Module 1 Flashcards
(53 cards)
Health is a state of complete ___________, _________, and _________ well-being and not merely the absence of _________ or _________.
-(Name of Proponent, Date)
physical, mental, social
disease or infirmity
-World Health Organization, 1946
Health is a state characterized by ________, __________, and _____________ integrity; ability to perform personally valued ___________ and _______; ability to deal with ___,___, ____, and _____; a feeling of _______; and freedom from the risk of ___ and _______.
-(Name of Proponent, Date)
-anatomical, physiological, and psychological
-family work, community roles
-physical, biological, psychological, social stress
-well-being
-disease, untimely death
-Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine, 1982
Definition of Public Health
The science and the art of __________, _______ and _______ through organized ______ efforts for the _______ of the environment, the control of ___________, the education of the individual in principles of __, the organization of ___ and _______ for the __________ and _______ of disease, and the development of the __________ which will ensure to every individual in the community a standard of _________ for the __________.
-(Name of Proponent, Date)
-preventing disease, prolonging life, promoting physical health and efficiency
-community, sanitation
-community infections
-personal hygiene
-medical, nursing services, early diagnosis, preventive treatment
-social machinery
-living adequate, maintenance of health
-Charles-Edward A. Winslow, 1920
Why public health program creation for those who have illnesses is not allowed?
Because intervention is individualized
Public health focuses on creating a program based on the assumption that…
everyone is healthy
Public Health Nutrition is defined as
application of ____ and ___ principles to improve or maintain __________ of __ and ___ through enhancements in ____, ____, ___ and ____.
-(Name of Proponent)
-nutrition, publi health
-optimal health
-populations, targeted groups
-programs, systems, policies, environments
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Public Health Nutrition Task Force
Mission of Public Health - Who said?
Fulfill society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy
Insitute of medicine of the national academes
Mission of Public Health - Who said?
Public health aims to provide maximum benefit for the largest number of people
World Health Organization
3 types of prevention
(Name of Proponent, Date)
primary, secondary, tertiary
-Fos and Fine (2000)
Prevention concerned with eliminating risk factors for a disease
Primary
Prevention which focuses on early detection and treatment of disease
Secondary
Prevention which attempts to eliminate or moderate disability associated with advanced disease.
Tertiary
Scope of secondary prevention
Clinical, subclinical
Clinical is what type of prevention?
Secondary or tertiary prevention
What are the target health status of public health and clinical?
Public health - healthy (assumption)
Clinical - contracted illness already
What are the target audience of public health and clinical?
Public health - groups
Clinical - individual
Objective of Clinical
improve ill patient
Prevention which intends to prevent the development of disease and the occurrence of injury, and to reduce incidence in the population
Primary
Prevention which intends to identify the existence of disease early so that treatments that might not be as effective when applied later can be of benefit
Secondary
Prevention which often involves limiting disability that occurs if disease and injury re not effectively treated
Tertiary
What are the 5 stages of Public Health Approach?
- Surveillance (what is the problem)
- Risk factor identification (what is the cause)
- Intervention Evaluation (What works)
- Implementation (How do you do it)
- Monitoring & Evaluation (how is it going)
What are the 3 Core Functions of Public Health?
- Assessment
- Policy Development
- Assurance
Core function on
diagnostic function in which a public health agency collects, assembles, analyzes and makes available information on the health of the population
Assessment
Core function on
use of scientific knowledge to develop a strategic approach to improving the community’s health
Policy Development
