Civilizations
Disposed of waste in unsanitary heaps called refuse heaps
Primitive Men
The Black Plague also known as the ______ took place in what century or year?
Black Death
Mid 14th century (1300's)
This global event worsened poverty and unemployment in the British Caribbean during the 1930s.
The Great Depression
According to the WHO, health is not merely the absence of disease but a state of complete ________.
Physical, mental, and social well-being
Houses were made of sun-dried mud bricks, which helped to keep indoor temperatures cooler and offered protection from the extreme heat
Egyptians
Name methods of treatment for illness in this period (14th century/1300's)
Blood letting, Amputation, Surgery (without drugs), Pouring rum/wine /pig lard on burns (left uncovered), setting broken bones with simple slings
The Commission encouraged the development of these organizations to protect workers’ rights.
Trade Unions
Safe water, clean air, and healthy workplaces are part of the ________ environment.
Physical environment
Prevented food spoilage by salting, smoking and stored under a large layer of oil (eg. olive oil)
Greeks
What was the mortality rate
35% - 70% (25,000,000 dead)
True or False: The impact of trade unions was immediate and transformative.
False (it was gradual)
One purpose of public health is to inform, educate, and ________ people about health issues.
Empower
Jews
How a person could become infected with the plague
Bitten by an infected flea that came from a rat
Human-to-human contact through air droplets from sneezing and coughing.
The School of Public Health at UTech was established to address challenges such as infectious diseases and ________.
Maternal and child health (later chronic diseases too)
Hospitals in the Middle Ages were more like ________ for the aged and needy.
Hospices
They had well-implemented water transport and storage systems that they used to make public baths and latrines
Roman
Name all the different forms of the Plauge and describe each
Pneumonic (attacked the lungs)
Septic rare & deadliest (caused black spots to appear on the skin)
Bubonic (caused egg sized swealling in the folds, headache, fever, delirium)
Name two ways the Public Health Nursing upgrade is expected to benefit practitioners.
Improved service delivery, professional competence, job satisfaction, remuneration, and access to postgraduate education (any two)
Name two public works introduced during the Sanitation Revolution.
Garbage collection, landfills, street cleaning