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19 Cards in this Set
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Illnesses arising from consumption of contaminated or spoiled foodstuffs and liquids.
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foodborne illnesses
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___ is the result of the ingestion of disease-causing organisms (pathogens) such as bacteria and microscopic plants and animals.
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food infection
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Illnesses arising out of the result of preformed toxins in foods prior to consumption, often the waste products of bacteria.
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food poisoning
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The poisoning of foodstuffs by poisonous chemicals from plants and animals.
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chemical poisoning
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Those activities done by persons who are healthy, but see themselves at greater risk of developing a particular disease, condition, or disorder.
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at-risk behaviors
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A factor or circumstance that exists which influences behavior by providing a motivation for the health behavior to happen.
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predisposing factor
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How a set of dissociated events can be studied to see how the events fall together.
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web causation
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When one is exposed to a source of disease more than once.
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multiple exposures
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A decision making tool that uses rectangular boxes that represent activities and "yes" and "no" decision points are indicated and arrows show the direction to the next activity or decision point.
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decision trees
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The ___ has emerged as one of the best measures of health status as it combines both mortality and morbidity.
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quality adjusted life year (QALY)
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A theoretical foundation of fields of disease prevention, health education, and health promotion and is based on the construct that the convictions one holds about a health phenomenon is true for them, at least the individual will cling to the idea and do the resultant behavior.
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health belief model
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Health promotion is ___ prevention.
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primary
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Health protection is ___ prevention.
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primary
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Early diagnosis and treatment is ___ prevention.
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secondary
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Limiting disabilities is ___ prevention.
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tertiary
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Rehabilitation is ___ prevention.
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tertiary
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___ is an example of multiple exposures.
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smokeless tobacco
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The number of steps in an epidemiological investigation?
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14
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There are ___ steps in investigating foodborne disease epidemics.
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11
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