Part 6 Flashcards
(125 cards)
Service Learning
Involves students in community service activities and applies the experience to personal and academic development resulting in equal benefit for both the student’s learning and action in the community
Pedagogy definition
The art and science of teaching using an array of teaching strategies because there is no universal approach that suits all situations to support intellectual engagement and connectedness and prommote wellbeing of students, teachers, and community
Public Health
The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals
Epidemic/outbreak
Occurence in a community or region of cases of an illness, specific health related behavior, or other health related event clearly in EXCESS of normal expectancy. Both terms are used interchangeably, however epidemic usually refers to a larger geographic distribution
Pandemics definition and history
Pandemic is seen throughout the world
- 1918 500 million infected around world (spanish flu)
- 2009 19000 deaths from influenza outbreak
- 1955 Polio vaccine development
- HIV decrease in 20% since 2001
Public health approach steps (4)
1) Surveillance - what is the problem
2) Risk factor identification - what is the cause
3) Intervention evaluation - What works to fix while considering cultural and practical barriers
4) Implementation - How do you do it
John Snow
Father of modern epidemiology, studied outbreak of cholera cases in 1854 to determine what factors were contributing to that disease process
Health determinants (4) and their percentages
- Genes and biology (5%)
- Health behaviors (20%)
- Social or societal characteristics (50%)
- Health services or medical care (25%)
4 Types of disease prevention
1) Primary - prevention of a disease before it happens (Immunizations, etc.), health promotion
2) Secondary - treatment of complications of a disease to prevent it from worsening or progressing (B-blockers, drug therapy), pre-symptomatic diagnosis and treatment
3) Tertiary - Assistance mitigating an already established bad outcome (OT, PT, rehab), disability limitation, preventing CKD in diabetics
4) Quaternary - Avoidance of unnecessary medical interventions (error in medicine)
Sensitivity
Ability of a test to identify all individuals who actually are positive, including false positives (example of all spirochetes opposed to specifically syphilis)
Specificity
Ability of a test to differentiate between individuals who are positive and negative, such as ignoring false positives
The greatest predictor of health is ____, and the greatest predictor of that is _____
socioeconomic status, education
Reliability vs validity
Reliability is ability of a measure to get the same results each time regardless (precision), validity is the accuracy of the results to their truth
3 Levels of evidence
Level A - meta-analysis, high quality randomized, controlled trials that considers all important outcomes, using comprehensive search strategies Always followed
Level B - Other evidence, well designed, nonrandomized clinical trial, quantitative systematic review with well substantiated conclusions, Almost always followed
Level C - Consensus/expert opinion, only sometimes used
Level D - against providing intervention in an asymptomatic patient because the harms outweigh the benefits
Staph aureus
- Gram +
- Pustules, boils, abscess, cellulitis (red swollen skin affecting lower leg), scalded skin syndrome (babies and children), food poisoning, TSS
- Anti staph PCN or 1st gen cephalosporin
Staph epidermidis grap type, common infection type, and treatment
- Gram +
- Surgical wound infections, medical procedural infections, - Part of normal flora, causes infection on prosthetic implants as it attaches to the plastic
- Vancomycin (has resistance to PCNs)
Strep pyogenes
- Gram +
- impetigo (often in children or daycares), erysipelas (bright aised lesions on skin), pharyngitis, scarlet fever (strawberry tongue), pneumonia, cellulitis and necrotizing fasciitis (flesheating disease), TSS, acute glomerulonephritis (antibody complexes in kidney), Rheumatic fever
- PCN’s
- important human pathogen capable of producing infections and post infection diseases
Viridans strep gram type, common infections it causes, antibiotics to treat
- Gram +
- S. mutans, S. salivarius, S. Sanguis, cause dental caries and bacterial endocarditis
-Beta lactams, IV meds depending on type
Strep pneumoniae gram type, common infections it causes and treatment
- Gram +
- 80% of cases of bacteria pneumonia, also meningitis, otis media, septicemia
- B Lactams, sometimes IV needed
Enterococci gram type, common infections caused, treatment
Gram pos cocci part of normal fecal flora, can persist on fomites for a long time, common cause of nosocomial infections, sensitive to synergistic combo of B-lactam and aminoglycosides, except some resistant, including other classes like VRE
Niesseria gonorrhoeae gram type, diseases caused, treatment
- gram -
- Cause gonorrhea,, PID, and sterility in females
- ceftriaxone
Niesseria meningitidis gram type, diseases caused, treatment
- gram -
- Cause contagious spinal meningitis, hemorrhagic rash
- IV ceftriaxone
One key differentiatior between niesseria meningitidis and niesseria gonorrhoeae is the latter….
….does NOT produce a capsule
Moraxella catarrhalis gram type, common infections it causes, treatment
- Gram -
- Infection of respiratory system, middle ear, eye, CNS, joints
- Treatment depends on results of sensitivity testing