Unit 1
Broad Multidimensional concept (including positive and negative) aspects of life
What is quality of life
is to identify gaps between what exists and what ought to exist so that you can design a program to reduce those gaps.
what is a goal of needs assessment
Sender -> Message -> Medium -> Receiver
What is the Health Communication Model?
What does HIPAA stand for
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
When a doctor reports diseases to the state.
What is disease Registries?
a 5 level pyramid discussing the different levels of needs in one's life.
What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?
a planned course of action to guide decisions, and to enact true change from your program, policies in the area must change to support it
What is a policy?
Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO)
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
Point of Service (POS)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
what are private health insurance?
a third element that is either an animal, insect, hard surface, or food
What is an indirect mode of transmission?
type of research that takes place in a field and not in a laboratory.
What is Ethnography?
Prodromal Period -> Fastigium Period -> Defervescence Period -> Convalescence
What is Disease Progression?
The reason why someone may continue in a certain behavior that may be a threat to themselves or others.
Perceived threat of Behavior
the way people perceive the events in their lives (optimistic or pessimistic)
can lengthen healing time and worsen course of illness
What is the explanatory style?
an assessment of the program costs & how they relate to the success of the program.
What is Cost-Effectiveness?
the immediate response (positive or negative) to the stressor
initial physiological response generated by in the hypothalamus activate the sympathetic nervous system
What is the alarm phase of GAS?
When you have thyroid dysfunction but then you get diagnosed with cardiac issues.
What is Comorbidity?
people changing their behavior because they know they are being watched thus not giving usable data.
What is Observer Effect?
When the motivation behind an advocacy movement comes from people rather than city officials or local health educators.
What is Grassroot Activities?
The federal program offers health plans and services to people age 65 or older and people under age 65 with certain disabilities.
What is Medicare?
looking more at the prevention of health problems more than treating them.
What is the public health paradigms?
Having a population based prevention program to improve health over the years.
What is measurable public health?
6 Parts: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, evaluation
What is Bloom’s taxonomy: cognitive domain
A form of personal communication with legislators (local, state, or federal) through writing letters, calling, visiting, or emailing.
What is legislative advocacy?
Interventions that have been proven effective in multiple settings and populations.
What is Best Practices?
dependent on people involved, nature, quality of the message and the medium of delivery.
What is effective communication?