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HEALTHCARE 1000
CHAP 15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| CURATIVE MEDICAL CARE | medical care that helps cure an already ill or infected person |
| PREVENTION EFFORTS | health programs & behaviors that prevent illness from occurring |
| HEALTH | a state of complete physical, mental & social well-being & not merely the absence of disease or infirmity |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| Public Health | focuses on prevention efforts to keep us from getting sick (IE: quit smoking campaigns, crosswalks, etc) |
| What is the way society reaches out to protect the health of its most vulnerable members: | Public Health |
| CASE | a term used in health statistics to refer to each person who has a disease |
| T/F: the lack of a strong public health system can be the downfall of a society | TRUE |
| QUARANTINE | forced isolation of a person to prevent a disease from spreading--1st used in Mid. Ages |
| EPIDEMIC | a term used to describe a disease that is widespread in a population--why boards of health created (1700's) |
| What year was 1st board of health created & where? | 1793, Philadelphia |
| 1798 Act for Relief of Sick & Disabled Seamen by J.Adams | taxed $.20 sailor's salary to build & staff hospitals for seamen. became US Public Health Svc. |
| COMMUNICABLE DISEASE | a disease that spreads from person to person; another term for Infectious Disease |
| 1850 Shattuck's Report of Sanitary Comm. of Mass. | established state/local health dept's to engage in sanitary inspections, vital stats, svc's for infants/child, food sani, comm. disease control. |
| 1st STATE health dept when/where? | Mass, 1869 |
| ASSESSMENT | the process of determining the health needs of a community (analyze why outcomes aren't met, collect/interpret data, monitor trends, evaluate outcomes.) |
| POLICY DEVELOPMENT | the process of making a collective decision about what needs to be done to protect the community's health |
| ASSURANCE | the process of making sure that correct actions are taken to protect community health |
| EPIDEMIOLOGY | the study of the nature, cause, control & determinants of the frequency of disease, disability, & death in human populations. Also the study of the history of a disease & its distribution throughout a society (public health). |
| SURVEILLANCE | the continuous search fo & documentation of disease in public health |
| What 3 key activities are needed to carry out Assessment, Policy development, & Assurance in Public Health? | Epidemiology, Surveillance, & Montoring |
| SURVEILLANCE | the continuous search for & documentation of disease in public health |
| What is another word for Epidiomologists? | Disease detectives |
| MONITORING | the reguar review of disease datat to determine changes in disease levels |
| Incidence | # of new cases of a disease or event in a specific population |
| Morbidity | # of cases of a specific disease in a specific period of timer per unit of population (usually expressed #per1000) |
| Mortality Rates | # of people who have died from a given disease or event--collected/analyzed from death certs. Report pub. weekly by CDC for variety of diseases for illnesses/deaths |
| Prevalence | total # of infected/affected people (cases) over a given period of time |
| Relative Risk | How an individual's risk may change relevant to a specific factor (smokers,etc) |
| Risk | Likelihood that someone will become infected/affected. |
| T/F: Health is a power granted to the federal gov. in the Constitution: | FALSE |
| What 2 sections of the Constitution have been interpreted to allow Govt to intervene in the Nation's Health? | Ability to TAX to provide for Gen. Welfare (supports Health programs) AND Ability to REGULATE COMMERCE--limit personal/property rights of individuals & businesses |
| What are the 5 key agencies of the DHHS (Dept of Health & Human Svc's)? | FDA; CDC; SAMHSA--sub abuse/ment health; HRSA--HLTH RES.SVC ADMIN-health care low income/uninsured; CMS--CTR. MEDICARE/CAID SVCS |
| What are the 2 types of state public health bodies: | Boards of Health (24 states) AND State Health Depts |
| What is the job of the Board of Health (24 states)? | To oversee financing & policy development for for the state's dept. of health |
| What are the jobs of a state's dept of health? | Carry out Natl/state Mandates. Manage enviro ed & pers health svcs. Respond to statewide health crisis. Set policies/standards for Prof's. Inspect Rest's & factories. Plan/Eval health programs. Oversee threats to community health. |
| Bioterrorism prevention is handled by who? | CDC ....funded also by HRSA(both part of DHHS) |
| What are the responsibilities of LOCAL health dept's? | delivery of svc's mandated by state or local statutes. Can be independent or part of State health dept.Rarely provide direct medical care (administrative/legal/inspect) |
| FOUNDATION | type of non-profit organization that raises money & then distributes it to other organizations in support of their programs |
| What are some important non-govt. organizations that play an important role in public health? | Red Cross; March of Dimes; Amer. Cancer Soc.; local foundations |
| According to CDC how much has life expectancy increased since 1900 due (mostly due to public health intervention) | 30years (25 due to Pub hlth) |
| What 10 achievements have had the most impact on lowering death rates & decreasing illness & disability in US? | Vaccinations; Safer Workplaces; Healthier mom/babies; Control infectious diseases; Heart/Stroke Prevent programs; Safer/healthier foods; Family planning; Motor vehicle safety; H2O Flouride; Tobacco seen as health hazard |
| INFECTIOUS DISEASE | a disease that can spread from person to person..vs. a genetic disease or a disease that is not contagious |
| DRUG RESISTANT | the term used to describe when a disease or bacteria is not affected or stopped by the use of common antibiotics & other drugs |
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