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| WHO definition of Public Health |
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| a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity |
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| Snow: Hero of Public Health for |
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| Containment of cholera outbreak in London |
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| Robert Caoch: Hero of Public Health for |
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| Hans Selye: Hero of Public Health for |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome |
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| pathogen, reservoir, portal of exit, transmission, and portal of entry, new host |
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pandemic - world
epidemic - regional |
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| disease present in people of certain class/location |
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| Births during period / population x1000 |
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| All cases given time/population given time x1000 |
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| New cases during period/population at risk x1000 |
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| Deaths/population during year x1000 |
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| (less than 1 year old) Infant deaths/birthed infants x1000 |
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| Age-specific mortality rate |
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| number of deaths of given age/number of people at given age x1000 |
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65: old
65-74: young-old
75-84: old-old
85-over: oldest old |
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Total: (0-14 & 65+)/(15-64) x1000
Child: (0-14)/(15-64) x1000
Aged: (65+)/(15-64) x1000 |
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| General Adaptation Syndrome |
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| Alarm, Resistance, Exhaustion |
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| Government (only 3% of overall health expenditure) |
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| Acute vs. Chronic Disease |
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Acute – less than 3 months
Chronic – over 3 months |
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| Blood Alcohol Content ranges |
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.05 Safe range
.10 Overestimate skill set
.15 Most common DUI |
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| 3 leading causes of death |
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Cardiovascular
Cancer
Stroke |
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| What the Hill-Burton Act did |
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Create funding to make new hospitals
Remodel hospitals |
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| Third party payment system – who are the parties? |
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Patient (pays insurance)
Insurance (pays hospital)
Hospital |
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| What limits access to care? |
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| US spending on health care |
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Technology redundancies
Elderly |
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HMO – puts you into a group of doctors
PPO – assigns one provider, discount
Point of Service – most flexible/expensive, can see whoever with discount |
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Universalized Health Care
Cheaper medication
Run by government |
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Care – 65+/disabled
Aid – poor women and children/disabled |
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| conditions that insurance won’t cover |
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| cap on procedure/plan (you pay part of the bill) |
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| O’Rourke article (Top Ten Lessons From Abroad) |
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1. It’s possible to provide universal access & at least restrain cost increases.
2. Spending more $ on HC isn’t necessary/desirable. It’s already too much.
3. Savings from administrative/inappropriate services are alone sufficient
4. Health status of other industrialized countries compares favorably w/ USA
5. Universal access/cost control can occur within limit of mixed delivery system
6. Public satisfaction w/ health services higher in other industrlzd countries
7. HC spending in other countries not open ended. Spending limits exist
8. Other countries view HC more as human service than commodity
9. Spend thy money where it will do the most good to maximize output
10. Improvement in HC/status requires broader perspective than just HC focus |
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| (Health care) Democrats favor: |
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| Govt run system, universal access, regulatory control |
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| (Health care) Republicans favor: |
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| Consumer driven system, loose controls, retain private operation |
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| Spectrum of health care delivery |
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| Public Health/Medical/Long-term Practice |
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| Medical malpractice claims |
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Poor outcome for patient
Substantial disability level as a result
Poor interpersonal patient-physician relationship
Physician negligence (rare circumstances) |
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| Living being (viruses, parasites, etc…) |
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| Safeguarding against waterborne disease |
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Water filtration/purification
Ground water/rain water |
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| Preparation-based (eg. salmonella) |
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| Communicable through a living agent (bug) |
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| UV Radiation – skin cancer |
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| The most virulent form of skin cancer |
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| Population over time (exponential growth and plateau) |
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| Phases of Population growth |
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| Lag phase, exponential phase, stable equilibrium |
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| Physical harm resulting from an acute exchange of energy that exceeds bodily threshold |
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| Most common unintentional injury |
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(public health model for unintentional injuries)
[Triangle] Host, environment, energy |
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| bullets, swimming pools, etc… |
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| Fatal injuries most often occur where? |
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| If ________, this qualifies it to be a bioterrorism agent |
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| A living organism is part of the device |
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