Question

1. What is the etymology of the word ‘health’?

2. How is health defined?

3. Why is health referred to as a ‘dynamic’ state?

4. Define public health.

5. Define population health.

6. Define community health.

7. Define global health.

8. List and explain the four (4) main factors that affect the health of a community. Hint: One is physical factors.

9. What is ‘John Snow’ to public health?

10. Explain ‘social engineering’ and the creation of Medicare and Medicaid.

11. Differentiate between Medicare and Medicaid.

12. Explain health disparities.

Answer 1

Ans(1)According to WHO ,

Health is a state of physical, mental and social well-being in which disease and infirmity are absent.

2.The dynamic nature of health refers to the fact that the health status of anyone is continually changing and can change dramatically with little notice.

3.Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases.

4.Population health has been defined as "the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group".
5.Community health is a branch of public health which focuses on people and their role as determinants of their own and other people's health in contrast to environmental health, which focuses on the physical environment and its impact on people's health.

6.Global health recognises that health is determined by problems, issues and concerns that transcend national boundaries'.

7.

• Education. Your education level can have an effect on how healthy you are. ...
• Income. The amount of money you make has an effecton your health. ...
• Housing. Where you live has a significant impact on your health. ...
• Access to health care.

8.John Snow (shown below) was a physician in London who spent several decades studying cholera in a systematic way. He is most often credited with solving an outbreak of cholera that occurred in London in 1854 (the outbreak is described below), but his studies of cholera were much more extensive than that.

9.Social engineering is a manipulation technique that exploits human error to gain private information, access, or valuables. ... Scams based on social engineering are built around how people think and act. As such, social engineering attacks are especially useful for manipulating a user's behavior.

10.Medicare is a federal program that provides health coverage if you are 65+ or under 65 and have a disability, no matter your income. Medicaid is a state and federal program that provides health coverage if you have a very low income.

11.A “health disparity” refers to a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by one group relative to another. A “health care disparity” typically refers to differences between groups in healthinsurance coverage, access to and use of care, and quality of care.