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Assurance - Interventions or treatments that are applied by health professionals to
address health concerns or problems that exist in the community or local environment.
-Departmental programs
-Health interventions
-Program evaluations
-Quality assurance
Capacity - Refers to resources or relationships that are necessary to accomplish the core
functions of public health.
Morbidity Rate - Number of individuals who develop a disease in a given time period is
the numerator, and the number of people in the population at risk for the disease is the
denominator
-Incidence Rates
-Prevalence Rates
Incidence Rate - The direct estimate of a probability or risk of developing a disease during
a specified period of time.
-The IR is the rate of new disease cases during a particular period of time.
Health - Not merely the absence of disease but a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being (WHO)
Illness - Not merely referring to the physical presence or diagnosis of a disease state.
Illness may exist without a physical manifestation of disease.
Disease - Physical or mental disease state. Manifestation of some type of physiological
injury or state.
Precursor Prevention - -Factors and interventions that may prevent disease
-considers societal, cultural, & systematic factors that can prevent onset of disease states
-Occurs before a person is even at risk for a disease
,Primary Prevention - -Deals with prevention of disease or infirmity when people are at-
risk of the disease.
-Interventions are specifically targeted toward a disease state.
-Individuals my be at-risk for disease state.
Secondary Prevention - Individual already has a disease state
-seeks to alleviate or lessen symptoms
-seeks to stop progression
Tertiary Prevention - Individual has been cured of disease
-prevention of recurrence
Clinical Prevention - Programs or interventions that target individuals. A program can
target individuals, as well as target communities and the individuals in those communities
Community prevention - Programs or interventions that are targeted toward the entire
community. The targeted unit is the entire community not the individual.
Population-based prevention - Public-sector services that target the entire population
beyond the community-level
-State health insurance programs like SCHIP
Health promotion - Activities or interventions targeting health behaviors that can
improve or influence positive health outcomes
-Local community clinic offers blood pressure screenings and provides weekly cooking classes
medical practice - Any services or activities provided by and monitored by medical
personnel such as a physician or nurse.
long-term care - Care dealing with population with special needs. Care can be provided in
professional health facilities or implemented in the home setting.
Incidence rate - The direct estimate of a probability or risk of developing a disease during
a specified period of time
-The rate of new disease cases during a particular period of time.
Prevalence rate - The number of cases present at a particular period of time
-The total number of cases that do exist at a particular period of time.
,Morbidity Rates & Populations - Number of individuals who develop a disease in a given
time period is the numerator, and the number of people in the population at risk for the disease
is the denominator
LPHAs - Local public health agencies
-Lead to the development of self-assessment tool, appraisal form
Appraisal form - -Birth and death records
-Vaccinations & immu records
-Health-problems in school aged children
-Laboratory tests
Thimerosal - -no evidence to suggest it causes health problems in children or adults
Epidemiology - scientific analysis of disease etiology, patterns of infection, and disease
prediction among the general population.
-investigation seek to determine what is causing the disease, how the disease is spreading, and
who is at risk of the disease.
H1n1 - swine flu
SARS - Severe acute respiratory syndrome
-high fever, chills, general discomfort, body aches
-10-20% required mechanical ventillation
-unknown corona virus
West Nile - -single-stranded RNA virus
-transmitted from birds by mosquitoes
Avian Influenza A - bird flu (H5N1)
-no vaccine available
Natural disasters - -Earthquakes, fires, wildfires
Mitigation - measures employed before an incident occurs to minimize damage
Preparedness - activities conducted before disaster to improve readiness
, Response - actions dealing with consequences during the disaster
Recovery - procedures that help restore business operations to normal
Bio-terrorism emergencies - the intentional use of microorganisms or toxins to produce
death or disease in humans, animals or plants
Guarded - blue
Elevated - yellow
High - orange
Severe - red
Imminent threat - warns of credible, SPECIFIC & IMPENDING terrorist threat against the
US
Elevated threat - warns of credible terrorist threat against the US
compounds in tobacco - Carbon monoxide
Hydrogen cyanide
ammonia
benzene
Formaldehyde
Nicotine
Nitrosamines
Lead
Cadmium
Polonium-210
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) - - Bacteria
- 1-7 day incubation
- Aerosol, ingestion, or cutaneous contact spreads B. anthracis
- No person to person transmission
Anthrax symptoms (inhalation) - Flu-like symptoms
Questions with Verified Solutions
Assurance - Interventions or treatments that are applied by health professionals to
address health concerns or problems that exist in the community or local environment.
