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29 Cards in this Set
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Winslow referred to public health as the __&__ of preventing diseases? |
Science and art |
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BMI stands for what? |
Body Mass index |
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What 2 variables does BMI calculate? |
Height and weight |
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What data tells us how many people suffered from a disease last year? |
Morbidity |
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What data tells us how many people died from a disease last year? |
Mortality |
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What does the CDC stand for? |
Centers for disease control and prevention |
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Approximately what percent of people in the U.S. are overweight/obese? |
66% |
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List the 7 characteristics for optimal cardiovascular health as identified by the film weight of the nation. |
Optimal cholesterol, normal blood pressure, no smoking, no diabetes, physical activity, healthy diet, and lean BMI |
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What percent of people in the U.S. meet all 7 standards for optimal cardiovascular health? |
Less than 1% |
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What are 3 key points you got from the Weight of the Nation movie? |
Huge number of Americans are over weight, the people you hang out with affect your physical activity and nutrition, over 18% of kids in U.S. are overweight, obese people work their hearts harder which makes them larger. |
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What are the 6 disciplines of public health? |
Biomedical, epidemiology, statistics, policy and management, environmental, social/behavioral |
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What are the three levels of prevention? |
Primary, secondary, tertiary |
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What are the 2 main functions of an epidemiologist? |
Isolate and control |
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When trying to deal with an epidemic, it is critical to identify the ____, the first individual to have the disease. |
Patient zero |
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A group of a specific disease/illness clearly in exces of what one we normally expect in a particular geographic area is called? |
Epidemic |
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A cell phone can be considered a ___ that can harbor a cold virus. |
Fomite |
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John snow removed the ___ to stop cholera outbreak in the Broad Street area in London. |
Water pump |
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2 examples of chronic diseases are? |
Diabetes, heart disease |
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List the chain of causation in order |
Susceptible host, pathogen, reservoir, point of exit, mode of transport, and point of entry. |
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What are the 3 factors that contribute to the spread of global disease? |
Good, travel, population density |
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Who enforces a quarantine? |
The military |
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A group of cases of a specific disease spread over a larger portion of land such as an entire country is called what? |
Pandemic |
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What is it called when a specific disease or illness becomes the norm, like the common cold? |
Endemic |
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What are 3 ways of interrupting the chain of infection? |
Immunizations, hand washing, quarantine |
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John snow, when mapping out the individuals with cholera in London, was establishing the ___ of cases. |
Distribution |
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What is the ratio of the incidence rate for persons exposed to the factor to the incidence rate for persons in the unexposed group? |
Relative risk |
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What is calculated by dividing the ratio of exposed subjects to non exposed subjects in the case group by the ratio of exposed subjects to non exposed subjects in the control group? |
Odds ratio |
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When calculating relative risk, what do you do? |
Divide the top number (those exposed) by the bottom number (not exposed). |
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What are the steps to calculating the odds ratio? |
1. Subtract the number given from the total to get the control group number. 2. Cross multiply the 2 fractions and divided the answer. |
