1st Trinal Flashcards

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is a medical specialty that focuses on the physical and mental well-being of the people in a specific geographic region

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Community Health

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is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities

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public health

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he defined public health as “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the environment

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charles-edward a. winslow 1920

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what are the early concepts of disease?

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hunter gatherers
mythology, superstition, and religion
agricultural revolution
the hippocratic corpus
the bubonic plague (1347-1700)

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primary problem of humans was finding enough food to eat

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hunter-gatherers

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primitive people believed in natural spirits that were sometimes mischievous or vengeful

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mythology, superstition, and religion

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provided a more secure supply of food and enabled expansion of the population

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agricultural revolution

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an early attempt to think about diseases, not as punishment from the gods, but as an imbalance of man with the environement

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the hippocratic corpus

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an acute Infectious disease caused by the bacterium yersinia pestis

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the bubonic plague 1347-1700

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what is the bacterium that caused infectious disease in the bubonic plague 1347-1700

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yersinia pestis

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early ideas of health

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girolamo fracastoro (1546)
john graunt- the bills of moratlity (1662)
anton van leeuwenhoek (1670)
john pringle and jail fever (1740)
james lind and scurvy (1754)
francois broussais and pierre louis (1832)

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1546

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girolamo fracastoro

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the bills of mortality 1662

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john graunt

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1670

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anton van leeuwenhoek

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1740

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john pringle and jail fever

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1754

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james lind and scurvy

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1832

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francois broussais and pierre louis

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the year of the industrial revolution

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1750-1900

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the industrial revolution

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mechanization
the enlightenment
science
migration to cities
utilitarianism
low farm wages
demand for products

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is the late stage of HIV infection that occurs when the body’s immune system is badly damaged of the virus

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AIDS Epidemic

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in the spring of 1993, there was a widespread outbreak of acute watery diarrhea among the residence of Milwaukee

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cryptosporidium in milwaukee water

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the country was constantly ravaged by outbreaks of infectious disease, especially epidemic typhus with over 1 million people infected from 1907 to 1917

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public health in russia

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september 2001 has focused on the “war on terrorism” and on ensuring the safety of the nation

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public health and terrorism

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views the biological, environmental, demographic,and technical conditions of the life of any people as an interrated series of determinants of form and function in human cultures and social systems

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human ecology

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is the scientific Study of human populations
demography
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use census data, surveys, and statistical models to analyze the size,movement and structure of populations
demographers
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It is the study of the distribution and determinants of health related states or events in specified populations
epidemiology
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it is the foundation of public health
epidemiology
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epi means
upon
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demos means
people
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logos means
the study of
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also known as the great hunger And Irish potato famine
the great famine
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total death in the great famine
1 million
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causative agent in the great famine
phytophthora infestans
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constantly present in a population or region with relatively low speed
endemic diease
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examples of endemic disease
malaria HIV syphilis
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Sudden increase in cases spreading through a large population
epidemic disease
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examples of epidemic disease
yellow fever smallpox west nile
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sudden Increase in cases across several countries, continents or the world 
pandemic disease
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examples of pandemic disease
covid-19 black death flu pandemic
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he is the father of epidemiology 
john snow
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Called the 3W's
Shoeleather epidemiology
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what are the 3 W
who is getting the disease when is the disease occurring where is the disease occurring
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it produces the worlds food, fiber and materials for shelter; in many countries it is also an important source of livelihood among the poor
good health
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including malnutrition, malaria, foodborne illnesses, HIV/AIDS, livestock related diseases, chronic diseases, and occupational ill-health
poor health
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defined as maximum number of years that a human can live
lifespan
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Average total number of years that a human can achieve and it reflects the mortality conditions of the period when the calculation is made
life expectancy
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Life expectancy examples
age sex age-specific death rates
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is the most common figure used in comparing the health of various populations
life expectancy at birth
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YPLL
Years of Potential Life Lost
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calculated by subtracting a persons age at death from predefined standard age
YPLL
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DALYs
Disability-adjusted life years
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measure for the burden of disease that takes into account premature death and lots of healthy life resulting from disability
DALYs
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the number of years healthyLife is expected on average in a given population or region of the world
HALE
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HALE
Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy
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HALE is also known as
healthy life expectancy