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What does public health do in terms of policy?

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  • inform
  • educate
  • empower
  • set goals for health services
  • mobilize community partnerships to idenfity and solve health problems
  • standards of care
  • ex:social marketing, health promotion, Setting immunization standards for children
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Web of Causation

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Age, Family Hx, Smoker, Sedentary, Nutrition

Prevention- address each issue

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How does public health assess?

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  • diagnose/investigate
  • monitor health status
  • ex: does community have enough doctors?
  • recording the number of births and deaths
  • tracking health trends
  • conducting laboratory analyses
  • evaluating the effectiveness of programs
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Home Health nurse

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  • ANA standards
  • Community Based
  • Issues
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What is a pandemic

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outbreak of exteremely large number of people in many countries

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Numerator

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number of events (top#)

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Analytical

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observe and answer questions, about cause/effect of disease

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Infant Mortality Rate

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  • determines health of a country
  • # of death of children (/ total number of live births in same year x 1000
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What is a population

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  • collection people with common tratis (phys, environmental)
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4 ways to advocate for patients

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housing, education, access to care, lifestyle changes

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Family Functioning Stages of Development

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  • Chaotic
  • Intermediate- unable to support growth, parents are immature
  • Adolescent- teenage level
  • Adult- steady
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Teeter Totter Family

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family members trade roles.

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Define Epidemiology

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provides a structure o ssytemically studying the distribution and determinant of health, disease and condition r/t health status

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Rate:

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a statistics used to understand health events in a population. during a certain time period, therefore the probability of that even occurring for a specific population can be inferred.

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Vector

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any agent (person, animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits an infectious pathogen into another living organism

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Who is Lilian Wald

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public health nurse, found of american community nursing. Created Henry Street.

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Initiation Phase Home visit

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greeting, assessing

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Morbidity

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illness rates

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Disorganized family style

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unpredictable, unstructured. Difficulty cooperating or planning.

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Vital statistics

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data collected from ongoing events

i.e. Birth certificate, death, divorce, etc

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Host

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demographics, level of health state, immunity

example: human

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Ratio

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2 population at risk for disease, a comparison of one number to another

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Rural Nurse

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  • consider diversity of location, culture, Where 20% of american live
  • Health probs: injury, accidents, trauma
  • Acess to care
  • partnerships
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What is primary care

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  • Community based
  • individual
  • cure
  • generalist providers
  • professional dominance
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Incidence Rate
how many new cases. It is the *rate at which a specfic disease develops in a population*
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What is a family
unit of care with identifiable roles, family assumes crucial role in maintaining health
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Resistive Family Style
disagrees with instiutional interpretation of the problem. Feels powerless in the face of the larger system. Focus on families priorities.
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Distancing Family Style
undertands the problem but has diffculty making connections with resources. Embarrased.
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Case Control
Retrospective. After health outcome has occured
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What is primary *health care*
* Community *oriented* * *prevention* * *self reliance* * *curative, rehab*
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Surveillance
ongoing collection, analysis and dissemination
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3 Components of Epidemiology
Agent, Host, Environment
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Mortality
death rates
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Surveys
samples of the total population
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What is an individual comprised of?
individuals & families
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Hepatitis B
**b**ody fluids, can be cancerous
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1. What is primary prevention 2. What is secondary prevention 3. What is tertiary prevention
1. No health issue, education, health promotion, and specific protection, Vaccinations 2. Screenings! early diagnosis,p rompt tx, disability limitation 3. Restoration, rehab. Most severe admtted ## Footnote **Decide how severe disease is, before answering. If no disease its primary**
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Termination phase home visit
discharge
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Lopsided Family Style
responsibiity lies with one adult member
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Public Health Nurse
* Vaccinations * Animal Control * Food Safety * Sewage Tx * Safe Water
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What is a community
* grps of individuals held together by similar characteristicsn, needs, functions. * Part of the whole
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Hepatitis C
blood and body fluids. Most common
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What is an Epidemic
infection affecting *large numbers of people*
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What is mandated mean
* Report of Abuse * Screening * Health promotion * Regulatory record keeping * Care plan
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What is a partnership?
partner w/ *communities* and *populations* to address health and social conditions
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Numerator/Denominator:
of events/# population at risk
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What does public health *assure?*
* enforce laws (sanitary codes) * fit to work? * access to health services * competency * effectiveness, accessibility * research * Ex: *education. licensure, inspection*
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What is a subpopulation
* group within the context of a larger group * ex: *older than 65- that smoke*
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Triangulation
tension with 2 people, may distance 3rd member
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Core Public Health Functions x3
1. Assessment 2. Assurance 3. Policy Development
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Dependent Family Style
family prefers to look to *others* to provide direction and supply their needs. No member available to take *leadership* role. May be learned from previous generations
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Mental Health Nurse
* Disorders: Schizo, affective, Suicide, Anxiety * Issues: inappropriate discharge, inadequate system, undue burden of care, isolation * Mandated
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Implementation Phase home visit
interventions, **safety issues**
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Tight Family Style
talking to one member means talking to the rest
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What is the focus of *population* based care?
greatest good for greatest number of people
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Rigid Family style
incapable of carrying out new routines
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Ordered Family
hierarchical, lines of communication clearly spelled out
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Whos is John Snow
father of epidemiology, cholera, water contamination
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What is an aggregate?
* population group within defined population * many different communities * sum/whole * ex: federal gov't, the unemployed in a community
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What is a system?
Policy or decision making how they affect communities. Ex: *health teaching, counseling*
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What is case management?
* ensure utilization of services and resources * assistance within, between and outside of facilities.
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Receptive Family style
open to suggestions
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1. Examples of Primary 2. What is an example of prevention of all three (1,2,3)
1. fluoride i water, hand hygiene campaign, teaching 2. Health fairs
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Agent
Biological, physical, chemical. Ex : HIV virus
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Name 3 epi investigations types
descriptive, analytical, case control
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What is the Henry Street Settlement
social services, art programs and healthcare services
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Descriptive
amount of disease in a population
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Preplanning Phase Home visit
preparation
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Prevalence
*All cases* at a given time
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Hepatitis A
food borne
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Cultural vallues effects on care
* maternal/paternal * Blood Transfusions * Traditions
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Reportable diseases
* Passive surveillance * Tracking expected and unexpected numbers * *Examples: ebola, TB, measles/mumps*
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What are the 3 levels of interventions
1. Systems 2. Community 3. Individual
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Post home visit Phase
follow up
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What is homelessness?
no fixed night time rsidence
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Outcome of vulnerable population
* shorter lifespan by 30 years * low health status * high prevalence of chronic illness * communicable diseases
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What is resileniency
not succumbing to risks that impact health
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Highest abortion and pregnancy
russia and u.s.

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