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Community based medicine Flashcards

1
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What are the topics covered in “preventive and community based medicine”?

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Introduction to community based medicine
Infectious disease control
Toxicology
Occupational medicine

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What does community based medicine emphasize?

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Health and population 
Mental health 
Age
Social influence
Environmental Influence
Chronic illness
Impairment, disability, hanicap
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What is step 1 to community based medicine?

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Assess the primary health issue in community

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What is step 2 to community based medicine?

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Develop measurable objective to assess progress in addressing issues

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What is step 3 to community based medicine?

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Select effective interventions to help achieve these objectives

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What is step 4 to community based medicine?

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Implement selected interventions

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What is step 5 to community based medicine?

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Eval of selected interventions

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What are some topics that fall under community based medicine?

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Alcohol, Physical activity 
Cancer,  Sexual behavior
Diabetes,  Social Environment
Mental health,  Substance abuse
Motor vehicle,  Tobacco
Nutrition,   Vaccines
Obesity,   Violence
Oral health,  Worksite
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9
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What are the goals of health people 2020?

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Inc quality and years of healthy life

Eliminate health disarities

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Healthy people has 28 focus areas. Here I will list 1 - 7

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Access to Quality Health Services	
Arthritis, Osteoporosis, and Chronic Back 	 	 Conditions
Cancer
Chronic Kidney Disease
Diabetes
Disability and Secondary Conditions
Educational and Community-Based Programs
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Healthy people has 28 focus areas. Here I will list 8 - 14

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Environmental Health
Family Planning
Food Safety
Health Communication
Heart Disease and Stroke
HIV
Immunization and Infectious Diseases
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Healthy people has 28 focus areas. Here I will list 15 -

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Injury and Violence Prevention
Maternal, Infant, and Child Health
Medical Product Safety
Mental Health and Mental Disorders
Nutrition and Overweight
Occupational Safety and Health
Oral Health
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Health people has 28 focus areas. Here I will list 22 - 28

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Physical Activity and Fitness
Public Health Infrastructure
Respiratory Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Substance Abuse
Tobacco Use
Vision and Hearing
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What are the leading health indicators from Healthy people 2020?

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Physical activity
Overweight and obesity
Tobacco use
Substance abuse
Responsible sexual behavior 
Mental health
Injury and Violence
Environment quality
Immunization
Access to health care
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What are the two types of communicable diesase?

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Chronic and Degenerative

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What are the top 5 causes of mortality in the US?

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  1. Heart Diease
  2. Cancer
  3. Stroke
  4. Chronic low resp disease
  5. Unintentional injuries
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1.2 mil Americans suffer from coronary incident but who has it more often?

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Men more than women
White men more than black men
Black women more than white women

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18
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How much has CHD mortality decreased from 1950 to 1999?

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59%

19
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What is the leading cause of hospital care?

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Heart disease

20
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What is the leading cause of premature, permanent disability in the US labor force?

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CHD

21
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What are the risk factors for Heart Disease that can’t be changed?

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Family history
Being male
Age (65+)

22
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What are the risks factors for heart disease that can be moderated?

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Smoking
Elevated cholesterol and LDLs
Hypertension
Sedentary lifestyle
Obesity
23
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What is the third leading cause of death in the US?

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Stroke

24
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How much has morality of stroke decreased since the 1950s?

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70%

25
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What are some non-modifiable risk factors for stroke?

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Age
Race
Being male
“Stroke belt” - South East US

26
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What are the modifiable factors for stroke?

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Hypertension (major factor)
Diabetes
TIAs
Atrial fibrillation 
OC use 
Inc RBC count
Physical inactivity
EtOH J shaped curve
27
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What are the most frequent types of cancer?

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Prostate
Breast
Lung, bronchus, colorectal

28
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What are the lifetime probability of developing cancer in males and females respectively?

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46%

38% (inc after 60)

29
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What is the second leading cause of death in the US?

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Cancer

30
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What are the most fatal cancers?

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Leukemia
Lung and bronchus
Breast

31
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What are African American men less likely to diagnosed with cancer at stage 1 than White American men and when are they normally diagnosed?

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Lack of access of care

Stage III

32
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What rank is heart disease dead different age groups?

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5th for 1 - 24
3rd for 25 - 44
2nd for 44 - 65
Leading cause for 65+

33
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What rank is stroke dead in different age groups?

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9th for 1 - 24
8th for 25 - 44
4th for 45 - 64
4th for 65 - 84
3rd for 85+
34
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What rank is cancer death in different age groups?

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4th for 1 -24
2nd to accidents in 1 - 14
2nd for 25 - 44
2nd for 65 - 84 and 85+

35
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The goal of community based medicine is…

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Emphasize the health of the individual and the population

36
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What are some new areas added to healthy people 2020?

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Adolescent health
Blood disorders and safety
Dementias
Early/middle childhood
Global health
Healthcare associated infections
LGBT health
Older adults
Sleep health
37
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What does the “burden of illness” mean?

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The impact of a health problem as measured by financial cost, mortality, morbidity or other indicators

38
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What are two possible quantifications of a burden of illness?

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QALYs (Quality-adjusted life years)

DALYs (Disability-adjusted life years)

39
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If you lose one DALY that means you have lost;

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One year of healthy life

40
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What does burden of illness measure?

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The difference current health status and the ideal health status

41
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What is the environmental burden of illness?

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The number of DALYs that can be attributed to environmental factors

42
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What is YLD (years lost to disability)?

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Years of potenrial healthy life spent in states of less than full health

43
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What was the primary cause of YLD in 2004 and 2010 respectively?

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Unipolar depression, low back pain

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