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midterm Flashcards

1
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These are the 3 core functions of public health

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  • assessment
  • policy development
  • assurance
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these are the two main differences between public health and medicine

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public health is population based and prevention based

medicine is individual based and cure based

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3
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This is one of the biggest reasons public health efforts can be controversial

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TAXES

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4
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these are five steps of prevention and intervention

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Step 1: define health problem
step 2: identify risk factors
Step3 : develop community-led intervention
step 4: implement intervention
step 5: monitor intervention to assess effects

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5
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besides eating well and exercising, these are 4 other components of health.. some may even consider to be social justice

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  • affordable housing -educational opportunities
  • access to health care
  • employment opportunities
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6
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This is the difference between the theory of Public good and the theory of market justice

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public good= favors fairness and equity

Market justice=favors individual success

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7
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An example of a clash between morals and public health goals

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  • sex education in schools/planned parenthood

- dare program

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8
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these are everyday responsibilities for public health

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  • collect health statistics
  • control disease
  • administer health inspections
  • screenings
  • sanitation
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9
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The equation used to determine “frequency of a disease”

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of cases ( of disease)/ population of town/county

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10
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definition of “social capital”

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Social capital affects health risk behavior in the sense that individuals who are embedded in a network or community rich in support, social trust, information, and norms, have resources that help achieve health goals

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three questions epidemiologists ask

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  • who is getting the disease
  • when is the disease occurring
  • where is the disease occurring
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He was considered the first epidemiologist

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john snow

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13
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screening tests can have one of these two characteristics

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specific: more limited data received
sensitive: more data passes through

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the difference between incidence and prevalence rates

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  • incidence rates chart the number of NEW cases of diseases

- prevalence looks at existing cases of disease

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15
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three conditions that can be caused by obesity

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  • heart disease
  • diabetes
  • high blood pressure
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16
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top 3 ACTUAL causes of death

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tobacco
poor diet/physical activity
alcohol consumption
** remember all are preventable!

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17
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This is the most important predictor of health

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Socioeconomic status

18
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socioeconomic status (SES) include

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income
educational background
occupational status

19
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four contributors to poor health

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  • poor environmental conditions
  • limited nutrition/physical activity
  • limited access to healthcare
  • psychological stress
20
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5 components of ecological model

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public policy: (national, state, local laws)

community: (relationships among organizations
organizational: (organizations, social institutions)
interpersonal: (family, friends, social networks)
individual: (knowledge, attitudes, skills)

21
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5 steps to transtheoretical model

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precontemplation
contemplation
preparation
action
maintenance
22
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components to health belief model

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demographic variables:
ex: use of condoms to prevent STD
cues to action:(someone you know is diagnosed with STD
costs:( not as pleasurable)
benefits:(protects against most STD’s)
susceptibility:( how likely am I to contract an STD
severity: how bad would having an STD be (likelihood of behavior)

23
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public health measures that contribute most to people being healthier today than they were a century ago are:

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sanitation, better nutrition, and occupational safety

24
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core functions of public health:

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assessment, policy develop, and assurance

25
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which of the following is true of politics and public health

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politics is an essential element of democratic governance

26
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what level has the primary responsibilities of the health of the population

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state

27
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which of the following is true

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the federal government utilizes the granting of funds to individual states in order to help protect the health of the population with example of helmet laws

28
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what is true of epidemiology

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assess, occurrence, and cause of disease

29
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who was first epidemiologist?

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john snow

30
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high SES is not associated with which of the following factors that affect health behaviors

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high stress

31
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the model that describes five levels of influence on health behavior (interpersonal, intrapersonal, institutional, community, and public policy is:

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ecological model

32
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Socioeconomic status is determined by all the following except:

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race

33
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The early history of U.S public health was closely tied to social reform movements
Which of the following public health issues would not be considered social reform

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TB quarantine

34
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which of the following statements best expresses the market justice view

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every adult individual is responsible for his or her own lot in life

35
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the risk of which of the following infectious diseases is most significantly affected by behavioral factors

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AIDS

36
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Which of the following actual causes of death is least under the control of individual behavior

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toxic agents

37
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public health

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it’s a value to think of health as the state of being that makes possible the highest enjoyment of life
-affordable housing(less stress about money
college/education(to get a job/being able too)
access to healthcare
money(less prone to getting sick; less stress

38
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social justice; social movement in 19th century

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improved housing, child labor laws, mother/child health

39
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endemic

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border line levels that are common in certain areas, relates to usual nd expected rates of disease within a given population ex: tropics–malaria

40
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epidemic

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raised level; when the numbers of new cases of certain disease n a given population and during a given time, exceed what is expected

ex: child obesity, flu, Spanish influenza
* higher what we anticipated

41
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Pandemic

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new disease to population affecting humans causing serious illness, spreads easily among humans
ex: aids, TB

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