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36 Cards in this Set
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Significant Factors |
1. Community Health Status 3. Quality of Health Delivery System |
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Future of Medical Technologists |
1. Technology Evolution 2. Biotechnological Innovation 4. Workforce Development 6. Shortages in Medical Technologists |
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Epidemiology |
Study of distribution and determinants of states of health and illnesses in human populations. |
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Public Health |
What society does collectively to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy. |
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Public Health NURSING |
Synthesis of Pub. Health and nursing to prevent illness/disability and to protect and promote health of the entire community. |
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Define HEALTH from New Oxford Dictionary |
State of being free from illness |
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Define HEALTH from a pro's POV |
Measure of Physical state of body organs and ability of body as a whole to function. |
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How does WHO describe Health? |
State of Physical, Mental and Social well-being. |
P M S |
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Physical Health |
Anatomical integrity and Physiological functioning of the body |
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Mental Health |
Ability to learn and think clearly and coherently |
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Social Health |
Ability to make and maintain acceptable interaction with people. |
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Emotional Health |
Ability of expressing emotions in an appropriate way |
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Spiritual Health |
Relates health w/ RELIGION, others with PERSONAL VALUES, BELIEFS, PRINCIPLES.. and ways of achieving mental satisfaction, which are related to spiritual well-being. |
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Diff. Perspective on Health |
Viewed as a right, consumption good and an investment. |
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Determinants of Health |
1. Human Biology |
H E L H |
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Factors Affecting Community |
1. Physical Determinants |
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Physical Determinants |
1. Geography (highlands vs lowlands) |
G E I |
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Socio-cultural determinants |
1. Beliefs |
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Examples of Socio-cultural determinants |
a. Disease is punishment from God b. Herbal Treatments c. Fasting during Ramadan |
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Community Organization |
1. Community Size 2. Community Arrangement 3. Distribution of Resources |
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Community Organization Examples |
a. Urban |
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Behavioral Determinants |
1. Smoking |
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Globalization |
Process of increasing of political and social interdependence and global integration that takes place as capital, traded goods, persons, concepts, images, ideas and values across the stated boundaries. |
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Effects of Globalization |
1. Jeopardizing Population Health via erosion of social and environmental conditions and exacerbating inequalities 2. Increasing effects of bilateral and intl. agencies 3. Accelerated economic growth and tech. advances 4. Externalities of diseases due to ↑ communication and ↓mobility |
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Other Health Risks |
1. Fragmentation and Weakening of Labor Markets 2. Tobacco Induced Diseases 3. Food markets |
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Define MODEL |
A representation of a system that specifies its components and relationships of the variables. |
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19th Century Models |
1. Contagion Theory |
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20th Century Models |
1. Germ Theory |
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Middle Ages (500-1500 AD) |
Supernatural powers for pagans and punishments for sings for Christians. Leprosy, Plague, Syphilis were the deadliest epidemics of 14th century. |
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Era of Renaissance and Exploration (1500-1700 AD) |
Diseases were caused by environment. |
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18th Century |
Problems of industrialization, urban slums, leading to unsanitary conditions and unsafe workplaces. |
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19th Century |
Industrialization was still a problem, but Agricultural development improved nutrition and there is progress in understanding communicable diseases. |
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Book of Leviticus (1500 BC) |
1. Personal Cleanliness 2. Sanitation of campsites 3. Disinfecting wells 6. Hygiene of maternity |
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How is Community defined?
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1. People
2. Location 3. Social System |
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Location: Boundaries |
1. Geographic |
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Florence Nightingale identified: |
1. Community Wide Problems 2. Changes needed to be made 3. Formulated plans to address the problem 4. Evaluated the results |
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