Public Health
Epidemiology, health promotion, and health systems in Ghana for university students.
About Public Health on DigiTransact Mastermind
Epidemiology, health promotion, and health systems in Ghana for university students.
Each of the 8 Public Health skills carries its own SmartScore from 0 to 100, so progress is measured per topic rather than as one overall grade.
All 52 Public Health questions come with the written reasoning behind the answer, so a wrong attempt still teaches the method.
Public Health work is filed under University, so you only see sets that match the stage you are studying.
Education levels covered
Tertiary and college foundations - Advanced study
8 Public Health skills at this level
Relevant curricula and exams
Based on the education levels this subject covers on the platform.
Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.
Learning outcomes
After working through the Public Health practice sets you should be able to:
- What Is Public Health: The goals and scope of public health.
- Epidemiology Basics: Studying disease in populations.
- Ghana Health System: How health services are organised.
- Epidemiology Basics: Use incidence, prevalence and outbreak concepts to describe disease in populations.
Sample questions
Real questions taken from the Public Health question bank, shown with the working learners see after answering.
The national health insurance scheme in Ghana is the
- National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
- Ghana Football Association
- Bank of Ghana
- Electoral Commission
Working: The NHIS helps people afford health care.
Public health focuses on
- protecting and improving the health of whole populations
- treating only one patient at a time
- selling cars
- building roads
Working: Public health works at the community and population level.
The number of NEW cases of a disease in a population over a period is the:
- Prevalence
- Incidence
- Mortality rate
- Case fatality rate
Working: Incidence counts new cases per period; prevalence counts all existing cases at a point in time.
Main topics and skills
Public Health is organised into 4 topic groups covering 8 practice skills. Open any skill to read the guide and start a practice set.
Foundations of Public Health
Disease Prevention and Control
Public Health in Ghana
Epidemiology & Health Promotion
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Frequently asked questions
Who is this Public Health practice for?
Right now Public Health spans University. Use the level filter on this page to hide everything outside the stage you are revising for.
What topics are included in Public Health?
There are 4 topic groups in Public Health, including Foundations of Public Health, Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health in Ghana and Epidemiology & Health Promotion. Working through a single group at a time is usually faster than jumping around.
What is in the Public Health question bank?
52 Public Health questions sit across 8 skills. A written explanation follows every answer, so a wrong attempt still shows you the method.
Is Public Health practice useful for tertiary coursework?
Because Public Health is organised by level, the sets covering tertiary coursework are easy to isolate, and they are labelled Tertiary foundation coursework.
Do I need an account to practise Public Health?
Reading is open to everyone. Signing up for free adds the parts that need to be stored: your SmartScore, your completed Public Health skills and your place in a set.
Related subjects
Free public health courses to watch alongside
Full video courses from universities and educators, free to watch and listed on their own pages here.
How this page was produced
This text was drafted with AI assistance from the questions and topics already stored on the platform. A subject-specialist review is scheduled but has not yet been recorded, so we do not claim it here.
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Ready to master Public Health?
Pick any of the 8 Public Health skills above, answer the questions and watch your SmartScore climb.