Famous People
vocab
Health Organizations/programs
UW Madison
100

He is known as the father of Epidemology

Who is John Snow?

100

An outbreak of a disease that spreads worldwide

What is a Pandemic?

100

federal programs that provide health coverage to those 65+ and low-income

What is Medicare and Medicaid

100

place where students can get free vaccines and other medical and mental health services 

What is University Health Services (UHS)?

200

She was a British nurse who is considered the founder of modern nursing!

Who is Florence Nightingale?

200

the delay or refusal of vaccination despite the availability of immunization services for various reasons.

What is vaccine hesitancy?

200

This organization provides information and statistics regarding the prevalence of diseases in the United States.

What is the Center of Disease Control?

200

Office that provides accommodations and resources for students with disabilities in order to increase accessibility.

What is McBurney Disability Resource Center?

300

He was an English rural physician who invented a vaccination for smallpox.

Who is Edward Jenner?

300

this disease is carried by mosquitos and has a large burden of disease.

What is Malaria?

300
This organization provides general information about diseases around the world.
What is the World Health Organization?
300

organization that brings therapy dogs to student spaces especially in times of high stress such as finals

What is dogs on call?

400

A physician who became known as the father of medicine hint: physicians take this oath!

Who is Hippocrates?

400

conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that influence a person's health and well being. 

What are the social determinants of health?

400

federal program that provides food benefits to low-income families so they can afford nutritious food essential to health and well-being

What is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)?

400

student org on campus where volunteers make a meal that anyone in the community can enjoy!

What is Slow Food?

500

GHA's faculty advisor 

Who is Lori DiPrete Brown?

500

a set of 17 interconnected global goals adopted by the United Nations in 2015 as a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure peace and prosperity for all by the year 2030

What are The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

500
This organization responsible for protecting the public health by assuring the safety, efficacy and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, and products that emit radiation.
What is Food and Drug Administration?
500

An organization that focuses on education and research in order to embrace a global health ethic that fosters deeper understanding of the complex determinants of health and disease for people, animals, and ecosystems through a One Health model.

What is The Global Health Institute?

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