Crash Course Public Health Quiz

What is the main idea behind the concept of health as discussed in the introduction?

• Health is only about physical well-being.

• Health is a journey involving multiple stakeholders.

• Health is a modern concept with no historical roots.

• Health is solely a personal responsibility.

How did the World Health Organization define health in 1946?

• As a personal choice.

• As a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being.

• As a temporary state.

• As the absence of disease.

What is a modern approach to understanding health?

• Health is a capacity or reserve that changes over time.

• Health is a fixed state.

• Health is determined by genetics alone.

• Health is only about mental well-being.

What is the primary goal of public health?

• To treat individual patients.

• To focus solely on physical health.

• To promote and protect the health of communities.

• To eliminate all diseases.

What does the 'cliff analogy' in public health represent?

• The inevitability of falling ill.

• The role of doctors in treating diseases.

• Preventative measures to avoid health issues.

• The importance of ambulances in healthcare.

Who can be considered a public health expert?

• Only government officials.

• Anyone addressing health at the population level.

• Only doctors and nurses.

• Only researchers in laboratories.

What are health inequities?

• Differences in health outcomes due to social or economic conditions.

• Equal health outcomes for all communities.

• Differences in health outcomes due to random factors.

• Health outcomes that are solely genetic.

Why is investing in public health considered financially beneficial?

• It is cheaper to treat diseases than to prevent them.

• Preventing diseases saves more money than treating them.

• Public health investments have no financial impact.

• It only benefits the healthcare industry.

What challenge does public health face in terms of funding?

• It receives too much funding.

• It is often underfunded except during crises.

• It is funded equally at all times.

• It only receives private funding.

What is a common misconception about public health?

• It has no impact on economic conditions.

• It is only concerned with physical health.

• It focuses on individual patient care.

• It aims to create a germ-free utopia.