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Y3R7 - (Community) 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 > L1: General Introduction to Community Medicine > Flashcards

L1: General Introduction to Community Medicine Flashcards

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Def of Health according to WHO

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Physical Health

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All body systems properly functioning without any disease

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Mental Health

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A balance between individual & his environment with ability to:

  1. Adjust within himself & others.
  2. Cope with stress.
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Social Health

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Ability of person to:

  1. Live & react in harmony.
  2. Adjust within family & community.
  3. Be an active member of a community
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Spectrum of Health

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Ideal Health

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Conforms to WHO definition of health.

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Positive Health & Negative (marginal) health

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ln-apparent disease (pre-clinical)

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Apparent disease

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Death

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End of health spectrum.

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what are Determinants of health?

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Determinants of health on individual level

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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Host)

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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Host)

  • Heredity, genetic factors
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Errors of metabolism, MR & certain tumors.

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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Host)

  • SES
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  • Education, occupation & income
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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Host)

  • Age
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  • Infectious diseases among children.
  • Chronic diseases among elderly
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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Host)

  • sex
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  • CHD more among males.
  • while gall bladder stones more among females.
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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Host)

  • Nutritional status
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  • Under nutrition → deficiency diseases.
  • Over nutrition → obesity.
  • Malnutrition interacts with infection & may activate a dormant TB infection.
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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Host)

  • Physiologic state
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Vulnerable groups (pregnant, lactating mothers & growing children) are more susceptible to some health hazards.

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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Host)

  • Immunity
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  • Innate immunity as intact skin → protect against many infections.
  • Immunity after clinical or sub-clinical infection → prevent disease 2nd attack.
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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Host)

  • Lifestyle
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Beliefs, culture & habits e.g., smoking.

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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Agent)

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Determinants of health on individual level (Related to Environment)

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Determinants of health on Family level

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Determinants of health on community/national level

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Iceberg Phenomenon of diseases & its blocks

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from iceberg phenomena and pyramid of disease, we can see that:

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Def of Epidemeology

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Who is the father of modern epidemiology?

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Essential Public Health Functions

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Community medicine

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Preventive Medicine

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Community medicine & preventive medicine are all related & part of public health. All have more or less a similar definition & follow same lines.

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Patterns of curative care

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  • Emergency
  • Episodic
  • Continuous
  • Terminal
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Emergency Care

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  • The right for every individual in the country, anywhere, all the time.
  • Include both medical & surgical conditions.
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Episodic Care

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  • For patients with acute conditions in which they seek medical care for episodes of disease (e.g., diarrhea, tonsillitis, fevers..etc.)
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Contimous Care

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  • For patients with chronic diseases who need to be under continuous care (e.g. D.M, cancer, heart disease).
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Terminal Care

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  • For patients in final stage of disease expected to die.
  • Requires expensive forms of hospital care.
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Comparison between clinical medicine & community medicine

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