Introduction to health protection Flashcards
1
Q
What are the 3 domains of public health?
A
health protection
health improvement
improving services
2
Q
What is sporadic?
A
occasional cases occurring irregularly
3
Q
What is endemic?
A
persistent background level of occurrence
4
Q
What is epidemic?
A
occurrence in excess of the expected level during a given time period
5
Q
What is pandemic?
A
epidemic occurring in or spreading over several countries
6
Q
What is the epidemiological triad made up of?
A
agent
host
environment
7
Q
What is the protocol with notifiable diseases?
A
all registered medical practitioners must notify their health board is they have reasonable suspicion
8
Q
What is an outbreak?
A
- two or more people experience a similar illness
- confirmed infection linked by a common factor
- observed number of cases exceeds the expected number
9
Q
How is an outbreak managed?
A
- confirm
- establish information
- implement control measures
- identify source
- ensure all cases treated
- case finding
- surveillance
- learn lessons for future
