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Public Health Flashcards

1
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Who founded Yale School of Public Health?

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C.E.A. Winslow

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What is public health?

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The art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting
physical and mental health, sanitation, personal hygiene, control of
infectious diseases, and organization of health services
(American Public Health Association)

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What are the disciplines of Public Health?

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Epidemiology, Global health, Biostatistics, Health administration, Health policy management, Environmental health

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What are the global public health agencies?

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World Health Organization (WHO)

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What are the national public health agencies?

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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What are the local public health agencies?

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  • California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
  • LA County Public Health Department
  • OC Health Care Agency
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What makes public health different from the healthcare services that we
know?

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Healthcare clinical providers give an individual treatment WHILE public health treats the population/community (needs to consider diverse inclusive and accessible solutions)

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What are the steps in the public health approach?

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  1. Define the health problem
  2. Identify risk factors associated
  3. Develop and test interventions to control or prevent the
    problem
  4. Monitor interventions to assess their effectiveness
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What are the core functions?

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ASSESSMENT (Gather, analyze, and communicate information about health), POLICY DEVELOPMENT (Uses all the data that has been collected to make a plan), ASSURANCE (Ensure all health services all available and accessible)

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What is the main predictor for health?

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Socioeconomic status (SES)

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What are examples of bacterium?

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Tuberculosis,
cholera, plague

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What are examples of viruses?

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HIV, smallpox,
COVID-19

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What are examples of protozoans?

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Malaria,
toxoplasmosis

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What are examples of fungi?

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Athlete’s foot,
ringworm

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15
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What are examples of Helminths?

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Tapeworm

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16
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What are examples of prions?

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Mad cow disease, kuru

17
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What is the chain of infection?

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Infectious Agent → Reservoir → Portal of exit → Mode of transmission → Portal of entry → susceptible host

18
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What are the reasons for public health improvements?

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Immunization, personal hygiene, sanitation, nutrition, health education

19
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What are the top 3 past problems before and present?

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  1. HIV/AIDS
  2. Tuberculosis
  3. Smallpox
  4. COVID-19 (new strains)
  5. Antibiotic resistance
  6. Closing the healthcare gap

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