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Public Health

The science and art of preventing disease while prolonging and promoting health and efficacy in the community

Art of prolonging

Core functions of Public Health

Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance

A.P.A.

Endemic

Disease is happening at normal rates

Just right

Pandemic

Disease is happening across the country or world

Big boi

Epidemic

Disease is happening at a higher than normal rate

A Little too much

Epidemiology

The study of collecting data as a method of disease control through finding incidence rate or disease origin etc.

John Snow the pappy

Five Steps in Community health approach

Define the problem


Identify risk factors


Prevent problems


Implement interventions


Monitor

Define. Identify. Prevent. Implement. Monitor.

Mortality

Death rate

Mortal

Morbidity

Illness rate

Ill

Convalescent Carrier

Recovering but has sickness

A better sick boi

Incubatory Carrier

Not showing but has sickness

Secret sick

Fomites

Object that carries infections

Door knobs, keyboards, etc.

Cultural competency

The overall awareness of the different people around you

Be nice

Ethnomedicine

Considers different culture integration of multisystems

Religious healing...

Vector

Animal or insect that transmits disease to a human

Animal sharing

Health program planning cycle

Identify health concern.


Conduct health needs assessment.


Program design.


Program implementation.

Identify. Assessment. Design. Implement.

Acute Toxicity

Small dose or short term exposure

Short term

Chronic toxicity

Long-term exposure

Long term

Bioaccumulation

Accumulation of toxins

A bunch of toxins

Ethnocentrism

Our way is the only right way

We are right

Environmental health

Comprises aspects of human health like quality of life

How you living

OSHA

Occupational Safety Hazard Administration

Work safety

Primary care

Preventive health habits

Brushing teeth, washing hands

Logic Model

A charted out plan designed to help solve specified problems

Gameplan

Why is healthcare expensive

Administrative cost are very high

Gotta pay the desk workers

Routes of exposure

The way people come in contact with disease

How did you catch that

How to set up Independent variable versus dependent variable

Assume that Independent value should have an affect of dependent value

X and y charts

Determinants of health

Income, Genetics, Environment, Behavior.

What you are around and dealing with

Case management

Collaborative process of helping to meet an individuals and family's specific health needs

Customized and specified health help

Cultural bound syndrome

Illnesses that are usually found in specific cultures

America and Anorexia

Barriers to Public health

Poverty, location, language, cultural and social norms

What stops the spread of health