Chapter 4

Question 0

A disease that cannot be transmitted from infected host to susceptible host

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Noncommunicable Disease (noninfectious disease)

Question 1

An illness caused by some specific biological agent or it’s toxic products that can be transmitted from an infected person, animal, or inanimate reservoir to a susceptible host

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Communicable (infectious) Disease

Question 2

The ability of a biological agent to enter and grow in the host

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Infectivity

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The capability of a communicable disease agent to cause disease in a susceptible host

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Pathogenicity

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A visual representation of the interrelationships among causative agent, host, and environment

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Communicable Disease Model

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The cause of the disease or health problem

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Agent (pathogenic agent)

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A person or other living organism that affords subsistence or lodgment to a communicable agent under natural conditions

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Host

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A model to conceptualizer the transmission of a communicable disease from its source to a susceptible host

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Chain of Infection

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A person who is sick with a disease

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Case

Question 9

A person or animal that harbors a specific communicable agent in the absence of discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection to others

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Carrier

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A communicable disease transmissible under natural conditions from vertebrate animals to humans

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Zoonosis

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A disease that infects only humans

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Anthroponosis

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The immediate transfer of an infectious agent by direct contact between infected and susceptible individuals

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Direct Transmission

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Communicable disease transmission involving an intermediate step

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Indirect Transmission

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An inanimate material or object that can serve as a source of infection

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Vehicle

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A living organism, usually am arthropod, that can transmit a communicable agent to susceptible hosts

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Vector

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The cause of a disease

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Etiology

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A visual representation of the host together with various internal mad external factors that promote and protect against disease

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Multicausation Disease Model

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A chronic disease characterized by damage to the coronary arteries in the heart

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Coronary Heart Disease

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A chronic disease characterized by damage to blood vessels of the brain resulting in disruption of circulation to the brain

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Cerebrovascular Disease (stroke)

Question 20

Uncontrolled new tissue growth resulting from cells that have lost control over their growth and division

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Malignant Neoplasm

Question 21

The spread of cancer cells to distant parts of the body by the circulatory or lymphatic system

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Metastasis

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The planning for and taking of action to forestall the onset of a disease or other health problem

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Prevention

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Efforts to control a disease in progress

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Intervention

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The complete elimination or uprooting of a disease

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Eradication

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Preventative measures that lead to an early diagnosis and prompt treatment of a disease or injury to limit disability and prevent more severe pathogens

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Secondary Prevention

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Measures aimed at rehabilitation following significant pathogens

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Tertiary Precention

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The separation of infected persons from those who are susceptible

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Isolation

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Limitation of freedom of movement of those who have been exposed to a disease and may be incubating it

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Quarantine

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The killing of communicable disease agents outside the host

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Disinfection

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Disease agents, such as HIV, that are transmissible in blood and other body fluids

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Bloodborne Pathogens

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A set of regulations promulgated by OSHA that sets forth the responsibilities of employers and employees with regard to precautions to be taken concerning bloodborne pathogens in the workplace

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Bloodborne Pathogens Standard

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Factors contributing to the development of a noncommunicable disease that cannot be altered by modifying ones behavior or environment

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Unmodifiable Risk Factors

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Factors contributing to the development of a non communicable disease that can be altered by modifying ones behavior or environment

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Modifiable Risk Factors

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Factors of the Communicable Disease Model

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Agent, Host, Environment

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Chain of infection

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The pathogenic agents leaves it’s reservoir via a portal of exit. Transmission occurs in either a direct or indirect manner, and the pathogenic agent enters a susceptible host through a portal of entry to establish infection.

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3 types of indirect transmission

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Airborne, vehicleborne, vectorborne

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Examples of Primary Prevention

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Health Education and Health Promotion Programs
Safe-housing Projects
Immunization against specific diseases
Practice of personal hygiene

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Examples of Secondary Prevention

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Health screenings

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Examples of Tertiary Prevention

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Therapy for a heart patient