Exam 1: History and Development of Public Health

In 1900, most deaths in the United States were caused by infectious diseases. By 2000, the leading causes of death were more often chronic non-infectious) diseases.

If a person with an infectious disease is separated from other individuals to prevent the spread of disease, this is called isolation.

The idea that the people who are put at risk of harm when testing a new drug or public health intervention should later benefit from new discoveries is covered by which principle of The Belmont Report?

The purpose of an Institutional Review Board or Independent Ethics Committee is to assure that all research conducted is scientifically sound and will produce valid, reliable results.

During 2000-2007, an average of 50 cases of salmonella was reported each year in the town of Carson range: 42-58 cases). In 2008, there were 48 cases of salmonella in Carson. True or False: Based on this information, we would say there was an epidemic of salmonella in Carson in 2008.

The holds that health is not a result of individual factors alone but is influenced by external factors, including those produced by family, friends, and community.

Which of the following are the two overarching goals of Healthy People 2010, the health blueprint for the nation?

Which of the following characteristics is a hallmark of public health?

The term epidemic denotes an outbreak of disease at a higher than expected rate.

If you were in charge of designing a public health education campaign to change smoking behavior, you would most likely be a

"Fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy" is:

John Graunt is best remembered for which of the following contributions to the field of public health?

Public health ethics are a set of principles and guidelines to assure that actions taken to assess or improve the public's health maintain human rights, individual autonomy, and adhere to legal requirements.

Lemuel Shattuck, often called the father of modern epidemiology, is most remembered for his work linking cholera deaths to the water supply in London in the 1800s.

Part of public health's mission is to fulfill the will of societies in setting public health agendas and activities.

In public health, when a group of individuals experiences poorer health based on factors like lower income or poorer access to health care, we would call this difference an):

In public health, the core discipline devoted to studying the distribution and determinants of health is environmental health.

Which two documents form much of the basis for public health ethics?

The World Health Organization defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."

Which of the following is an example of the earliest public health efforts i.e., in Ancient Greece or the Roman Empire)?