Public Health Test #1 Study Guide Rated A+

Which of the follow statements best characterize the term public health ethics" A. Motivation based on ideas of right and wrong B. Values that guide actions to promote health and prevent injury and disease in the population C. Principles of conduct governing an individual or profession D. Branch of philosophy dealing with value relating to human conduct with respect to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions {Ans: Answer: B}Which of the following emergencies/disasters can have significant public health impacts? A. Earthquakes B. Acts of bioterrorism C. Tornados D. All options listed here {Ans: Answer: D}Public health was characterized as fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in which people could be healthy by: A. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Healthy People 2000 B. Institute of Medicine in The Future of Public Health C. C.E.A. Winslow D. Sir Geoffrey Vickers {Ans: Answer: B}In 1900, the leading cause of death in the United States was which of the following conditions?" A. tuberculosis B. diphtheria C. typhoid fever D. pneumonia and influenza {Ans: Answer: D}A measure of health status that attempts to gauge the social impact of various diseases and