Public Health Seminar Unit 3

A community is a group of people who have common characteristics.

• True
• False

Choosing to eat wisely, regularly wearing a safety belt, and visiting the physician are examples of community/public health activities.

• True
• False

Physical factors affecting community health include geography, community size, and industrial development.

• True
• False

Politics and religion are examples of social and cultural factors affecting community health.

• True
• False

There has been no evidence of community health activities dating back over 1,000 years.

• True
• False

Dr. Edward Jenner successfully demonstrated the process of vaccination as a protection against smallpox in the 20th century.

• False
• True

Government health agencies began being created as a response to epidemics and mounting health problems in the later part of the 18th century.

• True
• False

The reform phase of public health was characterized by social movements to improve health conditions in cities and in the workplace.

• True
• False

A time of great growth in health care facilities and providers describes the spiritual era of public health.

• True
• False

Health care delivery is public health concern of the 21st century.

• True
• False