Respiratory Public Health Flashcards
(21 cards)
What is antigenic drift?
Epidemics in association with minor mutations in the surface proteins of the virus
What is antigenic shift?
Pandemics
Rare, unpredictable
What does endemic means?
Occurs normally in a population
What does epidemic mean?
Outbreak of unexpected size (more than an area or country)
What does pandemic mean?
Global distribution of disease
The epidemiology of a condition answers?
What When Where Why Who
What is morbidity?
Burden of disease
How is morbidity measured?
Length of hospital stay / Bed occupancy
GP contacts
What has happened to male smoking prevalence and mortality compared to female?
Male is decreasing
Female increasing
How many people smoke - how many die from smoking related illness?
1/7
50%
What is the biomedical model?
The body is a complex machine with parts and processes the can malfunction
Combines psychologica, sociological, biological components of health
Social marketing encourages behaviour that…
provides benefit for individuals and society as a whole
What is a synergistic effect?
When two factors increase the risk higher than the sum of the two individually
What is the main component of photochemical smog?
Ozone, O3
What is the main component of “London” smog?
Fly ash
Dioxins are a subset of _____ and are associated with?
POCs
Respiratory and immunological problems
What is a POC?
Pollutant of concern
What is the issue with dioxins?
Bioaccumulate in both animal and people’s fat
Lead exposure can cause?
Anaemia High BP Brain and kidney damage Neurological disorders Cancer Decreased IQ
Legionella is found in?
Warm, stagnant water
E.g. cooling towers, spas, hospital plumbing
Legionella is a notifiable disease; therefore diagnosis needs to?
Be reported to PH
