Health Issues Flashcards
(52 cards)
Morbidity
The state of being ill or diseased or the occurrence of a disease or condition that damages health and quality of life
Mortality
The death of people
Health
The state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. Not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
AIDS
Incurable viral disease which weakens immune system and is passed through bodily fluids
HIV
A virus which attacks the immune system, it can develop into AIDS
Opportunistic infections
Illnesses which strike people whose immune systems have previously been damaged by HIV
ARV
Drugs designed to protect the immune system from the effects of HIV
Generic drugs
Drugs produced by a variety of different companies
Patented drugs
Medecines developed by a company who has claimed rights to it’s production
Off-patent medecines
Medecines whose patent no longer applies
Intellectual property rights
Ideas behind patents
Palliative
A drug/treatment designed to reduce symptoms/pain of a problem
Vaccination
Produces immunity to a disease
Vector
An organism which carries a particular disease or parasite
Public health
Medical activity directed to improve the health of a whole community
Epidemiology
Branch of medecine concerned with the incidence and distribution of disease
Endemic
Disease which is constantly present in people of a certain class/location
Epidemic
Widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
Prevalence
A disease’s prominence in a particular area at a particular time
Transmission
The spread of disease
Attack rate
The number of cases of a disease diagnosed in an area DIVIDED BY the total population
Case mortality rate
The number of deaths from a disease DIVIDED BY the number of those diagnosed with it
IMR
No. of children who die on or before their first birthday per 1000 live births per year
Crude death rate
No. of deaths per 100 people per year
