Public Health

PUBH120, Spring 2016:  Homework # 1

Due Date:  January 25, 2016 by 9:00 pm through Blackboard

1. Which is not a method of disease distribution? [1 point]

1. Person
2. Place
3. Time
4. All of the above are methods of disease distribution
5. None of the above are methods of disease distribution

1. What is an example of a person variable? [1 point]

a. Urban

b. Smoking

c. Winter

d. None of the above

e. All of the above

1. Describe one piece of evidence that John Snow used to solve the cholera outbreak [2 points].

He observed “white, flocculent particles” when looking at a sample of the water from the Broad Street Pump. He recommended removal of the pump handle after seeing this. 

1. Think of one epidemiologic or public health intervention that you have experienced first-hand in your lifetime. (Examples you can choose from or come up with one of your own:  a specific type of vaccination, helmet laws, seat belt laws, alcohol and driving etc.). [3 points]

1. State the intervention.

States began to make it illegal to smoke in enclosed public places. 

1. How do you think this intervention affects the following groups:

1. Both genders under 18

Restricting where smoking is allowed may have helped limit exposure of harmful cigarette smoke to teenagers under 18.