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33 Cards in this Set
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20th century |
life expectancy less then 50 years leading cause of death communicable disease vitamin deficiencies/poor dental health
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19th century |
better agriculture improves nutrition not much gov involvement in health 1850:shattuck report/ modern era of ph begins |
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21st century |
healthcare delivery enviro probs life style and communicable disease alcohol and other drug abuse disparities disasters |
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epidemiology |
the study of distribution and detrainments of disease . |
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epidemeics |
influenza of 1918 1797 small pox/syphallis /yellow fever |
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disability adjusted life years |
measures disease burden on life one daily is a year of healthy life lost. |
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health adjusted life expectancy |
number of healthy years of life expected. |
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case/control studies |
compares those with disease to those without but with similar background or with prior exposure to certain factors. |
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cohort studies |
classified by exposure to one or more |
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experimental studies |
carried out to discover cause of disease or to determine effectiveness of certain drug or procedure. |
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theory |
set of interrelated concepts and propositions used to understand events/situations |
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model |
a mixture of ideas taken from a number of theories |
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ecological model |
a framework for the determinants of health. |
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eco model vs med model |
med model adresses interpersonal intervention eco adresses multi level interventions |
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transtheoretical model |
precomp contemplation preperation action maintenance |
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brofenberners ecological model |
microsystem: immediate environment mesosystem: interaction of two microsystems exosystem:aspects of individuals environment which affect a person yet they have no direct control over macrosystem: culture values an expectatins in which society functions |
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theory of reasoned action |
health individuals result from intentions influenced by attitudes. |
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risk communication |
process of information exchange, experts attempt to educate the community at risk. They should attempt to convey the following: 1.severity 2.non risk messages. 3.public concern 4. prevention strategies 5.potential benefits 6.soruce for addtional info |
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trust determination theory |
upset individuals tend to distrust the messenger |
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mental noise theory |
people under high stress have a hard time hearing and interpreting messages. |
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negative dominance theory |
people under distress view the world in a negative manner. |
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risk perception theory |
understanding what risk means to different people |
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biological water pollutants. |
viruses, bacterias and water pollutants. |
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wastewater treatment |
primary: sludge/scum removal secondary:breakdown of organic matter tertiary: filtration and disinfection |
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levels of medical prevention |
primary: preventive treatment secondary: special attention/ diagonsis tertiary: highly specialized ongoing care |
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restorative care |
after surgery or treatment |
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long term |
for chonic conditions / disabilities |
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insurance facts |
46.3 million uninsured |
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cost of healthcare |
3.2 trillion biggest spenders in the world cost of insurance mirrors cost of care |
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medicare |
insurance for those 65+ |
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medicaid |
low income insurance. |
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dilema of distress |
predictors of success among education, health and public safety. (zip code) |
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The CORe approach |
employment, public safety and well being.(where siparities are addressed) using collected data to allocate resources properly through out the community. |
