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HSC 160- P/C Test 1
Personal and Community Health
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Definition of Health | A state of complete Physical, Emotional, Social, Intellectual, Spiritual, Occupational well-being and NOT merely the absence of disease |
| Quality of Life | quality= living a life pain-free and independent |
| Quantity of Life | Quantity= the number of years a person lives (longevity) |
| ADL | Activities of daily living: Self-feeding, dressing, toileting, bathing |
| Physical Dimension of Health Wellness | Body organs in tact / sytems functioning okay |
| Social Dimension of Health Wellness | Acceptance of others |
| Intellectual Dimension of Health Wellness | alertness when problem-solving and decision-making |
| Psychological Dimension of Health Wellness | Acceptance of self/recognize and express feelings (fear, sadness, anger and joy) |
| Spiritual Dimension of Health Wellness | sense of purpose / meaning in life/ higher authority-> Hope |
| Occupational Dimension of Health Wellness | Job satisfaction |
| Determinants of health | a. heredity & genetics b. environment c.lifestyle behaviors |
| Health educations | a. health knowledge b. Health attitudes/feelings c. health behavior |
| Healthy People 2000 (2010) (2020) | A listing of national health goals / emphasis upon prevention and de-emphasis upon medication, hospitalization and surgery |
| Causes of death (100 Years Ago) | TB / Influenza / Pneumonia / Diarrhea (from Infections) |
| Causes of Death (100 Years Ago) | Cardiovascular, cancer, diseases, diabetes |
| Lifestyle factors (behaviors/choices we make) account for ___ of all deaths today | 50-70% |
| Primary Prevention | stop the health problem before it begins |
| Secondary Prevention | Early detention / intervention to lessen consequences |
| Tertiary Prevention | Treatment for taking care of people after they become injured |
| Internist | organs (does not perform surgery) |
| General practitioner | family physician |
| Anesthesiologist | partial or complete loss of sensation with or without lose of consciousness |
| Cardiologist | heart |
| Dermotologist | skin |
| Gastroenterologist | digestive tract (esophagus/stomach/intestines) |
| Gynecologist | female sexual anatomy / physiology physician |
| Neurologist | nerves / nervous system |
| Obstetrician | prenatal- natal / post-natal care |
| Orthopedist | skeletal (bone/joint/muscle) |
| Pathologist | disease diagnosis (biopsy study) |
| Pediatrician | children |
| Proctologist | colon, rectum, anus |
| Psychiatrist | mind/mental health |
| Urologist | bladder, kidney |
| Osteopath | DO (Nedical degree is not AMA) |
| Chiropractor | spinal adjustment (not MD) |
| Neonatologist | High-risk infants / premature, congenital malformations |
| Oncologist | cancer specialist |
| Prevalence | the total number of existing cases of a particular disease/injury |
| incidence | the number of new cases of a particular disease/injury identified within a certain year (can be affected by gender/area/ethnicity) |
| Acute | quick onset / short duration (ex. common cold) |
| Chronic | slow onset (years-decades to finish) |
| Hereditary | genetic / determined at moment of conception |
| Prenatal | (before birth) acquired by unborn embryo/fetus during its uterine life |
| Congenital | existing at birth |
| infectious` | parasitic due to some microorganism invading the body |
| Germs Include... | bacteria, viruses, fungi. worms, protozoan |
| Punitive Theory | disease is punishment from the gods |
| Miasma Theory | disease such as harmful mists/vapors that come from the earth |
| Humoral Theory | blood, phlegm, bile from the liver and secretions from the gall bladder must be in proper proportion for good health to occur |
| Filth Theory | filth was the primary cause of disease / sanitation=better effects |
| Germ Theory | most helpful for understanding the basic cause of disease / made possible by the invention of the microscope |
| Theory of Demonology | demons or evil spirits caused disease / good spirits created to overcome the bad |
| Discovery of penicillin | Fleming |
| Germ Theory .Pasteurization | Louis Pasteur |
| Mental Hygiene | Freud |
| Humane treatment / state of care for the insane | Dix |
| Founded Modern Nursing during the Crimean War | nightingale |
| Ether as Anesthetic | Morton |
| Aseptic Surgery (think Listerine) | Lister |
| Vaccination for smallpox | Jenner |
| Control of plague through Quarantine / Quinine | Mead |
| Circulation of blood discovery | Harvey |
| Description of Body Structures | Vesalius |
| Eugenics | science used to improve the human race |
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