Community Health- Ch.1- Intro

Actions that society takes collectively to ensure that the conditions in which people can be healthy can occur is termed:

• public health.
• community health.
• health.
• population health.

Community health concerns of the 21st century include:

• lifestyle diseases.
• environmental problems.
• healthcare delivery.
• All of these are correct.

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

• true
• false

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

Leading causes of death in the United States today are communicable diseases.

• true
• false

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

• true
• false

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

• true
• false

Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle, drew attention to the plight of immigrants in the meat packing industry.

• true
• false

Individuals with lower socioeconomic status have poorer health status.

• true
• false

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

• true
• false