Disease Surveillance Has Been Part of Public Health Protection Since

question 23

Multiple Choice

Disease surveillance has been part of public health protection since the investigation of the Bubonic Plague in Europe. In the United States, national reporting began with:

• A) The national reporting of morbidity cases in 1925
• B) Mortality and Morbidity weekly in 1961
• C) Plague surveillance among the early colonists
• D) Food poisoning surveillance during World War 1

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Definitions:

Development Theories

Frameworks that explain the physical, cognitive, and social changes that occur throughout different stages of human life.

Generativity

A concern for establishing and guiding the next generation, often expressed through parenting, teaching, and mentoring, and considered a stage of psychosocial development.

Havighurst's Vision

A theory proposing that successful aging involves maintaining interests, activities, and adapting to social and biological changes.

Normalcy

The condition of being normal; the state of being usual, typical, or expected.