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Intro To Public Healh Flashcards

1
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The science of protecting and improving the health
of people and their communities.

A

Public Health

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What are the 4 P’s in Public Health

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Prevention, Prolonging life, Promoting Health in
the Population level

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3
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Studying the connection of man to all the factors in the
environment

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Ecological in perspective

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4
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The connection of BSMLS and public health is early
diagnosis. (True or False)

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True

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5
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Division of Public Health :

our culture and practices in the family, our behavior towards health; assessing risk factors in acquiring diseases; health beliefs, health practices, etc.

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Social and Behavioral Health

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Division of Public Health :

Quality of the food that we eat will affect risks and chances to acquire diseases

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Nutrition

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Characteristics of Public Health :

It deals with the ______ of health rather than curative aspects.

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Preventive Aspects

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Characteristics of Public Health :

It deals with ________, rather than individual health issues

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Population Level

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Core Functions of Public Health :

It monitor health status to identify community health problems. And it diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the communit

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Assessment

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Core Functions of Public Health :

Inform, educate and empower people about health issues.

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Policy Development

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Core Functions of Public Health :

Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.

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Assurance

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1st step on public health approach in addressing the health problems in the community.

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Define the health problem

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Levels of prevention :

Laws and policies enacted by the government to promote health to the population (pro-public health)

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Primordial Level of Prevention

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Levels of prevention :

Prevents an illness or an injury from occurring at all, by preventing exposure to risk factors.

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Primary Prevention

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Levels of prevention :

seeks to minimize the severity of the illness or the damage due to an injury-causing event once the event has occurred

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Secondary Prevention

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16
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Levels of prevention :

seeks to minimize disability by providing medical care and rehabilitation services

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Tertiary Prevention

17
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Person’s physical and psychological capacity to establish and maintain balance.

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Health

18
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Aspects of Health :

Condition that enables person to maintain a strong and healthy body

A

Physical Health

19
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Aspects of Health :

Refers to how a person feels, thinks of himself, control his emotions, and adjust to the environment

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Mental Health

20
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Aspects of Health :

Refers to how a person feels, thinks and act towards everybody around him

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Social Health

21
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Failure of the body’s defense mechanism to cope with forces tending to disturb body equilibrium

A

Disease

22
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Give the 10 determinants of health

A
  1. Income and Social Status
  2. Education
  3. Physical environment
  4. Employment and working conditions
  5. Social support networks
  6. Culture
  7. Genetics
  8. Personal behavior and coping skills
  9. Health services
  10. Gender
23
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Give the 6 RISK FACTORS FOR DISEASE

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  1. Biologic and Behavioral Factors
  2. Environmental Factors
  3. Immunologic Factors
  4. Nutritional Factors
  5. Genetic Factors
  6. Services, Social Factors and Spiritual Factors
24
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Also known as asymptomatic

A

Latent stage

25
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Core Functions of Public Health :

Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.

A

Assurance

26
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Core Functions of Public Health :

Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.

A

Assurance

27
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Core Functions of Public Health :

Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.

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Policy Development

28
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Core Functions of Public Health :

Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.

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Policy Development

29
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Core Functions of Public Health :

Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce

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Assurance

30
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It aims to improve the health of community through an organized community effort.

A

Prevention, Prolonging life, Promoting Health in
the Population level (4 P’s)

31
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We make disease to happen in the population as much as possible (True or Falss)

A

False (We AVOID the disease to happen)

32
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Division of Public Health :

It handle numbers

A

Biostatistics

33
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Last step on public health approach in addressing the health problems in the community.

A

Monitor those interventions to assess their effectiveness

34
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2nd step on public health approach in addressing the health problems in the community.

A

Identify the risk factors associated with the problem.

35
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How many steps on public health approach in addressing the health problems in the community.

A

5 steps

36
Q

Give the three causation of disease

A

Agent, Host, Environment

37
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Any biological pathogen that transmits a disease

A

Agent

38
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a living organism that acts as a harbour for invading pathogenic organisms.

A

Host

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