CPH LESSON 5 Flashcards
(42 cards)
to prevent, control, and in rare cases, to eradicate diseases and
injuries.
GOALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
this implies the planning for and taking of action to forestall the
onset of a disease or other health problem.
PREVENTION
the efforts to control a disease in progress.
INTERVENTION
the uprooting or total elimination of a disease from the human
population.
ERADICATION
Preventing communicable diseases by maintaining a
HEALTHY PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
Establishing a ________ & ________ to ensure early reporting of cases and monitoring
of disease trends;
DISEASE SURVEILLANCE & EARLY WARNING SYSTEM
Controlling outbreaks through
adequate preparedness
and rapid response;
is the course of a disease that takes in an individual/people
from its pathological onset (“inception”) until its eventual
resolution through complete recovery or death
NATURAL HISTORY OF DISEASE PROCESS
it involves the interaction of the following AGENT, HOST, ENVIRONMENT AND DISEASE
NATURAL HISTORY OF DISEASE PROCESS
the ultimate aim of
prevention
is to halt or
reverse the process of
pathological change as early
as possible,
thus preventing further
damage.
the purpose of this is to forestall the onset of illness or
injury during the prepathogenesis period.
Primary Prevention of
Communicable Diseases
Examples include health education and health
promotion programs, safe-housing projects, and
character-building and personality development
programs.
Primary Prevention of
Communicable Diseases
Other example are the use of immunizations against
specific diseases, practice of personal hygiene
Primary Prevention of
Communicable Diseases
the early diagnosis and prompt treatment of
diseases before the disease becomes advances and
disability becomes severe.
Secondary Prevention of
Communicable Diseases
Health screening is one of the most important
secondary prevention measure.
Secondary Prevention of
Communicable Diseases
to retrain, re-educate, and rehabilitate the patient who has
already incurred a disability.
Tertiary Prevention of
Communicable Diseases
may involve the reapplication of primary
and secondary measures in such a way as to prevent further
cases.
Tertiary Prevention of
Communicable Diseases
Measures include those that are applied after significant
pathogenesis has occurred example could be therapy for a
heart patient.
Tertiary Prevention of
Communicable Diseases
include adequate food and
energy supplies; good opportunities for education,
employment, and housing; and efficient community
services.
Primary Prevention of
Noncommunicable Diseases
include the provision of
mass screenings for chronic diseases, case-finding
measures, and the provision of adequate health personnel,
equipment and facilities for the community.
Secondary Prevention of
Noncommunicable Diseases
preventive measures include adequate emergency
medical personnel, services and facilities to meet the needs
of those citizens for whom primary and secondary
preventive measures were unsuccessful.
Tertiary Prevention of
Noncommunicable Diseases
Examples include ambulance services, hospitals, physicians,
and other allied health professionals.
Tertiary Prevention of
Noncommunicable Diseases
is the entry and development or multiplication of infectious agent in the body of
persons or animals.
INFECTION
describes a process that eliminates many or all pathogenic microorganisms,
except bacterial spores, on inanimate objects.
DISINFECTION
