Chapter 1:
Reading Worksheet 1 Answer 1: We are healthier today than in the 1900s because we have access to clean water, food and air along with better awareness about healthy and unhealthy food and behaviors. Also, we now have a much more sophisticated method of waste disposal. By all these improvements the general public health of society has increased over the years.
Answer 2: The difference between public health and medicine is that in medicine a single person is considered as a patient and is treated whereas in public health an entire community is looked after instead of a single person. Public health has a broader scope than medicine in terms of treatment and prevention.
Answer 3: The core functions of public health are assessment, assurance …show more content…
Assurance: Making sure that all people have access to cost effective healthcare by encouraging actions by various organizations.
Environmental Health: The branch of public health which affects the health of society by taking into account the natural and man made environment.
Epidemiology: It is the study of sudden outbreaks of diseases in society which specializes in determining the cause.
Prevention: The act of taking measures in order to prevent a disease to start instead of later on treating it.
Chapter 3:
Answer 6: The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for the health of people in the United States. It is headed by the Secretary of the department who oversees all the various objectives that the department has to achieve. The local Board of Health is responsible for the health of the people in Orange County. It is a part of the Legislature of the County.
Answer 7:
Mandate: The authority or right to follow out an order or policy. In terms of public health, vaccinations are mandated in order to prevent the start or spread of certain …show more content…
Chronic diseases: This a disease which is classified under this category if it lasts more than 3 months. Also, these diseases cannot be prevented by vaccines.
Infectious disease: These are diseases which are cause by certain pathogens, germs or bacteria and can be transmitted from one person to another.
Chapter 5:
Answer 10: Types of epidemiological studies- Intervention Studies, Cohort Studies and Case- Control Studies.
Intervention studies are done when testing for a new treatment for a specific disease.
Cohort studies are done with a large number of people who are healthy at the beginning and then observed throughout the study.
Case-control studies are conducted with already ill people who are observed henceforth.
Chapter 6:
Answer 12: One limitation to epidemiological studies is that the study can easily have numerous errors which may change results and hence affect the actions taken afterwards. Another limitation is that there may be a bias while reporting some findings or outcomes in the
Reading Worksheet 1 Answer 1: We are healthier today than in the 1900s because we have access to clean water, food and air along with better awareness about healthy and unhealthy food and behaviors. Also, we now have a much more sophisticated method of waste disposal. By all these improvements the general public health of society has increased over the years.
Answer 2: The difference between public health and medicine is that in medicine a single person is considered as a patient and is treated whereas in public health an entire community is looked after instead of a single person. Public health has a broader scope than medicine in terms of treatment and prevention.
Answer 3: The core functions of public health are assessment, assurance …show more content…
Assurance: Making sure that all people have access to cost effective healthcare by encouraging actions by various organizations.
Environmental Health: The branch of public health which affects the health of society by taking into account the natural and man made environment.
Epidemiology: It is the study of sudden outbreaks of diseases in society which specializes in determining the cause.
Prevention: The act of taking measures in order to prevent a disease to start instead of later on treating it.
Chapter 3:
Answer 6: The Department of Health and Human Services is responsible for the health of people in the United States. It is headed by the Secretary of the department who oversees all the various objectives that the department has to achieve. The local Board of Health is responsible for the health of the people in Orange County. It is a part of the Legislature of the County.
Answer 7:
Mandate: The authority or right to follow out an order or policy. In terms of public health, vaccinations are mandated in order to prevent the start or spread of certain …show more content…
Chronic diseases: This a disease which is classified under this category if it lasts more than 3 months. Also, these diseases cannot be prevented by vaccines.
Infectious disease: These are diseases which are cause by certain pathogens, germs or bacteria and can be transmitted from one person to another.
Chapter 5:
Answer 10: Types of epidemiological studies- Intervention Studies, Cohort Studies and Case- Control Studies.
Intervention studies are done when testing for a new treatment for a specific disease.
Cohort studies are done with a large number of people who are healthy at the beginning and then observed throughout the study.
Case-control studies are conducted with already ill people who are observed henceforth.
Chapter 6:
Answer 12: One limitation to epidemiological studies is that the study can easily have numerous errors which may change results and hence affect the actions taken afterwards. Another limitation is that there may be a bias while reporting some findings or outcomes in the