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Chapter 1: Community health Flashcards

1
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_____: a state of complete physical, mental, and social well being and not just the absence of dx

A

Health

WHO, 1947

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——: o Dynamic state that is multidimensional, resource of living, and a persons interactions with & adaptation to enviro

A

Health

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3
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____: group of people with common characteristics

A

community

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4
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______: health status of a group

o Actions and conditions to promote, protect, and preserve health

A

Community health

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5
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_____: health status of ppl who are not prg and have no identity as a group
o Actions and conditions to promote, protect and preserve their health

A

population health

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6
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___: aimed at improving health of a pop/ comm.

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community health activities

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7
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____: individual action/ decisions that affect the health of an individual / their family

A

personal health

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8
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4 factors affecting community health

A

physical factors
social and cultureal factors
community organization
individual behaviors

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9
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what is the Sumerian clay tablet

A

evidence of RX

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10
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____:laws pertaining to physicians and health practices

A

The Code of Hammurabi

  • in the ancient societies before 500 BC
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11
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____: a book that had guidelines for cleanliness

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book of Leviticus

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12
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What two cultures were a part of the classical cultures

A

greek 500 BC-0

Romans 0-500 AD

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13
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_____ ages btw the yrs of AD 500-1500

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Middle ages

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14
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___ ages btw the years of AD 500- 1000

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Dark Ages

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15
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during what era was the “spiritual era”

A

middle / dark ages

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16
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the black death plague was during ___-___

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1348-1350

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17
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What was the last epidemic of the middle/ dark ages

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syphilis

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18
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Renaissance & exploration was btw ___-___ yrs

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1500-1700

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19
Q

(4) characteristics of the renaissance

A

rebirth of thinking
accounting for who was getting sick
dx caused by enviro- not spirits
epidemiological thinking

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20
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___ yr : first US census

A

1790

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21
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___ yr: Dr. Jenner, smallpox vaccination

22
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Who came up with the smallpox vaccination

A

Dr. Jenner

first vaccination

23
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___ yr: _____ becomes the US public health service

A

1798: Marine Hospital Service

24
Q

during the 19th century ___ was the Governments approach to public health

A

Laissez Faire (noninterference)

25
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“____” was considered good health advice in the 19th century

A

buyers beware

26
Q

London Cholera epidemic ____-___

27
Q

what was the first use of epidemiology to stop an epidemic

A

Dr. Snow noticed that ppl were getting cholera from drinking water from Broad Street pump

removes 3 pump handles in 1854

28
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___ theory: vapor was the source of dx

A

Miasmas Theory

29
Q

During what yr does the modern era of public health begin

30
Q

_____ report : wrote on the health needs of Massachusetts (17 stuffs)

___ yr

A

Shattuck’s report

31
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___: germ theory

__ yr

A

Pasteur (1863)

32
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____ yr: APHA founded

33
Q

___ (person) announced yellow fever transmitted by mosquitoes
___ yr

A

(1900) Reed

34
Q

Modern Era of Public Health ___-___ yrs

A

1850 to present

35
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___-___ yrs: Reform phase of public health

36
Q

Sinclair’s the “Jungle” published in ___

37
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____ yr: first school of public health

38
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__ yr : social Security act

39
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___ yr : polio vaccine

40
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___ yr: medicare and medicaid bill passed

41
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___ yr: OSHA Act

42
Q

Period of Health Promotion dates: ___-___

A

1974- present

43
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___ yr: WHO’s “health for all” pub.

44
Q

Healthy People pub. ___ yr

45
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Health People 2000 pub. ___ yr

46
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Health People 2010 pub ____ yr

47
Q

cost of health care

A

$2.2 trillion

Uninsured : 46.6 million

48
Q

____: a cross over dx from an animal

49
Q

1 leading cause of Death

50
Q

What are the 10 leading causes of death

A
  1. Heart dx
  2. Malignant neoplasms
  3. Chronic low resp. dx
  4. Cerebrovascular
  5. Unintentional injury
  6. Alzheimer’s dx
  7. DM
  8. Neophritis
  9. Influenza
  10. Suicide

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