Modes of
Prevention
Prevention
Prevention methods used to prevent a disease or disorder before it happens
What is Primary Prevention?
Uninterrupted transfer of infectious agent from one person to another that requires physical contact
What is Direct Transmission?
The cause of disease
What is the Agent?
A non-living carrier such a clothing, food or water that transfers an infectious agent from its reservoir to host
What is a Vehicle?
In the early 1900s, this person was a carrier of Typhoid and passed it to 51 people while having no symptoms of the disease
Who is Typhoid Mary?
Who is Mary Mallon?
Prevention methods that require behavior change in the individual
What is Active Primary Prevention?
Transfer of an infectious agent that is carried by a host
What is Indirect Transmission?
Human or animals that is suceptible to the disease
What is the Host?
Contains, spreads, or harbors an infectious organism
What is the Carrier?
This person what influential in the 1900s in making nursing a respectible profession and believed nurses should be trained in science
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Prevention methods that do not require behavior change in the individual
What is Passive Primary Prevention?
Transfer of an infectious agent that occurs when droplets or dust carry infection from one person to another
What is Airborne Transmission?
The surroundings and external conditions to the human or animal that cause or allow disease transmission
What is the Environment?
An insect that transmits infection by conveying the infectious agent from one host to another
What is the Vector?
This person is considered one of the most influencial contributors in the field of epidemology due to his methods created in the 1800s that are still used today
Who is John Snow?
Prevention methods aimed at health screening and detection activities that identify disease
What is Secondary Prevention?
Transfer of an infectious agent through a host such as an insect
What is Vector-borne Transmission?
Incubation period, life expectancy of the host, and duration of the illness
What is Time?
The living or non-living habitat in which an infectious disease lives, grows, and multiplies and depends on for survival
What is the Reservoir?
This person used treatments such as exercise, fresh air, and a healthy diet in the 1600s as remedies for disease that was rejected by his peers
Who is Thomas Sydenham?
Prevention methods used to limit disability by providing rehabilitation after disease has already occurred
What is Tertiary Prevention?
Transfer of an infectious agent through an inanimate object such as a swimming pool or drinking water
What is Vehicle-borne Transmission?
Infectious disease model used to show interaction and interdependence of the host, agent, environment, and time
What is the Epidemology Triangle?
A non-living inanimate object such as clothing or door handle that can harbor infectious disease and transfer from one host to another
What is a Formite?
In the 1700s, this person linked scurvy with citrus fruits by creating an experiment with sailors at sea
Who is James Lind?