History of Public Health Flashcards
What is responsible for the huge improvement
1) Sanitation
2) Improved understanding and eventually prevention and treatment of infectious diseases
3) Economic and educational advancement
Complete the statement: Over most of history, health viewed as a virtue, illness as a ____________
punishment for sin
Who were the healthiest in older society?
Ruling class and merchants
In the Renaissance & Age of Enlightenment 1500-1700 there was emphasis on
Science!
What are two diseases that are commonly viewed as deserved?
HIV/AIDS ( in the 1980s) and obesity
Complete the statement: Disease has always been a ____________ than war and other forms of violence
Greater threat to humanity
What is the difference between war and disease regarding public health?
1) War is more dramatic and unusual
2) War and related conflicts are covered in the media
3) Disease generally spread out across population over time
Deaths caused by combat throughout our entire history:
664,000
Deaths caused by smoking last year:
500,000
Humanity’s closest call with extinction was the:
Black death, reduced the world population by 1/5th
How long have important strategies for maintaining health been practiced?
For centuries
What are some principal strategies
1) Personal hygiene 2) Sanitation 3) Quarantine
Personal hygiene example
Washing hands, condoms
What is a sanitation example
Garbage collection; cleaning streets
What is a quarantine example
Leper colonies
