Chapter 1 Flashcards
Health Protection (Antiquity - 1830s): Focus of Attention
Authority-based control of individual and community behaviors
Health Protection (Antiquity - 1830s): Action Framework
Religious and cultural practices and prohibited behaviors
Health Protection (Antiquity - 1830s): Notable Events
Quarantine for epidemics; sexual prohibitions to reduce disease transmission; dietary restrictions to reduce food- borne disease
Hygiene Movement (1840–1870s): Focus of Attention
Sanitary conditions as basis for improved health
Hygiene Movement (1840–1870s): Action Framework
Environmental action on a community-wide basis distinct from health care
Hygiene Movement (1840–1870s): Notable Events
Snow on cholera; Semmelweis and puerperal fever; collection of vital statistics as empirical foundation for public health and epidemiology
Contagion Control (1880–1940s): Focus of Attention
Germ theory: demonstration of infectious origins of disease
Contagion Control (1880–1940s): Action Framework
Communicable disease control through environmental control, vaccination, sanatoriums, and outbreak investigation in general population
Contagion Control (1880–1940s): Notable Events
Linkage of epidemiology, bacteriology, and immunology to form tuberculosis (TB) sanatoriums; outbreak investigation, e.g., Goldberger and pellagra
Filling Holes in the Medical Care System (1950s–mid-1980s): Focus of Attention
Integration of control of communicable diseases, modification of risk factors, and care of high- risk populations as part of medical care
Filling Holes in the Medical Care System (1950s–mid-1980s): Action Framework
Public system for control of specific communicable diseases and care for vulnerable populations distinct from general healthcare system, beginning of integrated healthcare systems with integration of preventive services into general healthcare system
Filling Holes in the Medical Care System (1950s–mid-1980s): Notable Events
Antibiotics; randomized controlled trials; concept of risk factors; surgeon general reports on cigarette smoking; Framingham study on cardiovascular risks; health maintenance organizations and community health centers with integration
of preventive services into general healthcare system
Health Promotion/ Disease Prevention (Mid-1980s–2000): Focus of Attention
Focus on individual behavior and disease detection in vulnerable and general populations
Health Promotion/ Disease Prevention (Mid-1980s–2000): Action Framework
Clinical and population- oriented prevention with focus on individual control of decision-making and multiple interventions
Health Promotion/ Disease Prevention (Mid-1980s–2000): Notable Events
AIDS epidemic and need for multiple interventions to reduce risk; reductions in coronary heart disease through multiple interventions
Population Health (2000s): Focus of Attention
Coordination of public health and healthcare delivery based upon shared evidence-based systems thinking
Population Health (2000s): Action Framework
Evidence-based recommendations and information management, focus on harms and costs as well as benefits of interventions, globalization
Population Health (2000s):Notable Events
Evidence-based medicine and public health; information technology; antibiotic resistance; global collaboration, e.g., one health; tobacco control; climate change, and a full life cycle approach to improving community health
Historical: Health
Physical
Historical: Population
Geographically limitted
Historical: Example of Society-wide Concerns
Communicable disease
Historical: Examples of Vulnerable Groups
High-risk maternal and child, high-risk occupations
Current: Health
Physical and mental
Current: Population
Local, state, national, global, governmentally defined
Current: Examples of Society-wide Concerns
Toxic substances, product and transportation safety, communicable diseases, costs of health care