Important People
Who is credited for being the Father of Epidemiology?
Who is John Snow
Preventing the disease from occurring is what phase of prevention?
What is Primary prevention
What is the most common cause of death in the united states?
What is Heart disease/ Cardiovascular disease
What is Pulic Health?
What are the efforts of society to promote health and prevent disease in an entire population, rather than focusing on the treatment of individuals
What chronic disease is a leading cause of heart disease and stroke, and affects how your body processes sugar?
What is Diabetes
Who was responsible for developing the small pox vaccine?
Who is Edward Jenner?
Immunizations are an example of what prevention phase?
What is active primary prevention
What are ways to prevent foodborne illnesses?
What is washing hands, washing fruits and vegetables, proper cooking techniques, as well as proper cooking temperatures
What are Social Determinants of health?
What are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and work in that affect their quality of life
What are the 3 P's of Public Health?
What are Promotion, Prevention, and Protection
Who was responsible for identifying and preventing childbed fever which later led to sanitation practices?
Who is Ignaz Semmelweis
Which type of prevention is best for early detection and timely prevention?
What is Active surveillance
Implementing healthy habits can reduce which type of disease?
What is Chronic disease
What is the difference between morbidity and mortality?
What is morbidity focuses on the disease within a population, while mortality focuses on the death
What is the most common communicable disease in children?
What is the common cold?
Who discovered penicillin, which led to the introduction of antibiotics?
Who is Alexander Fleming
Which prevention phase utilizes screenings for infectious diseases?
What is Secondary prevention
What are some ways that germs spread?
What are sneezing, coughing, touching contaminated surfaces, or contaminated bodily fluids
What is a epidemic?
What is a sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease within a population
Which country has the most expensive health insurance?
What is the United States
Who is the father of medicine?
Who is Hippocrates
Which prevention phase focuses on increasing survival rates after a diagnosis?
What is Tertiary prevention
What is the difference between communicable disease and non-communicable disease?
What is communicable diseases can be passed from person to person (flu), while non-communicable diseases cannot (diabetes)
What is Epidemiology?
What is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related stages or events in a specific population
How long is a "power nap"?
What is 20-30 minutes