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Public Health Quiz 1
Public Health mini Quiz 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is the definition of public? | general collection of people without regard to a specific geographic area |
| what is community? | group living in a specified geographic area that is one of a limited size |
| what are the 4 broad areas of public health? | lifestyle and behavior the environment human biology the organization of health programs and systems |
| what are the 6 categories of public health practice? | epidemiology statistics biomedical science environmental health sciences social and behavioral sciences health policy and management or health administration |
| what are the core functions of public health? | assessment policy development assurance |
| definition of assessment | the regular collection and dissemination of data on health status, community health needs and epidemiological studies of those needs |
| what is the definition of policy development? | using scientific knowledge in decision making on policy matters affecting the public's health |
| what is the definition of assurance? | public health agencies should engage policymakers and the public in determining priority areas for personal and community health services |
| how do you achieve the core functions of public health? | planning implementation evaluation |
| what two criteria must be met when defining a public health problem? | must be widespread cause of morbidity and mortality public, government or public health authorities need to see it as a problem |
| what defines a private dental practice? | patient, exam, diagnosis, treatment planning, fee/payment, patient evaluation |
| what defines a public health dental practice? | community, survey, analysis, program planning, budget/financing, program evaluation |
| what is healthy people? | a national agenda that communicates a vision for improving health and achieving health equity measurable objectives with targets to be achieved over the decade organized in distinct topic areas |
| what are the six roles of the dental hygienist related to public health? | administrator/manager change agent consumer advocate clinician educator researcher |
| who publishes healthy people? | department of health and human services |
| what does the department of health and human services do? | primary department of the federal government that oversees public health activities at the national level |
| what does the centers for medicaid and medicare services do? (CMS) | oversees only federal portion of medicaid full responsibility for medicare, does not cover dental care |
| define ethics | the study of the general nature of morals and of specific moral choices to be made study of general nature of morals (thoughts) and the specific moral choices to be made (choices) |
| define true knowledge | know something by the thought (right thinking) and experience (right action) |
| define pre-deciding | set boundaries and stay well away from them or within them |
| what are the NEVERS of social media | periodically check your privacy settings never refer to a patient by name or identifying information be general, watch tone never friend patients on Facebook never post anything you'd be uncomfortable reading after composing your thoughts, wait |
| what are the universal oaths? | transcendence consequence beyond life trust doctor patient relationship preserver of life |
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