Exam 7: Public Health

Founded in 1971 to reduce and prevent work-related injuries, illness, and death, ____ is responsible for developing and enforcing various standards of safety in the workplace.

____, outbreaks of diseases that spread throughout a country or a region, are a constant threat to public health.

The ____________________ works to promote the health of American citizens through preventive efforts, research, and public health practice and policy.

For many patients who do not have primary care physicians, the ____ serves as a site for preventive (primary) medical care.

____________________ health is considered the physical, chemical, biological, and psychosocial well-being of a person as it is related to the natural environment.

Even without access to physicians and nurses, the public can receive immunizations, health education, and other preventive measures through paramedics.

The ____ provides logistical support to local, county, and state public health departments.

The partnership between EMS providers and public health officials in preparation for and response to pandemics, natural disasters, and mass casualties is vital to reducing morbidity and mortality in these situations.

____________________ is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity."

Local EMS is the primary source of public health policy and regulation.

The practice of ____ means isolating diseased individuals from the larger community.

____ is defined as "the branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population."

____________________ is the application of statistical analysis to biological data, and is the mathematical component of epidemiology.

Because Paramedics are primarily a community-based health organization, they are in a position to assist public health officials with identification of infectious diseases and mass immunization of the public.

The ____ is the most prominent and influential international public health agency.

The potential intersections between Paramedics and public health care are numerous.

The Public Health Service is an international nongovernmental organization established in 1967 to bring together multiple international public health workers for professional exchange, collaboration, and action.

While social and behavioral health issues may initially seem out of place in the public health sector, addressing these issues is very important to a population's overall wellbeing.

____ is defined as the practice and discipline of improving the health of communities, and is focused primarily on prevention of illness and injury.

____ developed four "postulates" to establish that an organism is the cause of a particular disease.