3.2 Information Flashcards
Inventor of vaccination
Edward Jenner 1796
Branches of public health
Public health agency of Canada federal
Ontario ministry of health and long term care provincial
36 health units in Ontario
Vaccines in Ontario
Polio tetanus whooping cough rubella measles bacterial meningitis
Happens in several points of development adults need booster shots
MMR
Measles mumps rubella infectious diseases
Can cause mental retardation sterility and deafness
Done at 1 year and 18 months
Required by law
HPV
2007 dr harald Zur Hausen
Nobel prise for HPV and cervical cancer vaccine made
Carcinogens
Chemicals that are proven to cause cancer
Spread of the West Nile virus
Spread by mosquitos affects birds horses humans
Within 2 weeks can transmit to humans
No vaccine
Symptoms
Mild influenza Serious paralysis Seizure Death 80 percent of people have no symptoms
West Nile virus protection strategies
Minimize exposure from dusk to dawn
Limit breeding ground dense brush and shallow water
Apply insect repellent with less that 30 percent feet
Wear light colour clothes cover arms and legs
NutriSTEo
Screening to identify theee to five year olds with nutritional problems
AIDS
Ontario has over 80 groups
DNA screening
DNA markers studied and changed cells environment