Exam 2: Modern Public Health Systems

A local, state, or federal government typically is involved in the policy development core function of public health.

State health departments often receive some funding from the federal government but the money may be earmarked for specific programs like tuberculosis control or cancer prevention.

If you needed an influenza vaccine or information about sexually transmitted infections, to which of the following public health agencies would you go?

The largest public health agency in the United States, which serves as an umbrella organization under which many other subagencies related to health, research, and regulation fall is:

The Puentes de Salud project profiled in your textbook - a program that includes individual health education programs, community engagement, and dental and medical screenings and referrals - addresses health at multiple levels of the social-ecological model.

In public health, the term population is used to identify a group of individuals with shared characteristics like income, geographic location, or country of origin.

The public health systems in Canada and the United States are similar in that in both countries, all individuals have access to a universal health care system.

Tertiary prevention targets individuals who already have a health condition or disease and seeks to prevent complications or long-term disability through disease management or rehabilitation.

The core functions of public health are intended to be used in a unidirectional manner. In other words, once a public health problem has been assessed, a policy has been developed, and its implementation assured, the problem is solved.

Why is the social-ecological model used in public health?

What are the three core functions of public health?

People are encouraged to wash their hands regularly and avoid touching their faces eyes, nose, and mouth) during flu season to prevent the spread of disease. What level of prevention does this action represent?

A program that teaches high school students about the negative oral and respiratory effects of tobacco use and gives them skills to increase their ability to handle social pressure to smoke targets the level of the social-ecological model.

This agency is responsible for ensuring a safe food, cosmetic, and medicine supply for the United States.

In secondary prevention, we are working to prevent disease before it begins, which may include health promotion and education.

It is possible for the assurance and assessment functions of public health to overlap because in order to assure a program or policy is effective, new data need to be collected, which contribute to the assessment of a health issue in a community.

If we collect information about a community to help us identify who is most affected by a particular health outcome, our activities would fall under which public health core function?

Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention?

Providing bed nets treated with insecticide to people living in areas with endemic malaria is a prevention effort at what level?

A public health intervention that includes peer support groups or involves entire families in changing behavior or making healthier choices is targeting the societal level of the social-ecological model.