Community Health Exam 1

What is public Health/dental public health

promotes physical and mental health and prevent disease, injury and diability

What are the 4 levels of public health

international, national, state, local

what is primary prevention

employment of strategies and agents to forestall the onset of disease. NO DISEASE YET

True or false: dental hygiene is a form of primary

true

What is secondary prevention

employs routine treatment methods to terminate the disease process and restore tissues to normal as possible

what is tertiary prevention

employs strategies to replace lost tissues through rehabilitation

what are factors that influence dental public health

malpractice, access, workforce, cultural influences, dental insrance

what is the dental hygiene process of care

assessment, dental hygiene diagnosis, plan, implementation, evaluation

true or false: before the planning phase begins, the dental hygienist must assess the audience population

True

What does the CPITN assess

community Periodontal index of treatment needs

What does PHP asses

patient hygiene performance used to measure the presence of soft debris and plaque on a specific tooth surface

what are the ramfjord teeth used for dental indexes

3, 9, 12, 19, 25, 28

what 3 components make up evidence-based practice

best evidence, clinical experience, patient preference

what is paternalism

doing what they think is best for the patient based on their ability and knowledge

What is a type l examination

a complete exam

• Mouth mirror, explorer, light, radiographs, study models 

• Least practical for community

what is a type ll examination

limited exam

• Mouth mirror, explorer, light, bws, selected pa 

what is a type lll examination

Inspection

• Mouth mirror, explorer, light only 

what is a type IV examination

screening

• Light & tongue depressor only 

what type of examination is the most used method in public health surveys?

Type Ill: Inspection

what is a needs assessment

a systematic way of identifying a community’s needs, priorities, and resources through data collection

true or false: research must be fair, legal, and right!

True

what is a pilot study

a small scale preliminary test run of a research project

What research approach determines meaning of past events and reviews records and literature?

Historical

What is the hawthorne effect

when subjects improve their performance or behaviors because they know they are under observation

what is a retrospective (ex post facto) approach?

a descriptive approach, when you study an event that already happened, looking backwards to find its potential cause or effect

Which sampling technique is the best

random

What is a Quasi-experimental approach?

a quantitative study used to evaluation a cause and effect relationship

What is it to “adapt to another culture by assuming its practices and beliefs to become part of the great melting pot”?

acculture

Cultural sensitivity

the belief that one’s own culture/traditions are better than others

ethnocentrism

what is the individual’s social interactions as a child leads to continuous changes in thought & behavior that can vary greatly from culture to culture

sociocultural theory

what is a group of people w/a culture that differentiates them from a larger culture to which they belong

subculture

what is a “clearly identified segment of the population”

target population