Mallinowski Chapter 4 Vocab

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Agent

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An organism that causes a disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, or flukes.

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Behavior

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In the triangle of human ecology, the effects of cultural norms or societal organization human health.

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Chemical Insults

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Factors, such as drugs, dangerous gases, and harmful liquids that negatively affects human health

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Diarrhea

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A symptom of various viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections, killing more than 2 million people each year.

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Ecology

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The relationship between plants or animals and the environment

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Endemic

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A disease, such as chicken pox, that is always present at some level in a population.

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Epidemic

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An outbreak of a disease.

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Financial Factors

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Whether or not someone can afford health or medical care.

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Functional Factors

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In regard to access to health care, the presence or absence of health care resources.

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Geographical Factors

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In regard to access of health care, how close or accessible facilities are to users.

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Guinea Worm Disease

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Also known as Dracunculiasis, this disease causes an infection by a roundworm that gets into humans when they drink water-containing fleas carrying the worms’ larvae.

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Habitat

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The natural characteristics and cultural aspects of an environment.

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HIV/AIDS

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A worldwide disease caused by a virus that can cause a progressive breakdown of the human immune system.

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Host

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A life form that has a disease.

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Human Ecology

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The interconnections between human populations and the physical world.

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Infectious Stimuli

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The effects on a person caused by viruses, bacteria, or other physical insults.

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Influenza

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Commonly known as the flu, a disease caused by a virus that affects humans, animals, and birds. Flu outbreaks can be regional or even global.

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Malaria

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A disease caused by a parasite and spread to humans by mosquitos. About 40% of the world’s population is at risk of contracting this disease.

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Medical Geography

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The sub-branch of geography that studies the pattern of and transmission of diseases as well as the spatial pattern of health care.

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Pandemic

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A worldwide outbreak of a disease

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Physical Insults

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Traumatic events, such as accidents, shock, or radiation poisoning that negatively affect human health.

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Polygyny

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The cultural practice of a husband having multiple wives.

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Population

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The number of people in an area as well as the age, gender, and genetic characteristics of a society.

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Psychosocial Insults

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The effects of things such as crowding, anxiety, belonging, or love on a person’s health.

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Schistosomaisis

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An epidemic infectious disease caused by a fluke, which also lives in snails for part of its life cycle. The infection causes a massive immune response, affecting about 200 million people worldwide.

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Social Factors

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The societal realities, such as racist or sexist policies, that might limit a person’s access to health care.

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Tuberculosis

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A potentially deadly lung disease, also known as TB. There are 9 million new cases each year.

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Vector

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The means by which a disease agent is transmitted to a host, such as a mosquito, tick, fly, or rodent.

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Yellow Fever

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A mosquito- transmitted viral disease that causes an acute hemorrhagic fever, affecting about 200,000 people worldwide each year.