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(P) Lesson 4: Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases Flashcards

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According to the CDC, these are illnesses that spread from one person to another, an animal to a person, or a surface to food

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Communicable Diseases

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“Communicable diseases can impact resource-constrained communities and are linked to a complex range of overlapping determinants of health” what organization made this statement?

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Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO)

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T or F: Environmental change manifests in a simple web of ecologic and social factors that can impact disease

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False (it is a COMPLEX web)

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T or F: Environmental changes directly impact disease transmission rate

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True

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This refers to the outcome of the interplay between environmental change and the transmission cycle of a pathogen

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Disease Burden

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This system uses a pre-arranged sample of sources coming from physicians, hospitals, or clinics who have agreed to report on the cases of specific notifiable diseases

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Hospital Sentinel Surveillance System (HSSS)

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What does FHSIS stand for?

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Field Health Services Information System

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What does PIDSR stand for?

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Philippine Integrated Disease Surveillance Response System

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This type of surveillance by the PIDSR involves a systematic collection and analysis of data to protect local communities

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Case Surveillance

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This type of surveillance by the PIDSR involves an organized and rapid capture of epidemiological data on acute public health threats

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Event-based Surveillance

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This system can detect where an outbreak can occur at any point in communities

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Community-based Disease Surveillance System

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This system relies on the collection of information with regards to microorganisms tested in the laboratory

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Laboratory Surveillance System

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Quarantine Health Services and Information Systems are provided by what department in the national governent?

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Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ)

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This enables the reporting of any epidemic alerts in real time at low cost and at low resource use; it leverages the capacity of community members to carry out surveillance activities within their respective communities

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Community-based Disease Surveillance System

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T or F: A Community-based Disease Surveillance System cannot temporarily replace nor strengthen existing surveillance systems

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False (it can temporarily replace and it can strengthen other surveillance systems)

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T or F: The Community-based Disease Surveillance System cannot ensure early detection and response

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False (it can)

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What does IFRC stand for?

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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

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What are the three components to the IFRC’s epidemic preparedness surveillance pyramid?

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Emergency (top), Preparedness (middle), and Community Health Promotion and Risk Reduction (bottom)

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T or F: Population awareness in community participation is the key to surveillance preparenedness

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False (the key is investments and funding)

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These are driven by rapid, unplanned urbanization, globalization of unhealthy lifestyles and population aging

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Non-Communicable Diseases

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T or F: NCDs kill over 31 million people each year (74% of deaths worldwide)

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False (41 million)

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T or F: People who die from NCDs commonly don’t reach 70

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True

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T or F: 86% of deaths caused by NCDs are from high-class and developed countries

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False (low and middle-class countries)

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What disease accounts for the most NCD-related deaths?

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Cardiovascular Diseases

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These are the four major diseases that cause NCD-related deaths

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Cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory illnesses, and diabetes

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T or F: There are 5 groups of diseases that account for over 80% of all premature NCD deaths

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False (there are only 4)

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T or F: Palliative care is included in the key components of the response to NCDs

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True

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T or F: People of all age groups, regions, and countries can be affected by NCDs

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True

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T or F: Over 17 million NCD-related deaths occur after the age of 70

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False (before 70)

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What are the top 4 modifiable risk factors?

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Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, exposure to tobacco, and harmful substance abuse

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This targets to reduce the probability of death from any of the four main NCDs between ages 30-70 years by one-third by the year 2030

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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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T or F: Poverty is linked with NCDs

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True

33
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T or F: Funds for the supposed poverty reduction were used for healthcare costs

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True

34
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This was prepared for the Ministry of Health of the Philippines by WHO and UNDP in 2019

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Prevention and Control of NCDs in the Philippines

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T or F: The healthcare sector can shoulder all risk reduction tasks that need to be done in the community

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False (all sectors should collaborate to reduce risks and promote interventions)

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T or F: Detecting, screening, and treating NCDs and providing access to palliative care are delivered through a public health care approach

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False (a PRIMARY health care approach)

37
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This intervention was shown to have the highest economic benefit

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Salt-reduction Interventions

38
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RA 10351 (2012)

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Sin Tax Reform Law

39
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RA 10963 (2017)

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Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN)

40
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NCD maintenance medicine is under the provision of what program?

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Medicines Access Program of the DOH

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These mobile health programs comprise of a quit-line and smoking-cessation clinics

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STOPSMOKE

42
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This action plan addresses stunting, overweight, and obesity

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Philippine Plan of Action for Nutrition (2017-2022)

43
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How many demand-reduction measures of the WHO Framework Convention on tobacco control has the country accomplished?

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2 out of 5

44
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RA 10643 (2014)

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Graphic Health Warnings Law

45
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EO 26 (2017)

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Providing for the Establishment of Smoke-free Environments in Public and Closed Spaces

46
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A psychoactive substance with dependence-producing properties that has been widely used in many cultures

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Alcohol

47
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T or F: Harmful drinking and TB and HIV/AIDS have a causal relationship

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True

48
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What does DALYs stand for?

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Disability-Adjusted Life Years

49
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According to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute and DOST in 2015, what percent of adults were not sufficiently physically active?

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43%

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T or F: Men are more physically inactive than women

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False (women are more physically inactive (53%) than men (30%) especially those living in urban areas)

51
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T or F: Physical inactivity has a causal relationship with coronary heart disease, type II diabetes, and breast and colon cancer

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True

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T or F: Sodium intake in the country has been estimated to be less than twice as high as the WHO recommendation

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False (MORE THAN twice as high as the WHO recommendation)

53
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T or F: High sodium intake may cause stomach cancer and increased risks for ischemic heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases due to hypertension

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True

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