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What is Public Health? Flashcards

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Public health can be defined as the fulfillment of _________ interest in assuring the __________ in which people can be ______.

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Public health can be defined as the fulfillment of SOCIETY’’s interest in assuring the CONDITIONS in which people can be HEALTHY.

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Public health can be defined as organized _________efforts aimed at the prevention of __________ and the promotion of ________.

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Public health can be defined as organized community efforts aimed at the prevention of DISEASE and the promotion of HEALTH.

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In a definition of public health, what term describes the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity?

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HEALTH describes a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

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Steps 1-3 of five step approach to public health:

  1. Define the _________ _______
  2. Identify the ______ ________ associated with the problem
  3. Develop and test _________-_______ interventions to _______ or prevent the cause of the problem
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  1. Define the HEALTH PROBLEM
  2. Identify the RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED with the problem
  3. Develop and test COMMUNITY-LEVEL interventions to control or prevent the cause of the problem
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Steps 4-5 of five step approach to public health:

  1. Implement _________to improve the _______of the population
  2. _________ the interventions to assess their ___________
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  1. Implement INTERVENTIONS to improve the HEALTH of the population
  2. MONITOR the interventions to assess their EFFECTIVENESS
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Public Health or Medical Care?

The patient is the community

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Public health

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Public Health or Medical Care?

Diagnoses the health of the community using public health sciences

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Public health

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Public Health or Medical Care?

Treatment of the community involves new policies and interventions

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Public health

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Public Health or Medical Care?

Aims to prevent disease and disability.

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Public health

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Public Health or Medical Care?

The patient is the individual.

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Medical care

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Public Health or Medical Care?

Diagnoses the health of the individual using medical techniques.

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Medical care

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Public Health or Medical Care?

Treatment of the individual involves medical interventions, therapies and drugs.

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Medical care

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Public Health or Medical Care?

Aims to cure individuals of disease and address sick care.

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Medical care

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Public health or Medical care?

Addresses large numbers of people (population health).

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Public health

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Public health or Medical care?

Addresses individuals and smaller groups

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Medical care

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Public health or Medical care?

Focuses on improving health of an individual or group at a time

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Medical care

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Public health or Medical care?

Focuses on changing physical and social environments

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Public health

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__________ is how we understand threats to health, determine what interventions might work, and evaluate whether the interventions work.

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Science is how we understand threats to health, determine what interventions might work, and evaluate whether the interventions work.

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________ is how we as a society make decisions about what policies to implement.

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Politics is how we as a society make decisions about what policies to implement.

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________ _______ is often invisible to the constituencies.

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Public health is often invisible to the constituencies.

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Why study public health?

  1. __________ and responsiveness to disasters
  2. The ________ epidemic
  3. Inadequate access to ______ ______
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Why study public health?

  1. Preparedness and responsiveness to disasters
  2. The obesity epidemic
  3. Inadequate access to health care
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More recent and growing concern among public health officials

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Bioterrorism threats

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Public health response to disasters, both natural and human-made, helps to control the ______ and _______ further harm to survivors and rescuers.

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Public health response to disasters, both natural and human-made, helps to control the damage and prevent further harm to survivors and rescuers.

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Reason # 2 to study public health; decreases in life expectancy and increases in early mortality similar to that seen with smoking.

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The obesity epidemic

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Reason # 3 to study public health; has been diminishing.

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Access to healthcare

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Lack of _________ _________ leads to less preventative care, diagnoses take place at more advanced disease stages, and once diagnosed, tend to receive less therapeutic care; higher mortality rates.

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Lack of health insurance

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This unique feature of today’s public health says healthcare needs to made equally for all.

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Social justice philosophy

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Which unique feature of public health says there are differing values and perspectives, which influence decisions related to public health?

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Inherently political in nature

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Which unique feature of public health says there is a corporate (private) responsibility vs social (public) responsibility?

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Responsibilities

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Which unique feature of public health says there is the continual addition of new problems to the public health agenda, including bioterrorism risks?

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Dynamic, ever-expanding agenda

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Which step of the five step approach to public health is “define the health problem”?

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First step:

1. Define the health problem

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Which step of the five step approach to public health is “Identify the risk factors associated with the problem”?

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Second step:

2. Identify the risk factors associated with the problem

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Which step of the five step approach to public health is “Develop and test community-level interventions to control or prevent the cause of the problem”?

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Third step:

3. Develop and test community-level interventions to control or prevent the cause of the problem

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Which step of the five step approach to public health is “Implement interventions to improve the health of the population”?

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Fourth step:

4. Implement interventions to improve the health of the population

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Which step of the five step approach to public health is “Monitor the interventions to assess their effectiveness”?

