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Chapter 4 Global Health A Community Perspective Flashcards

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a persons health status is highly dependent on his or her

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living enviornment
social norms
gender
age

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health defintion

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state of complete physical, mental, and social well being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

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public health defintion

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science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts

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4
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who is the father of public health

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Winslow

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5
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Who placed health on a continuum

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Dunn

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4 different models of health

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clinical
role performance
adaptive
eudaemonistic

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clinical model

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elimination of disease or symptoms

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role performance model

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match between people and social roles

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adaptive model

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involves adaption to the enviornment

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eudaemonistic model

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actualization or realization of human potential

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what level of health do we strive for

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eudaemonistic
- actualization of human potential

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when I feel well I would not say I am sick

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clinical model

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13
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I am unhealthy because I am unable to perform my role as a mother

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role performance

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14
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I am healthy because I can adapt to adversity

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adaptive

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I consider myself health if I can function physically, emotionally, and socially

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eudaemonistic model

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What is health influenced by

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politics
economics
culture

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17
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6 determinants of health

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physical enviornment
social enviornment
health behaviors and coping skills
access to health services
healthy child development
employment and working conditions

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18
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demographic and epidemiologic transitions refer to the

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improvement in global health indicators

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examples of global health indicators

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life expectancy
morbidity/mortality
infectious disease
health service coverage
health system expenditure and equities
demographics and socioeconomic

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demographic and health survey

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evaluate the health of a nation

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epidemiologic transitions include the following
- high and fluctuating _______ due to poor health, epidemics, and famine

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mortality

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epidemiologic transitions include the following
- progressive declines in _____________ as epidemics become less frequent

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epidemics

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epidemiologic transitions include the following
- further decline in _________, increasing life expectancy and predominance of noncommunicable diseases

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mortality

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what is the shift

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communicable to noncommunicable

25
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noncommunicable diseases

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diseases that afflict a population which are chronic in nature and may be due to lifestyle changes, sometimes as a result of modernization of societies
EX: cancer

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communicable diseases

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an illness caused by infectious agents or its toxins that occurs through direct/indirect transmission of the infectious agent or its products from an infected individual or by an animal, vector, or the inanimate enviornment to a suspectibale animal or host

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global burden of diseasse

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the risks to health and health outcomes in different demograhic populations and social settings related to a set of diseases and injuries

28
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the burden of disease is growing

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disproportionately

29
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burden of disease is largely affected by

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climate, public policy, age of the population, socioeconomic conditions, risk factors

30
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what can impact your chances of getting a noncommunicable disease

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tobacco
alcohol
poor diet
physical activity

31
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while communicable disease is still prevalent __% of all deaths globally are caused by NCD

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70

32
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risk factors defintion

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personal habits and behaviors, environmental conditions or inborn inherited characetrsitics that are known to affect a health related condition

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examples of risk factors

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childhood and maternal malnutrition
other nutution related risk factors and inactivity
addictive substances
sexual and reproductive health
environmental risks

34
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health indicators

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morbidity and mortality
risk factors
health service coverage
health system rescources

35
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how can risk factors be addressed

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individual and sociteal

36
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millennium development goals were developed to

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coordinate and strengthen global efforts to meet the needs of the poorest of the poor

37
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sustainable development goals shared a blueprint for

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peace and prosperity for people and the planet

38
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sustainable development goals recognize that

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ending poverty must go hand in hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth
while tackling climate change

39
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are health and education linked

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yes

40
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global enviornment is intricately intertwined with the

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economic and political status of a nation

41
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national healthcare systems

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highly regulated
salaried physicians
funded by government
involve relatively high taxes

42
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free market healthcare systems depend on

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individual employer contributions than taxes

43
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care delivery value chains

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targeted at a specific problem can create a system that engages all aspects of care toward one outcome

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elements of the value chain include the following

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monitoring/prevention
diagnosing
preparing
intervening
recovering/rehabilitation
monitoring/managing overall outcomes

45
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factors that affect outcomes of health status

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determinants of health

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epidemiologic transitions include

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  1. high and fluctuating mortality, due to poor health, epidemics, and famine
  2. progressive decline in mortality, as epidemics becomes less frequent
  3. further decline in mortality, increasing life expectancy, and predominance of NCD
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demographic transitions

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  1. high fertility and high mortality, resulting in slow population growth
  2. improvement in hygiene and nutrition, leading to less infectious disease
  3. mortality declines, and later fertility declines
  4. elderly population increases
48
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as a country becomes more developed, levels of demographic or epidemiological transitions shift

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upward

49
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elderly population increases

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demographic

50
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high and fluctuating mortality, due to poor health, epidemics, and famine

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epidemiologic

51
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mortality declines, and later fertility declines

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demogrpahicb

52
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improvement in hygiene and nutrition, leading to less infectious disease

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demographic

53
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progressive decline in mortality, as epidemics becomes less frequent

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epide.

54
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further decline in mortality, increasing life expectancy, and predominance of NCD

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epide.

55
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high fertility and high mortality, resulting in slow population growth

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demo.

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