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1
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Miasma

A

Belief that bad air causes illness

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2
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Types of interventions

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Upstream vs downstream

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3
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Upstream

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Preventing:

-Population focused
-Address political, social, economic, environmental causes

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4
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Downstram

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Treatment of problem already there:

Biomed

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5
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Levels of practice

A

Systems focused

Community focused

Individual/family focused

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6
Q

Systems focused

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Change laws, policies
Power structures of systems

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7
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Community focused

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Change norms, attitudes, practice awareness

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8
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Individual/family focus

A

Tx of pt
education familty

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9
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John snow

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Father of epidemiology
Ended colera

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10
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Florence nightingale

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Improved conditions for soliders in crimean war

Increased distance
Creased coxcomb chart
Clean and sanitary environment

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11
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Lilian wald
Mary brewster

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Developed public health nurse

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12
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Mary breckenridge

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Goes to europe and becomes a mid wife

Returns to kentucky

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13
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Leading cause of death

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Communicable diseases

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14
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Health

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Condition of the human that is multidimensional in nature.

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15
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Community

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Group of people who have common characteristics

Can be defined by:
Location
Ethnicity
Age
Occupation

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16
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Types of communities

Geopolitical vs phenomenological

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Geopolitical communities:
-man made boundaries

Phenomenological communities:
-churches, university

17
Q

Public health

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Actions that society takes collectively to ensure conditions in which people can be healthy

Obedient of speed limit
Dont dumb waste

18
Q

Community health

A

Defined group of people and the actions and conditions to promote protect and preserve their health

19
Q

Global health

A

Health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries

20
Q

Personal health activities

A

Individual actions that affect them or their families health

21
Q

Community/public health activities

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Activities aimed to improve population or community health:

Protecting food
Water supply

22
Q

Physical factors that affect the health of the community

A

Geography
Environment
Community size
Industrial development

23
Q

Social and cultural factors effecting community health

A

Beliefs/traditions/prejudices
Economy
Politics
Religion
Social norms
Socioeconomic status

24
Q

Herd immunity

A

Need 80% of population to get vaccinated

(Resistance of a population to the spread of an infectious agent based on the immunity of a high proportion of individuals)

25
Q

Healthy people

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Based on surgeon general report on health promotion and disease prevention

Updates every decade (2030)

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