Preventative med Flashcards
What is the underlying idea behind health promotion?
More sensible to prevent occurrence of disease or catch it early, than to deal with its consequences once it is established
What is wellness?
Physical, mental, and social well being
Can you be healthy and not well? Can you be well and not healthy?
Yes
No
What are the five determinants of health?
- Economic stability
- Education
- Social/community context
- Health and health care
- Neighborhood
How do neighborhoods and built environments affect health?
Exercise infrastructure
Environmental exposures
Food availability
What are the effects of economics stability on health?
Decreases childhood obesity
Decreases depression
How does education affect health?
Improves medical literacy
Higher income
What is the effect of social cohesion on health?
Joining and participating in groups cuts odds of dying in half
What is the effect of civic participation?
Civic engagement increases community ties
Young women who move out of high poverty areas have a decreased incidence of what disease?
Depression/conduct disorder
What are the effects of discrimination?
Lowers life span
Decreased birth weight
What is the effect of access to primary care in a community?
Increases health and outcomes
What is the 80% rule?
Only eat 80% of what is on your plate
What is the most important part of the power 9 thing?
Moving naturally
What is the plant slant part of the power 9?
Eat more plants
What is the wine at 5 part of the power 9?
Polyphenols in wine are good for you
What is the belong part of the power 9?
Belonging to a community
What are the five leading causes of death?
- heart disease
- CA
- Chronic LRT infx
- Cerebrovascular events
- Unintentional injuries
What is the first stage of epidemiological transition?
Infectious disease
What is the second stage of epidemiological transition?
Receding pandemics
What is the third stage of epidemiological transition?
Degenerative disease
What is the fourth stage of epidemiological transition?
DElayed degeneration
What is the fifth stage of epidemiological transition?
Inactivity, obesity, and DM
What are the 6 Ds of epidemiology?
Death Disease Discomfort Disability Dissatisfaction Destitution
What are the three components of the epidemiological triangle?
Host
Agent
Environment
True or false: preventative medicine is designed to replace clinical judgement
False
Preventative medicine is population, or patient based?
Patient
True or false: holistic and complementary medicine is a part of preventative medicine
True
What is positive predictive value?
The probability that subjects with a positive screening test truly have the disease
What is negative predictive value?
The probability that subjects with a negative screening test truly don’t have the disease
Alcohol use can cause which of the five most common causes of death?
Cerebrovascular disease
CA
True or false: lack of physical activity can lead to CA
True