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Biostats M7-8 Canvas Flashcards

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10 Essential Public Health Services

—to Identify and solve community health problems

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Monitor health status

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10 Essential Public Health Services

—health problems and health hazards in the community

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Diagnose and investigate

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10 Essential Public Health Services

——people about health issues

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Inform, educate, and empower

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10 Essential Public Health Services

—to identify and solve health problems

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Mobilize community partnerships

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10 Essential Public Health Services

—that support individual and community health efforts

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Develop policies and plans

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10 Essential Public Health Services

—that protect and ensure safety

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Enforce laws and regulations

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10 Essential Public Health Services

—and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable

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Link people to needed personal health services

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10 Essential Public Health Services

—public and personal health care workforce

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Assure a competent

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10 Essential Public Health Services

—effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population based health services

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Evaluate

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10 Essential Public Health Services

—for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems

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Research

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Levels of disease prevention

Goal is to stop the disease form occurring BEFORE it happens

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Primary Prevention

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Levels of disease prevention

Goal is to TREAT DISEASE EARLY (after disease has occurred but before the person may know anything is wrong)

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Secondary Prevention

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Levels of disease prevention

Goal is to SEEK TO LESSEN the impact of the disease on the patient

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Tertiary Prevention

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Immunizations, Vaccinations, Stop Smoking

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Primary prevention

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Screening tests, PAP tests, Mantoux tests

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Secondary prevention

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Rehabilitation after a stroke, Comfort Care, Therapy

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Tertiary prevention

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Act of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy

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Rehabilitation

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This refers to diseases that can be passed on or “infected” to another human being. Can be direct and indirect transmission of infectious agents

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Communicable diseases

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Diseases

—-it should be notified to the local health authority, whose responsibility is to put into operation control measures

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Notification

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Diseases

—clinical diagnosis with epidemiological support is sufficient enough to warrant treatment and appropriate control measures

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Early Diagnosis and Prompt treatment

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Diseases

—This must be started from the area of an epidemic outbreak to WHO within 24hrs.

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Reporting

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Diseases

— the separation of patient from other person for the communicable period of a particular disease

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Isolation

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Disease

—it is the prohibition of movement of persons who have been exposed to communicable disease

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Quarantine

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What are the 2 types of Quarantine?

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Inner and Outer quarantine

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Diseases

—killing of infectious agents outside the body by means of physical or chemical disinfectants

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Disinfection

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Application of disinfective measures as soon as possible after the discharge of infection material from the body of an infectious person

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Concurrent disinfection

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Application of disinfective measures after the patient has dies or has ceased to be a source of infection

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Terminal disinfection

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Diseases

—used to destroy or remove undesired small animals forms arthropods or rodents present upon the person, the clothing, environment by using insecticides, rodenticides etc

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Disinfestation

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Diseases

— used to prevent disease by immunizing agents. Its main goal is to produce herd immunity to risk population

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Immunoprophylaxis

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Administration of prepared antibodies

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Passive immunization

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Administration of antigen in the forms of vaccines and toxoids

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Active Immunization

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Diseases

—to prevent from the development of an infection or the progression of an infection to actively manifest disease, some drugs can be administered

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Chemoprophylaxis

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10 General Methods to Control Communicable Diseases
— the essential duty of every health workers is to educate the community about disease causation, clinical features, mode of transmission, prevention, importance of notification, immunization etc

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Health

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It is the scientific study discipline of public health to study diseases in the community to acquire knowledge for the health care of the society

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Epidemiology

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A person who are infectious but with subclinical disease. An asymptomatic person

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Carrier

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Parts of subclinical disease
—time of disease initiation

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Induction

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Parts of subclinical disease
—time of symptoms

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Incubation

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Parts of subclinical disease
—time of detection in non communicable and infectious in communicable

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Latency

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Level of disease occurrence

-epidemic that spread over several countries or continents

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Pandemic

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Level of disease occurrence
—same as epidemic but within more limited area

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Outbreak

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Level of disease occurrence
—sudden increase in number of cases of disease in the population

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Epidemic

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Level of disease occurrence
—persistent high levels of disease occurence

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Hyperendemic

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Level of disease occurrence
—constant presence or usual prevalence of disease within an area

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Endemic

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Level of disease occurrence
—disease that occurs infrequently or irregularly

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Sporadic

45
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This consists of the physical, chemical and biological factors external to a person

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Environment

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This is the MIGRATION of people from a rural area to n urban area

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Urbanization

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Areas we refer to as provinces

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Rural areas

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Areas such as Metro Manila

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Urban

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  • Easier access to health care
  • Improved Education system
  • Easier access to technology
  • Large numbers of people leads to more taxes for infrastructure development
  • Less land is consumed in rural areas
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Advantages of Urbanization

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Vehicle and factory emissions. The burning of fossil fuels contributes to smog.

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Air pollution

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Runoff from agricultural fields, industrial sites, urban areas. Disrupts water body’s natural balance.

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Water pollution

52
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This can cause algal blooms (an explosive growth of algae)

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Fertilizer

53
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Improper disposal of toxic chemical substances in our soil. Includes asbestos, lead, PCBS, over use of pesticides/herbicides

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Soil pollution

54
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Large amount of light produced by most urban and other heavily populated areas.

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Light pollution

55
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Refers to human made noises that are very loud or disruptive in manner

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Noise pollution

56
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These are locations where disposable materials are sent which are then buried underground

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Landfill

Biostatistics & Epidemiology Lecture (2 decks)

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