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CHAPTER 1: PUBLIC HEALTH- Science, Politics, and Prevention - correct answer ✔Objectives
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-What is public health (PH) |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




- 3 core functions of PH
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-Difference between PH and medical care |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




- The science and political of PH
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-6 disciplines of PH
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-Prevention and intervention |||||| |||||| ||||||




|||||| 5- step approach, 3 levels of prevention, chain of causation.
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What is the Public Health? - correct answer ✔The Science and Art of preventing Disease, Prolonging
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life, promoting physical health and effiency through organized COMMUNITY efforts.
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What categories do public health focus on? (5 total)? - correct answer ✔- Sanitation of the
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environment

-Control of community infections |||||| |||||| ||||||




-Education of individuals in principles of personal hygiene |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-Organization of medical and nursing services for EARLY DIAGNOSIS and PREVENTION of DISEASE |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-Development of social machinery which will ensure to every individual a standard of living |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




adequate for the maintenance of health. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

,What is the CDC Foundation definition of Public Health? - correct answer ✔Public Health is the
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science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities. This is done by
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promotion of healthy lifestyles by doing Research on prevention of disease (proactive) and |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




controlling outbreak of infectious disease (Reactive) |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What is the role of the CDC for public health? - correct answer ✔-Monitor health
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-detect and investigate health problems |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-conduct research to enhance prevention |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-develop and advocate sound public health policies |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




-implement prevention strategies |||||| ||||||




-promote healthy behaviors |||||| ||||||




foster safe and healthful environments
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-provide leadership and training. |||||| |||||| ||||||




How does the "future of public health by Institute of medicine" define public health? (Defined in
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four Parts) ||||||




Mission: ||||||




Substance:

Organizational framework: |||||| ||||||




3 Core Functions: - correct answer ✔Mission: To ensure society's interest that people can be
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healthy

Substance: Organized by community effort to PROMOTE HEALTH AND PREVENT DISEASE |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Organization framework: Structured by the government, private and volunteer organizations |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




3 core functions are Assessment, Policy Development, and Assurance.
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Assessment: DETERMINE WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.... |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Examines-monitor, identifies-analysis cause, and diagnoses and investigates health problems and |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




potential hazards in community |||||| |||||| ||||||




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Policy Development: DETERMINE WHAT WILL BE DONE......
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,Develop policies by gather input from community partnerships to identify and solve health
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problems through utilizing scientific knowledge approach to improve the health of a community.
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Inform community of health issues. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Assurance: DETERMINE WHAT IS BEING DONE..... |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




INTERVENTION for Health safety by evaluating effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of person and |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




population-based health services.
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CORE FUNCTION IS ALWAYS UNDERGOING RESEARCH
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What is the difference between public health and Medical Care? - correct answer ✔Main difference
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between the two are Patient focus, % federal Budget allocation, Goals for health, Core Functions,
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and Decision Makers
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Public health prevents epidemics, environmental hazards, injuries and promotes healthy behaviors.
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Also assists community when disasters happen and assures the quality and accessibility of health
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services. ||||||




- Only 3% of federal budget for health
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-Patient is the COMMUNITY |||||| |||||| ||||||




-Goal is PREVENTION |||||| ||||||




-Decision makers are Public health experts with scientific input and INTERVENTION by government.
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CORE FUNCTION: Assessment, policy development, and assurance.
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Medical Care Difference |||||| ||||||




-Patient is individuals |||||| ||||||




- 97% of federal budget for health
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- Goal is treat and cure illnesses- easier to quantify and recognize
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- Decision makers are PHYSICIANS, MID-LEVEL PROVIDERS and INDIVIDUAL PATIENT
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CORE FUNCTION: Diagnosis, Providing treatment options, actual treatment.
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, What is the science of Public Health? - correct answer ✔Understanding of threats to health,
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determine necessary interventions and evaluate interventions. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Evidence Finders.. ||||||




What is the Politics of Public Health? - correct answer ✔Determine policies for developing,
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implementing and assurance. The writers... |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




What are the 6 disciplines of Public Health? Define Each of them - correct answer ✔Epidemiology-
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The study of epidemics to control spreading of disease, causation of disease spreading. Also seek
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cause of chronic disease and strategies to limit exposure.
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Statistics- Diagnosis tool used on data collected by government to determine health risk as well as
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assess the benefits of intervention
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Biomedical Science ||||||




Prevents and controls of diseases by understanding microorganism infectious agents through
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understanding the risk factors for non-infectious diseases such as microorganisms. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




Study of genetic predisposition and effects on disease risk, prevention and treatment.
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Environmental health science- Prevention of spreading of infection disease via water, air and food. |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||




DO NOT TRACK ENVIRONMENT CAUSES OF DISEASE. That is Epidemiology job.
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Social and behavior Science- Study of disease caused behavior and their social environment. The
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disparities between subgroups of a population is unknown. Subgroups of populations have poorer
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health overall than others related to overall than others related to social and behavioral science.
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Health Policy, management and administration:
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Attempts to address Rising cost of healthcare, Access to healthcare, quality of healthcare, and Role
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public health in medical care.
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What are the 5- Step Approach for Prevention and Intervention? - correct answer ✔1: Define the
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Health Problem ||||||

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