Infectious Diseases
What are three examples of STI's? (Sexually transmitted diseases)
1. Chlamydia
2. Herpes
3. HIV
What are two early warning signs of declining mental health?
1. Eating or sleeping too much or too little
2. Thinking of harming yourself or others
What are the levels of prevention?
-Primary prevention
-Secondary prevention
-Tertiary prevention
What is Epidemiology?
The basic science of public health. It focuses on how health conditions spread, impact populations, as well as how they can be prevented or managed.
What are three examples of health behaviors?
-Smoking
-Poor nutrition
-Alcohol Consumption
What are three emerging viruses?
-Ebola
-Zika Virus
-Mpox
What are some long term health problems that are caused by stress?
Heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, and a stroke.
What is Public Health?
Public Health is the science and practice of keeping people and communities safe and healthy. It focuses on preventing diseases or illnesses before they even start and promoting health through programs, events, or advertisements.
Why do we need Epidemiology?
-To study harmful exposures
-To find risk factors for diseases
-To help protect the general population
What are the four models of health behavior?
-The Health Belief Model (HBM)
-The Transtheoretical Model (TTM)
-Social Cognitive Theory (SCT)
-The Social Ecological Model
When was HIV first recognized in the United States?
1981
What are the types of ACE's? (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
-Neglect
-Household Dysfunction
How is public health different from medicine?
Public health focuses on populations such as communities and it works towards health promotion and the prevention of illnesses.
Medicine focuses on individuals and works on diagnosis and treating illnesses that already exist.
What was the standard treatment for syphilis in 1943?
Penicillin.
What are the first three stages of change?
1. Precontemplation
2. Contemplation
3. Preparation
What is the most common STI?
HPV. (Human papillomavirus)
What are three implications of ACEs?
1. Depression
2. Smoking
3. Alcohol abuse
What are the three core functions of public health?
Policy development, assurance, and assessment.
What are three types of epidemiologists?
1. Infectious Disease Epidemiologists
2. Veterinary Epidemiologists
3. Public Health Epidemiologists
What are theories in public health?
Theories help us understand why people do or do not practice health behaviors, and they help us create successful programs and intervention strategies.
What is herd immunity?
Occurs when a large portion of a community becomes immune to a disease, which makes the spread from person to person unlikely.
What are the 7 C's of Resilience?
1. Competence. 2. Confidence. 3. Connection. 4. Character. 5. Contribution. 6. Coping. 7. Control.
What are three major social determinants of health?
-Economic stability
-Education access and quality
-Health care access and quality
What are three things that epidemiologists study.
1. The cause of the disease. 2. Neighborhood, city, state, country, and global spread. 3. Health impact.
Which theory was developed to understand why people either used or avoided preventive services offered by public health departments in the 1950s?
The Health Belief Model.