Public Health Flashcards
Two meanings of public health
Health status of the public
Organized social efforts to preserve and improve the health of a defined population
Total process of collecting by registration, enumeration or indirect estimation of information on the frequency of occurrence of certain vital events
vital statistics system
Basic sources of vital statistics
marriage certificate
certificate of live birth
certificate of death
certificate of fetal death
disease or injury that directly led to d eath
immediate cause (pneumonia)
complications that gave rise to immediate cause of death
antecedent cause
root disease
underlying cause
circumstances that led to death
manner of death (suicide, homicide, etc)
RA 10625
Philippine Statistics Act of 2013
Type of census: physical presence is important
Defacto census
Type of census: regardless of physical presence
Dejure census
the following should not be used to preserve dead bodies
lime
muriatic acid
potassium alum/tawas
Phases of COPAR (Community Organizing Participatory Action Research)
Pre-entry phase: select target community
Entry phase: integration process; potential leaders identified
Formation phase: core group created
Organization building phase: most crucial; mobilization of people
Sustenance and strengthening phase: end and most important phase
Suspension of family routine
Form of crisis in the family
Acute illness
Interval between initial diagnosis and readjustment period
Guilt on the part of the patient
Chronic illness
Inevitable death becomes apparent
Terminal illness
Focuses on providing relief from the symptoms and stress of a serious illness
Palliative care
Focuses on the quality of life for people and caregivers who are experiencing advances, life-limiting illness
Hospice care
Period of mourning after loss
bereavement care
Five Star Doctor
Care Provider Decision maker Communicator Community leader Manager
Five Star Filipino Doctor
Health care provider Teacher Researcher Social Mobilizer Administrator
Family structure that includes step parents, step children
Blended family
Family Illness Trajectory
most difficult stage for the patient,
onset of illness to diagnosis
Family Illness Trajectory
emotional plane and cognitive plane
Impact phase-reaction to diagnosis
Family Illness Trajectory
most challenging and rewarding stage for the physician
major therapeutic efforts