative
This economic factor often forces families to choose between food and hygiene products.
What is poverty?
This part of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
These organized efforts collect hygiene products to directly support local Nevada communities
What is donation drives?
This level of prevention aims to stop disease before it occurs.
What is primary prevention?
The original name of HOSA when it was first established.
What is Health Occupations Students of America?
Constant worry about affording hygiene products can lead to this type of long-term stress
What is chronic stress?
The long bone of the thigh and the strongest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
This body system controls hormones and regulates many bodily processes
What is the endocrine system?
The study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people.
What is epidemiology?
The official HOSA colors
What is Navy Blue, Maroon, and Medical White?
These microscopic organisms can live on surfaces and cause disease if hygiene is poor.
What are pathogens?
The bone commonly known as the collarbone.
What is the clavicle?
This federal nutrition program does NOT cover hygiene products.
What is SNAP?
This is one major determinant of health (besides healthcare access)
What is income, education, environment, genetics, or social support?
One of the three core pillars of HOSA, along with leadership and service.
Studies show that proper access to hygiene products can reduce preventable illnesses by up to this percentage.
What is 40%?
The calf muscle that helps you stand on your toes.
What is the gastrocnemius
The condition describing lack of access to menstrual products due to financial hardship.
What is period poverty?
The public health concept that aims to give everyone a fair opportunity to reach their full health potential
What is health equity?
The year the national HOSA organization was founded.
What is 1976?
An alcohol-based sanitizer must contain at least this percentage of alcohol to be effective
What is 60%?
A strain of this muscle group often causes pain in the back of the thigh.
What are the hamstrings?
This medical condition refers to difficulty swallowing, which can increase the risk of choking & poor nutrition if proper oral hygiene maintained.
What is dysphagia?