epidemiology
Vulnerable populations
Rural Vs. Urban
Poverty & Homelessness
Violence & Human Abuse
100

1. study of occurrence and distribution of health-related events 

2. describe the occurrence of a disease in terms of person, place, and time 

3. investigation of causes and associations 

1. Epidemiology 

2. Descriptive

3. Analytic

100

You need ________ to achieve ________.

Equity 

Equality 

100

1. geographic location (distance from miles) 

2. population more than 99/square miles


1. rural

2. urban 

100

1. situation where a person or group of people do not have enough to obtain basic needs for living. 

1. poverty 

100

change social conditions

multiple demands on people

economic conditions

social institutions

factors in a community that support or minimize violence

200

Parts to the epidemiological triad of factors 

agent

host

environment 

200

socioeconomic status , education

health determinants

200

lack of health care providers and services

no transportation

language barrier

limited education

ARE ALL FORMS OF .........

barriers to the delivery of care 

200

SNAP: 

CHIP:

WIC:

supplemental nutritional assistance program

children's health insurance program 

women, children, and infants

200

forms of elder abuse

physical, financial, sexual assault, neglect/abandonment 

300

1. long term patterns of morbidity or mortality rates

2. occurrence can be graphed by week/month that show a season pattern

3. cluster- affected people but no relation to time 

1. Secular Trends

2. Cyclical Patterns

3. Analytic

300

greater risk for poor health and access to care

vulnerability

300

effective model for delivering services to the vulnerable 

-flexibility

-professional-community partnership

-problem-oriented approach

-community involvement 

community-oriented primary health care 

300

prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, or nationality when selling or renting. 

helped decrease poverty from 22.2 % to 12.6%

Fair Housing Act of 1968

300

"physical attacks on another person"

greatest risk for violence

youth are at higher risk 

women are more likely to be victims by relatives 

assault

400

consistency or repeatability are components of......

trust positives and true negatives are ........ 

Reliability

sensitivity and specificity validity 

400

could see it as "bad luck" or "fate"

internal and external validity 

400

1. individuals (knowledge, attitudes)

2. interpersonal (families, friends)

3. organizational (organization, social institutions)

4. community (relationships b/w organizations)

5. public policy (national, state, local laws)

Social Ecological Model (SEM) 

400

Cortisol

Nor-epinephrin

Adreniline

Cytokines 

Toxic Stress components 

400

1. types of abuse 


2. leading cause of death in women....

1. workplace violence, religious violence, educational violence, media violence


2. homicide "intentional death" 


500

1. assess the probability of higher-risk groups to improve the ability to make comparisons. 

2. 2 or more tests with final results as all positives or all negatives



1. rate

2. surveillance (series testing) 

500

factors contributing to vulnerable populations

marginalizations

disenfranchisement

wrap-around

comprehensive

500

1. pre-existing conditions can not be turned down by health care insurers 

2. used by pregnant women, children, older adults, and those with conditions

3. 65 and older with pre-existing and new conditions

1. Affordable Cares Act

2. Medicaid

3. Medicare

500

mental health, alcohol, diabetes, medication adherence, infectuous diseases, environmental exposure

Impacts on population especially related to health

500

when is one at MOST RISK for homicide....

When they decide to leave the abusive situation

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