Fun with PH
Public health views the population as the patient, where as _____________ focuses on the health of the individual.
What is healthcare?
distribution, determinants, health related events, populations
What are key components of epidemiology?
This is another term for epidemiology
What is population medicine?
Reducing cavities by adding flouride to water systems is an example of this type of experiment
What is a natural experiment?
Inaccurate memories in response to research questions is
What is recall bias?
There are 3 types of prevention in public health.
What are: primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
The father of epidemiology and anesthesiology
Who is John Snow?
An approach to health that focuses on interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations over the course of a lifetime.
What is population health?
The branch of epidemiology study that helps answer questions of person, place, time and what, who where, when and why/how for a given disease ____________
What is descriptive epidemiology?
When exposure to a pathogen and health outcomes both occurred in the past
What is a retrospective study?
The 3 Ps in public health include ___________.
What are promotion, and protection of health, and prevention of disease?
The control measure used to prevent disease spread in someone who has been exposed to a disease
What is quarantine?
The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health and efficiency through organized community efforts
What is public health?
Tracking increases in prescription sales for cold/flu medication.
What is OTC surveillance?
Environment, agent, host
What is the epidemiological triangle?
Assessment, policy development, and assurance comprise this.
What are the core functions of public health?
Collecting data related to: urgent care visits, workplace absenteeism, reports of disease to local health departments.
What is surveillance?
The health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group
What is population health?
The organization responsible for tracking vital events such as births and deaths.
What is the National Center for Health Statistics?
Condiments, garnishes, ingredients in salsa are examples of this.
What are stealth foods?
The level of prevention that includes health risk screenings, such as mammograms and colonoscopy.
What is secondary prevention?
Asking questions directly of the people in the community.
What is shoe leather epidemiology?
What is healthcare?
Can be a predictor of population growth.
Someone who has this can transmit the infection to others
What is an inapparent infection?