CPH Intro Flashcards

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-Study of the health status of the community
-Foundations of community health

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Community and Public Health

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  • The state of being free from illness or injury
  • state of physical bodily organs and the ability of the body as a whole to function
  • state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of diverse infirmity
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Health

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What are the interconnections of the determinants of health

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  • genetics
  • nutrition
  • lifestyle
  • environment
  • medical care
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  • Group of people with a small society
  • traditionally, it has been taught of a geographic area w/ specific boundaries
  • collective body of individuals identified by common characteristics
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Community

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Community is characterized by what elements? (6)

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  1. membership- sense of identity and belonging
  2. common symbol system- similar language
  3. shared values and norms
  4. mutual influence- community members
  5. shared need and commitment
  6. shared emotional connection- members share common history, experience and mutual support.
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Activities undertake within the formal structure of government and associated efforts of private and voluntary organizations

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Public health system

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Health status of the public?

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Public Health

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Health status of a defined …
ex: health status of the people of bayombong

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Community Health

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  • the health outcomes of a group of individuals including the distribution of such outcomes within the group.
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Population Health

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Factors that affect the health of Communities: (4)

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  1. Physical Factors
  2. Social and Cultural Factors
  3. Community Organization
  4. Individual Behaviors
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  1. Physical Factors- Communities’ health problems can be directly influenced by their altitude, latitude, and climate.

a) __________- Quality of our natural environment is directly related to the quality of our stewardship of it.
b) __________- The larger the community, the greater its range of health problems and the greater its number of health resources.
c) __________- Provides a community with added resources for community health programs but it may bring environmental pollution and occupational injuries and illness

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a) Environment
b) Community Size
c) Industrial Development

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2) Social factors- Arise from the interaction of individuals or groups within the community

a) _________- arise from guidelines that individuals “inherit” from being a part of a particular society.
ex: beliefs, economy, politics, religion, social norms, socioeconomic status

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a) cultural factors

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3) __________- the way which a community is able to organize its…
- they are the ones who control and prevent such disaster.

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Community organization

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4) ___________- it takes the continuous effort of many
- if not, most of the individuals in a comm. to make a program work

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Individual Behavior

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International Agencies that contribute to Community health: (6)

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1) WHO
2) CDC
3) NHA
4) DOH
5) FDA
6) Philippine Red Cross

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  • Largest international health org. located in Geneva, Switzerland
  • purpose: attainment of all people of the highest possible level of health
  • 6 care functions:
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WHO

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  • Atlanta, Georgia
  • works to control communicable diseases, maintains records, analyzes disease, trends and publishes epidemiological reports on all types of diseases.
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CDC

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  • National Institutes of Health, UP Diliman
  • Created on JAN 26, 1996 by UP board of Regents to enhance Research
  • R.A. 8503
  • Health Development
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NHA

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  • 1963
  • R.A 3720
  • formerly the BUREAU OF FOOD AND DRUGS
  • amended on 1987 by EXECUTIVE ORDER 175 known as “FOOD, DRUGS, AND DEVICES AND COSMETICS ACT OF …R.A 9711 otherwise known as “THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 2009”
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FDA

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  • Principal health agency in the Philippines
  • 3 major roles:
    1.
    2.
    3.
  • Mandate to developing national plans
  • responsible for ensuring access to basic pub health for all Filipinos
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DOH

  1. leadership in health
  2. Enabler and Capacity Builder
  3. Administrator
20
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Foundations of Community Health

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  1. Health
  2. Community
  3. Public Health
  4. Public Health System
  5. Community Health
  6. Population Health
  7. Global Health