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Public Health
Quiz 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through organized community measures such as control of infection, sanitation, health education, health services and legislation, etc. | Public Health |
| Public Health | The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health and efficiency through organized community measures |
| A theoretician and leader of American public health during the first half of the 20th century, defined Public Health | Edward A. Winslow |
| The Goal of Public Health: | • To reduce discomfort, disability and disease in society • To promote the quality of life • Attaining the highest level of physical, mental and social well-being utilizing available knowledge and resources. |
| Emphasis of Public Health: (1/2) | • Prevention of disease and disability • Concentrate on health and well-being of groups of people • Sanitation of the environment • Control of communicable infections • Education of the individual in personal hygiene |
| Emphasis of Public Health: (2/2) | • Organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease. • Development of the social machinery to insure everyone of a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health. |
| Public Health Optometry | defined as “the use of the full scope of optometric knowledge, skills, and services to prevent disease, to prolong life, and to promote health and the efficiency of groups of people, particularly at the community level.” |
| defined as “the use of the full scope of optometric knowledge, skills, and services to prevent disease, to prolong life, and to promote health and the efficiency of groups of people, particularly at the community level.” | Public Health Optometry |
| The 10 Essential Public Health Services (Assessment) | 1. Monitor health status to identify community health problems. 2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community. |
| The 10 Essential Public Health Services (Policy Development) | 3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues. 4. Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems. 5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts. |
| The 10 Essential Public Health Services (Assurance 1/2) | 6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety. 7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care otherwise unavailable. |
| The 10 Essential Public Health Services (Assurance 2/2) | 8. Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce. 9. Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services. |
| The 10 Essential Public Health Services (Serving All Functions) | 10. Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems. |
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