3.2 Information Flashcards

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Inventor of vaccination

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Edward Jenner 1796

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2
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Branches of public health

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Public health agency of Canada federal
Ontario ministry of health and long term care provincial
36 health units in Ontario

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3
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Vaccines in Ontario

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Polio tetanus whooping cough rubella measles bacterial meningitis
Happens in several points of development adults need booster shots

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4
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MMR

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Measles mumps rubella infectious diseases
Can cause mental retardation sterility and deafness
Done at 1 year and 18 months
Required by law

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5
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HPV

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2007 dr harald Zur Hausen

Nobel prise for HPV and cervical cancer vaccine made

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6
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Carcinogens

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Chemicals that are proven to cause cancer

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7
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Spread of the West Nile virus

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Spread by mosquitos affects birds horses humans
Within 2 weeks can transmit to humans
No vaccine

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8
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Symptoms

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Mild influenza 
Serious paralysis 
Seizure
Death 
80 percent of people have no symptoms
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9
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West Nile virus protection strategies

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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

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NutriSTEo

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Screening to identify theee to five year olds with nutritional problems

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11
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AIDS

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Ontario has over 80 groups

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12
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DNA screening

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DNA markers studied and changed cells environment

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