1What is the focus of public health concepts?
Promoting population and community well-being
2What should students understand about public health history?
Its history, definitions, and applications
3How did early humans explain disease?
Linked it to survival conditions rather than medical causes
4What characterized the hunter-gatherer period in terms of health?
Small populations, frequent movement, balanced diet, and limited disease spread
5How were diseases explained during mythology and religion periods?
Caused by gods, spirits, and supernatural forces
6How did the agricultural revolution affect disease transmission?
Permanent settlements increased disease spread
7What did the Hippocratic Corpus introduce about disease?
Natural and environmental explanations instead of superstition
8What causes bubonic plague?
Yersinia pestis
9How is bubonic plague transmitted?
Through fleas and rats
10What are quarantine and isolation?
Measures used to control disease spread
11Name one early public health measure still used today
Quarantine
12Who are some key contributors to public health?
Fracastoro, Graunt, Leeuwenhoek, Pringle, Lind, Snow, and Pasteur
13Who is known as the Father of Epidemiology?
John Snow
14What disease did John Snow link to contaminated water?
Cholera
15What was the focus of the sanitary movement?
Improved sanitation, waste disposal, and housing conditions
16What is public health?
The science and art of preventing disease and promoting health through organized efforts
17How does public health differ from medicine?
Public health focuses on populations while medicine focuses on individuals
18What are the three levels of prevention?
Primary, secondary, and tertiary
19What is primary prevention?
Preventing disease before it occurs
20What is secondary prevention?
Early detection and treatment of disease
21What is tertiary prevention?
Reducing complications and disability from disease
22What is community health?
Improving health within specific communities
23What are examples of public health achievements?
Vaccination, sanitation, safer workplaces, and disease control
24What modern challenges face public health?
Chronic diseases, aging population, inequality, and climate change
25What is the overall goal of public health?
Improve quality of life through prevention and community action