Public health system Flashcards
what is public health
the science of protecting and improving health of populations through education, promotion of health lifestyles, and prevention of disease and injury
public health during the colonial period
numerous public health challenges
epidemic disease considered sign of poor moral and spiritual condition
lack of public effort
quarantine and isolation measures
what is humorism
blood, yellow bile, black bile, phlegm
what did humorism determine
a person’s temperament and an imbalance led to certain sicknesses dependent on which humors were in excess or deficit
types of blood letting
venesection
cupping
leeching
what are other tx methods during colonial period
purging
sweating
public health during 18th century
quarantine and isolation
smallpox law in 1701 and 1721
1601 poor law
american voluntary hospitals
act for relief of sick and disabled seamen of 1798
public health during 19th century
sanitary problem
problem of industrialization
public health act of 1848
the american public health system
sanitation in england during 19th century
the mud by horses
cesspools
miasma
night soil men
river thames
the 19th century cholera epidemics info
1854 cholera outbreak
theory of miasma
snow’s theory
spanish influenza pandemic info
autumn of 1918
what did spanish influenza pandemic lead to
era of socialized medicine
reporting system
who initially pushed for mental health awareness
dorothy dix in 1846
what are some challenges with public health in the modern world
inequities and health disparities
chronic disease burden
mental health crisis
opioid epidemic
vaccine hesistancy
