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17 Cards in this Set
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Community |
An assemblage of interacting populations occupying a given area |
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Community |
A social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, shared government and often have a common cultural and historical heritage |
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Community |
A group of people having a particular characteristic in common or unified by common interest |
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Community Medicine |
The study of health and disease in the population if defined communities in order to identify their health needs To plan, implement and evaluate health programs to effectively meet these needs |
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Community Medicine |
Specialty which deals with population and comprises those doctors who try to measure the needs of the population, both sick and well, who plan and administer services to meet those needs and those who are engaged in research and teaching in the field |
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Comprehensive health services ranging from preventing, promotive, curative to rehabilitative services |
Community medicine provides... |
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Preventive medicine |
Concerned with application of preventive measures with in all areas of clinical medicine |
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Protect, Promote, Restore, Peoples health |
PH organized efforts of society to... |
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“Fulfill society’s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy” |
Mission of PH |
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Public health |
The art and science of maintaining protecting and improving the health of the people through organized community efforts |
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Public health |
Body of knowledge and also mean to apply that knowledge |
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Public health |
Combination of scientific disciplines and skills and strategies that are directed to the maintenance and improvement of the health of people |
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Assessment Policy development Assurance |
3 core PH function |
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Assessment |
The monitoring of the health of the community and population at risk to identify health problems and priorities |
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Policy development |
To solve identified local and national health problems and priorities |
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Assurance |
That all populations have access to appropriate and cost effective care, including health promotion and disease prevention services and evaluation of the effectiveness of that care |
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DOH + Other government agencies + community participation |
Responsible for conducting PHS |
