Older Adult
True or False?
Older adults are more vulnerable to acquiring a communicable disease and at higher risk for morbidity and mortality from it.
True!
Total number of individuals in a population who have a disease or health condition at a specific period of time
Prevalence
Calculated by: Total number of cases/ Total population
A person, already residing in the United States; a refugee who fled their home country due to a well-founded fear of persecution
Asylee
This vulnerable population has increased incidence of TB, poor nutrition, and often live in poor substandard housing
Migrant workers
Examples include teaching good nutrition, providing information on immunizations, providing information on health hazards and use of PPE
Primary Prevention
Name 3 of the 5 vaccines recommended for Adults over 65
1. Pneumonia
2. Influenza
3. Covid-19
4. Shingles
5. Tdap
Name 2 of the 3 levels in the Public Health Intervention Wheel
1. Individual level
2. Community level
3. Systems level
This type of homelessness includes everyone who is living without adequate shelter
Primary Homelessness
This vulnerable population is at higher risk of substance use disorders, mental health issues, and communicable diseases such as hepatitis and HIV
Incarcerated
Tertiary Prevention
The most common form of unintentional injury and one of the leading causes of injury and death in the older adult
Falls
This term describes avoidable gaps in health outcomes
Health inequity
This type of homelessness includes those staying in a temporary form of housing (living with friends/family, or in shelter)
Secondary homelessness
This vulnerable population is at increased risk for communicable diseases, suicide, mental health issues, and substance use disorders
Homeless
This public health prevention strategy is focused on changing individual behaviors (promoting exercise, smoking cessation, etc.)
Behavioral Prevention
Name 2 of the 3 emerging communicable diseases in adults over 50
1. HIV
2. STIs (Sexually transmitted infections)
3. HCV (Hepatitis C)
Name 2 Social Determinants of Health
1. Income (Poverty)
2. Education (access, quality)
3. Access to care
4. Neighborhood & Environment
5. Social/Community context
Name 3 vulnerable populations
1. Incarcerated
2. Immigrants
3. Migrants
4. Asylees
5. Homeless
6. LGBTQ+
This vulnerable population is at higher risk for communicable diseases, suicide, mental health issues, substance use disorders, and being a victim of violence
LGBTQ+
This public health prevention strategy focuses on improving the safety of the environment (laws against drunk driving, clean air acts, etc.)
Environmental Prevention
Name 2 of the 3 main reasons the elderly are at increased vulnerability to communicable diseases
1. Decreased Immunity
2. Existence of comorbid illness
3. Undernutrition
This is a composite measure of the interrelated concepts of income, education, and occupation.
(ie: people with a lower level of this have increased vulnerability to poor health)
Socioeconomic status (SES)
This approach aims to prevent problems from happening in the first place- looking at larger community-based interventions (removing fried food, adding affordable healthy options in neighborhood)
Upstream Thinking
A health plan developed to eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy
Healthy People 2030
This public health prevention strategy uses a one-to-one delivery method between health-care provider and patient or family
Clinical Prevention