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Fifth step:

5. Monitor the interventions to assess their effectiveness

36
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In public health, who is the patient?

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In public health, the patient is the community.

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In public health, who’s health is diagnosed and how?

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In public health, the health of the community is diagnosed using public health sciences.

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In public health, who is treated and what does it involve?

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In public health, treatment of the community involves new policies and interventions.

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In public health, what is the aim?

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In public health, the aim is to prevent disease and disability.

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In public health, who is addressed?

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In public health, large numbers of people are addressed, known as population health.

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In public health, what is the focus?

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In public health, the focus is on changing physical and social environments.

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In medical care, who is the patient?

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In medical care, the patient is the individual.

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In medical care, who’s health is diagnosed and how?

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In medical care, the health of the individual is diagnosed using medical techniques.

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In medical care, who is treated and what does it involve?

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In medical care, treatment of the individual involves medical interventions, therapies, and drugs.

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In medical care, what is the aim?

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In medical care, the aim is to cure individuals of disease and address sick care.

46
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In medical care, who is addressed?

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In medical care, individuals and smaller groups are addressed.

47
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In medical care, who is the

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In medical care,

48
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In medical care, what is the focus?

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In medical care, the focus is improving health of an individual or group at a time.

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Science in public health is defined as:

  1. How we understand ________ to health
  2. Determine what ____________ might work
  3. Evaluate whether the __________ worked.
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Science in public health is defined as:

  1. How we understand THREATS to health
  2. Determine what INTERVENTIONS might work
  3. Evaluate whether the INTERVENTIONS worked.
50
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Science in public health is defined as:

  1. How we _________ threats to health
  2. __________what interventions might work
  3. ________ whether the interventions worked.
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Science in public health is defined as:

  1. How we UNDERSTAND threats to health
  2. DETERMINE what interventions might work
  3. EVALUATE whether the interventions worked.
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Politics in public health is defined as:

How we as a ________ make decisions about what __________ to ____________

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Politics in public health is defined as:

How we as a SOCIETY make decisions about what POLICIES to IMPLEMENT.

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Politics in public health is defined as: _____ we as a society make________ about ________ to _________.

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Politics in public health is defined as: HOW we as a society make DECISIONS about what POLICIES to IMPLEMENT.

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Three current issues on why we should study public health:

  1. ____________ and __________ to disasters
  2. The _______ epidemic
  3. Inadequate access to ______ _______
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Three reasons why we should study public health:

  1. Preparedness and responsiveness to disasters
  2. The obesity epidemic
  3. Inadequate access to health care.
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What are three current issues for WHY we should study health?

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  1. Preparedness and responsiveness to disasters
  2. The obesity epidemic
  3. Inadequate access to health care.
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In public health, three types of unintentional or intentional disasters include….

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  1. Natural disasters
  2. Human-made/Technological
  3. Biological
56
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Give an example of a natural disaster affecting public health.

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Tsunami, flood, hurricane, tornado, etc.

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Give an example of a unintentional, human-made or technological disaster affecting public health.

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Nuclear power plant accident, accidental chemical release, etc.

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Give an example of an unintentional, biological disaster affecting public health.

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Epidemics

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Give an example of an intentional, biological disaster affecting public health.

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Bioterrorism

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Give an example of an intentional, human-made or technological disaster affecting public health.

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Chemical, nuclear, radiological, or explosive acts of terrorism.

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The public health response to disasters, both natural and human-made, helps to control what?

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The public health response to disasters, both natural and human-made, helps to control the damage and prevent further harm to survivors and rescuers.

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The _________ epidemic has serious effects on public health and mortality.

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The obesity epidemic has serious effects on public health and mortality.

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In 1918, what was the major public health disaster?

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In 1918, the major public health disaster was the influenza pandemic.

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In 2004, what public health disaster was responsible for 365,000 U.S. deaths?

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In 2004, the obesity epidemic was responsible for 365,000 deaths.

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Reason #3 for studying public health is due to the fact that access to __________ has been diminishing.

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Reason #3 for studying public health is due to the fact that access to healthcare has been diminishing.

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In 2006, there were _____ million Americans without _________ ________.

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In 2006, there were 39 million Americans without health insurance.

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African-Americans are _______ as likely and Hispanics are ______ _____ as likely as Caucasians to be _____________.

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African-Americans are twice as likely and Hispanics are three times as likely as Caucasians to be uninsured.

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Lack of health insurance leads to:

  1. Less ____________ _______
  2. Diagnosis at _______ ________ stages, as well as less ___________ care.
  3. Higher _______ _______
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Lack of health insurance leads to:

  1. Less preventative care
  2. Diagnosis at more advanced stages, as well as less therapeutic care.
  3. Higher mortality rates

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