-Departmental programs
-Health interventions
-Program evaluations
-Quality assurance
Capacity - Refers to resources or relationships that are necessary to accomplish the core
functions of public health.
Morbidity Rate - Number of individuals who develop a disease in a given time period is
the numerator, and the number of people in the population at risk for the disease is the
denominator
-Incidence Rates
-Prevalence Rates
Incidence Rate - The direct estimate of a probability or risk of developing a disease during
a specified period of time.
-The IR is the rate of new disease cases during a particular period of time.
Health - Not merely the absence of disease but a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being (WHO)
Illness - Not merely referring to the physical presence or diagnosis of a disease state.
Illness may exist without a physical manifestation of disease.
Disease - Physical or mental disease state. Manifestation of some type of physiological
injury or state.
Precursor Prevention - -Factors and interventions that may prevent disease
-considers societal, cultural, & systematic factors that can prevent onset of disease states
-Occurs before a person is even at risk for a disease
,Primary Prevention - -Deals with prevention of disease or infirmity when people are at-
risk of the disease.
-Interventions are specifically targeted toward a disease state.
-Individuals my be at-risk for disease state.
Secondary Prevention - Individual already has a disease state
-seeks to alleviate or lessen symptoms
-seeks to stop progression
Tertiary Prevention - Individual has been cured of disease
-prevention of recurrence
Clinical Prevention - Programs or interventions that target individuals. A program can
target individuals, as well as target communities and the individuals in those communities
Community prevention - Programs or interventions that are targeted toward the entire
community. The targeted unit is the entire community not the individual.
Population-based prevention - Public-sector services that target the entire population
beyond the community-level
-State health insurance programs like SCHIP
Health promotion - Activities or interventions targeting health behaviors that can
improve or influence positive health outcomes
-Local community clinic offers blood pressure screenings and provides weekly cooking classes
medical practice - Any services or activities provided by and monitored by medical
personnel such as a physician or nurse.
long-term care - Care dealing with population with special needs. Care can be provided in
professional health facilities or implemented in the home setting.
Incidence rate - The direct estimate of a probability or risk of developing a disease during
a specified period of time
-The rate of new disease cases during a particular period of time.
Prevalence rate - The number of cases present at a particular period of time
-The total number of cases that do exist at a particular period of time.
,Morbidity Rates & Populations - Number of individuals who develop a disease in a given
time period is the numerator, and the number of people in the population at risk for the disease
is the denominator
LPHAs - Local public health agencies
-Lead to the development of self-assessment tool, appraisal form
Appraisal form - -Birth and death records
-Vaccinations & immu records
-Health-problems in school aged children
-Laboratory tests
Thimerosal - -no evidence to suggest it causes health problems in children or adults
Epidemiology - scientific analysis of disease etiology, patterns of infection, and disease
prediction among the general population.
-investigation seek to determine what is causing the disease, how the disease is spreading, and
who is at risk of the disease.
H1n1 - swine flu
SARS - Severe acute respiratory syndrome
-high fever, chills, general discomfort, body aches
-10-20% required mechanical ventillation
-unknown corona virus
West Nile - -single-stranded RNA virus
-transmitted from birds by mosquitoes
Avian Influenza A - bird flu (H5N1)
-no vaccine available
Natural disasters - -Earthquakes, fires, wildfires
Mitigation - measures employed before an incident occurs to minimize damage
Preparedness - activities conducted before disaster to improve readiness
, Response - actions dealing with consequences during the disaster
Recovery - procedures that help restore business operations to normal
Bio-terrorism emergencies - the intentional use of microorganisms or toxins to produce
death or disease in humans, animals or plants
Guarded - blue
Elevated - yellow
High - orange
Severe - red
Imminent threat - warns of credible, SPECIFIC & IMPENDING terrorist threat against the
US
Elevated threat - warns of credible terrorist threat against the US
compounds in tobacco - Carbon monoxide
Hydrogen cyanide
ammonia
benzene
Formaldehyde
Nicotine
Nitrosamines
Lead
Cadmium
Polonium-210
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis) - - Bacteria
- 1-7 day incubation
- Aerosol, ingestion, or cutaneous contact spreads B. anthracis
- No person to person transmission
Anthrax symptoms (inhalation) - Flu-like symptoms
