CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASE 1

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Refer to types of diseases that can be transmitted to humans either directly or through the medium.

TB, HIV, dengue, malaria, filariasis, etc.

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Communicable Disease

Question 2

Refers to types of diseases that cannot be passed from person to person, they are long duration and generally slow progression.

heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes, etc.

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Non- Communicable Diseases

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TWO CATEGORIES OF DISEASE

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Communicable Disease
Non- Communicable Diseases

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3 IMPLICATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH

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Acute
Chronic
Case

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if it lasts for less than 3 months

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Acute

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if it lasts for more than 3 months

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Chronic

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a person who has or is suspected of having an infection.

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Case

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6 VARIOUS WAYS OF TRANSMISSION

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Direct contact transmission
Indirect contact transmission
Airborne transmission
Bloodborne transmission
Droplet transmission
Sexual contact transmission

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the ability of the organisms to enter and replicate in the host depends on 3 major factors

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Infectivity

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3 major factors in infectivity

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host, pathogens, and environment

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4 FOCUS OF INTERVENTION IN PUBLIC HEALTH

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Host
Protective Barrier
Production of antibiotics
creations of vaccine

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by increasing immunity through immunization or increasing nutrition.

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Host

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to prevent contact with the agent that can disrupt the transmission of the disease from the environment or from one person to another.

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Protective barrier

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disrupt the replication of the organisms, prohibiting them from increasing their capacity to cause disease.

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Production of antibiotics-

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addressing the agent or pathogen.

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Creations of vaccine

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is to interrupt the transmission of infectious diseases within the population

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Goal of Public Health

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is to prevent, control, and eradicate disease and injuries

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Goal of epidemiology

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planning and taking action to prevent the occurrence of an undesirable event.

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PREVENTION

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the taking of action during an event.

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INTERVENTION

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a general term for containment of a disease; limiting transmission of a communicable disease

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CONTROL

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total elimination of a disease from the human population.

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ERADICATION

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3 APPROACH IN PREVENTION AND CONTROL

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Primary
Secondary
Tertiary

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forestall the onset of illness or injury during the pre-pathogenesis
Ex: health education, health promotion, safe house project, immunization against specific diseases and practice of personal hygiene.

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PRIMARY APPROACH

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preventive measures against communicable diseases either self-diagnosis and self-treatment with non-prescription medications or home remedies.
- Diagnosis and treatment with an antibiotic prescribed by a physician
- Preventive measure undertaken by the community against infectious disease
- Isolation and quarantine.

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SECONDARY APPROACH

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preventive measures for the control of communicable diseases include convalescence from infection and recovery to full health. This approach is aimed at preventing the recurrence of the disease or an epidemic
Ex: proper removal, embalming, and burial of the dead.

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TERTIARY APPROACH