PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATIONS
This is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities.
What is public health?
An illness that generally develops suddenly and lasts a short time is described as this.
What is acute?
This term refers specifically to new cases of a disease, along with the risk of developing that disease, during a specified period.
What is incidence?
These are specific, population-based and individual-based activities designed for primary and secondary prevention, with the goal of minimizing disease burden and associated risk factors.
What is disease prevention?
This is the state of being symptomatic or unhealthy due to a disease or condition.
What is morbidity?
This area of study places a priority on improving health and achieving equity for all people worldwide.
What is global health?
A condition that develops slowly and may worsen over an extended period of time is described as this.
What is chronic?
This term refers to the number of cases of a disease or number of infected people present during a particular interval of time.
What is prevalence?
This process involves empowering people to increase control over their health and its determinants through health literacy efforts and multisectoral action.
What is health promotion?
This refers to the number of deaths caused by a health event under investigation.
What is mortality?
Conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, and worship that affect health, functioning, quality of life, and risks are called this.
What are social determinants of health?
Malaria and tuberculosis are examples of this type of disease.
What are communicable diseases?
A disease is persistently present in a community or common among a group of people. What term describes this pattern?
What is endemic?
A public health program is designed to prevent disease, cure or reduce the severity of an existing disease, or restore function lost through disease or injury. What broad term from the vocabulary describes the activity?
What is an intervention?
A virus or bacterium that can cause disease is an example of this.
What is a pathogen?
This measure combines the years of life lost because of premature mortality with the years of healthy life lost because of disability.
What is a DALY?
Cardiovascular disease and diabetes are examples of this type of disease.
What are noncommunicable diseases?
A health department observes that the number of cases of a disease is above what is normally expected in the population in a specific area. What is this called?
What is an epidemic?
A community organization teaches residents how to understand health information while helping them gain greater control over factors affecting their health. Which vocabulary term specifically emphasizes empowerment, health literacy, and multisectoral action?
What is health promotion?
An organism such as a mosquito that can transmit an infectious pathogen between humans, or from animals to humans, is called this.
What is a vector?
A city invests in housing, education, employment conditions, and other aspects of residents' environments because these circumstances can affect health and quality of life. The vocabulary term that specifically describes these circumstances is what?
What are social determinants of health?
A patient has a condition that began gradually and requires management over several years. According to the vocabulary definitions, which term describes the time course of the condition, rather than whether it is infectious?
What is chronic?
An infectious disease has spread across several countries or continents and affects many people. What term from the vocabulary specifically describes this situation?
What is a pandemic?
A health department develops activities specifically aimed at primary and secondary prevention, with the stated goal of minimizing the burden of disease and its associated risk factors. Which vocabulary term most specifically describes these activities?
What is disease prevention?
Researchers are investigating an infectious disease transmitted by mosquitoes. They identify the infectious organism responsible for causing the disease and separately identify the living organism responsible for transmitting it. What are these two terms, respectively?
What are a pathogen and a vector?