1 a) What is Public Health ?

It's the science and art of preventing disease ,prolonging life and promoting health and
efficiency through organized Community effort.
b) Outline the major activities done by a public health officer in a country like
Uganda .
Core activities of public health
 Prevents epidemics and the spread of diseases
 Protection against environmental hazards
 Response to disasters and assists communities in recovery
 Prevents injuries
 Promote healthy behavior
 Ensure the quality, accessibility and accountability of health services
 Monitoring the health status of the population
 Mobilizing Community Action
 Reaching out to link highly sick and hard to rich people to needed services
 Researching to develop new insights and Innovative Solutions
 Leading the development of sound health policy and planning

C) Mention 8 great public health achievements.

Great public Health Achievements
 Vaccination
 Safer workplaces
 Control of Infectious disease
 Decline in death from Coronary diseases and stroke
 Safer and healthier foods
 Healthier mothers and babies
 Family planning
 Fluoridation of drinking water
 Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard - CDC 1999

2 a) Describe five public health concerns in the community.

Public Health problems
Communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Environmental pollution
Maternal Child health problems
Malnutrition and micronutrient deficiency
Municipal and hospital waste
Geriatric health problems
Population Problems
NB ( YOU EXPLAIN ANY OF THE ABOVE PROBLEMS)

b) Outline four united nation organizations that are concerned with solving public
health problems.
 WHO
 WFP
 FAO
 UNICEF
 Red cross

Sample qns
1.Define PH and discuss the similarities and differences with clinical medicine (20marks
2. Mention the roles of PH in the health care delivery system 10 marks
3.What are the challenges of PH practice 10 marks
4. Prevention is better than cure. Discuss 10 marks
5. Write short notice on the following
i)Epidemiology
ii)Epidemiological triad
iii)Zoonoses
COMPARISONS BETWEEN;

Community health Clinical medicine

 Involves solving health problem  Involves solving health problem

of a population.
 Involves community diagnosis.
 Interventions involve health
promotion and health protection.
 Evaluation involves surveillance
and further research.
 Information is got from health
surveys and statistical records
of an individual.
 Involves differential diagnosis.
 Interventions involve treatment,
care and rehabilitation.
 Evaluation involves follow up and
assessment.
 Information is got from history
taking, examination and
investigations.

 Both carry out diagnosis

 Both carry out interventions to solve the health problems
 Both carry evaluations to verify the performance of the interventions applied.