Health Sciences Day!

To prevent disease, wash your hands with soap and water for at least:

• 20 seconds

• 15 seconds

• 30 seconds

• 1 minute

An example of a public health practice is

• helmets

• seatbelts

• virus

• antibodies

Fact: Public Health has contributed to most people being healthier today than they were a century ago. Reasons for this include:

• Cancer screenings and other health tests

• Improved Transportation

• Sanitation and better nutrition

• Diet sodas

____________ uses computers, video chat, and other equipment to deliver medical care at a distance

• medical informatics

• computer informatics

• medicomputering

• telemedicine

Antibiotics are a type of medicine which works to eliminate:

• viruses

• bacteria

• fungus

• mitochrondria

These public health measures have received bad press in recent decades, due to a now debunked study that falsely linked them to autism

• Vaccines/Immunizations

• antibiotics

• Sanitation

• telemedicine

Studies suggest that this common activity will kill you, or at least significantly raise your risk of health problems.

• motorcycle riding

• eating junk food

• sitting

• using alcohol or drugs

Between 2000 and 2015, did global life expectancy increase or decrease?

• increased by 5 years

• decrease by 5 years

• stayed the same 5 years

• not enough life in 5 years

Noncommunicable diseases are illnesses that cannot be shared from person to person. Examples include:

• Cancer

• Diabetes

• COVID

• Influenza

What does the acronym STEAM stand for?

• Science, Technology, Economics, Arts, Mathematics

• Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics,

• Science, Technology, Engineering, Astronomy, Mathematics

• Science, Techno, Engineering, Arts, Music