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18 Cards in this Set
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Community
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A group of people who have common characteristics. This can be defined by location, race, ethnicity, age, occupation, interest in particular problems or outcomes, or common bonds.
-Geographical area with specific boundaries, a group of people who have common characteristics, defined by population side |
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Public Health
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Things that society does collectively to assure the conditions in which people can be healthy (street cleaning & garbage pickup)
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Community Health
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Health status of a defined group of people and the actions to promote, protect, and protect, and preserve the people’s health.
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Personal Health Activities
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Individual actions and decisions making that affect the health of an individual or their immediate family.
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Morbidity Rate
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The incidence/frequency of a particular disease or disorder in a population
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Mortality Rate
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Rate of death in a population
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Acute Diseases
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Lasts three months of less (cold)
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Chronic Diseases
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Lasts longer than three months, Incidence and prevalence rates expressed as crude or specific (cancer)
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Epidemiology
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study of distribution & determinants of health-related states of events in specified populations (population medicine)
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Epidemic
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Unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior or event, in a particular population
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Pandemic
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outbreak over wide geographic area (H1N1), widespread area
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Biologic Causative Agents
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pathogen/toxin (fungi, metazoa, viruses, rickettsiae, bacteria, protozoa) (NOT pesticides & food additives)
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Mental Health
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Emotional and social well-being; psychological resources for dealing with day-to-day problems of life
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Mental Disorders
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Health conditions characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior (or some combination thereof) associated with distress and/or impaired functioning
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Empowered Community
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“One in which individuals & organizations apply their skills & resources in collective efforts to meet their receptive needs.”
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Environmental Health
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the study & management of environmental conditions that affect our health & well-being
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Health Disparities
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The difference in health between different populations. They can result from poverty, environmental threats, lack of health care, individual & behavioral factors, educational inequalities.
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Social Determinants of Health
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conditions in the environments in which people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
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