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Questions
1. Define public health.
2. List the three key functions of public health.
3. Name a public health agency and define its roll.
4. Define incidence, morbidity, and mortality rate.
5. List one public health achievement.
6. Compare and contrast the public health response to Ebola and H1N1 flu epidemics.
7. Explain what an epidemiologist does to help control disease.
8. Why do we need so many types of health departments at the federal, state and local levels? Does public health help create too much of a government bureaucracy? Why or why not? Does it matter?
9. Is it more important for the government to invest in curative medical care or in prevention efforts? What are the benefits and drawbacks of each?
10. If public health is really so successful, why are people still getting sick and engaging in behaviors that are bad for their health?