Exam 1: Foundational Concepts in Population and Public Health

What key concern is common among communities with higher levels of inequality and demonstrates that inequality affects us all?

A number of provinces in Canada have implemented legislation that prohibits smoking in public spaces. In applying a public health ethics framework, what other strategies would be reasonable to implement when enforcing this policy, which is intended to limit exposure to secondhand smoke and improve health?

What does public health ethics consider that makes its focus unique and consequently different from a biomedical ethics focus?

Understanding health inequities within population groups requires a consideration of which factors? (Select all that apply.)

Which understanding of health equity and action has been identified as being important to include within each of the existing seven domains in expanding the public health core competencies?

Which approach to understanding health influences, integrates, and considers the effects of geographic space, community context, and choices available?

Which of the following mechanisms contribute to a healing approach when working to improve or maintain population health? (Select all that apply.)

Why has population health as a concept continued to develop and evolve?

What does research on the social gradient in health provide for health care planners?

In considering the various approaches to defining health, which phrase most clearly links to the goal of achieving health for all?