Basic Concepts
Name a career in Public Health...
Public Health Educator, Community Health Worker, Epidemiologist, PH Nurse
An epidemic that spreads across multiple countries or continents is known as this
pandemic
The water crisis in this Michigan city raised national awareness about lead contamination
Flint Water Crisis
What is an epidemiologist?
Professionals who study disease and work to identify cause and risk factors
What is the fifth sign in the zodiac?
Leo
Who pioneered sanitation reform after there was a large outbreak of Cholera in London in 1854.
John Snow
Measles, Ebola, The Flu, Norovirus,
Explain the Ebola Outbreak in 2014 - 2016, what caused it, why did it spread?
Unsanitary conditions for meat (specifically bats) and then the lack of education around disease spread -- spreading from bodily fluids from person to person
What does WHO stand for?
World Health Organization
What does the acronym "MRI" stand for?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Name 2 different social determinants of health:
economic stability
education access and quality
health care access and quality
the neighborhood and built environment
social and community context
When enough people are immune from a disease (primarily through vaccination) that the disease no longer spreads
Current epidemic in America due to increased availability of processed foods, larger portion sizes, and reduced physical activity due to technology and car-dependent communities
Obesity Epidemic
Why are two effects of lead poisoning in children?
- Brain/Nervous System Damage
- Lower IQ, Learning Disabilities, Delayed Development (Speech, Language, Motor Skills)
- Mood Swings
- Hearing Loss, Fatigue, Headaches, Kidney and Organ Damage
What U.S. sports company's original name was Blue Ribbon Sports?
Nike
Difference between mortality and morbidity.
Mortality rate is number of deaths
Morbidity rate is number of ppl suffering/being affected by a disease/illness
Measles has an R0 (R-Naught) of R12 - 18
What does this mean?
meaning a single infected person could infect 12 to 18 other people in a population with no immunity
What are the connections that we see in the populations where public health crisis happen?
- Usually low income, marginalized groups, lower socioeconomic and education
- VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
This job involves analyzing data, designing surveys, and using statistics to guide public health decisions
Biostatistician
What is the best selling album of all time?
Thriller - Michael Jackson
What are the 3 P's of public health
Prevention, Promotion, Protection
Explain one way a vaccine is created/works in the body?
training the body's immune system to recognize and fight specific disease-causing germs -- introducing the virus to the system so that our body builds antibodies against it
What were the contributing factors that lead to the opioid epidemic?
- Aggressive marketing and incentives by pharmaceutical companies
- Over prescription by doctors
- Targeting vulnerable - working populations looking for pain relief
- Misleading information from drug companies and the FDA
Can you name at two agencies that help oversee and run public health in the United States:
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
What is the rarest blood type?
AB Negative