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**These are some of the questions that students have had trouble with on study guide 1 please work together on these as a group **

4. What is the primary problem seen in //Healthy People 2020’s // emphasis on choosing healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as daily exercise or healthy food choices?
 * This emphasis lessens focus on collective behaviors that need to be changed, like air & water pollution, workplace hazards, unequal access to healthcare. ?? **

10. What is the health issue causing the most concern in the United States today? **obesity**  What historically have been public health nurses' two most important priorities? **disease prevention & health promotion**

Historically, what were among the first measures large communities began to undertake to ensure community health? **Clean drinking water, sewer systems, general sanitation??? **

4. What measure(s) did persons use for self-protection from the Black Death (bubonic plague) in the fourteenth century? **isolation, disinfection, ship quarantines.**

9. How did Nightingale respond to some powerful leaders challenging her suggestions for reform of health care beyond the military war arena? **She rewrote her reports & redistributed them.**

10. What scientific belief changed medical practice and decreased morbidity and mortality? **germ theory.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11. What eventually was helpful in decreasing the incidence of tuberculosis (TB)? **In our study group, we couldn't decide if this answer is surveillance or public education.**