Types of Preventions
The effort to prevent a disease
What is primary prevention?
The first case in a population
What is primary case?
An infected person or animal
What is a carrier?
Epidemics cause by a certain source
What is a common source?
The first case in a population
What is a primary case?
To change behavior in order to prevent a disease (ex. washing hands frequently)
What is active primary prevention?
People who have signs and symptoms of a disease but have not been diagnosed
What is suspect case?
Someone who has been exposed to a disease
What is an active carrier?
An epidemic that attacks a population
What is a pandemic?
One who becomes infected from the contact of someone who already carriers the disease
What is a secondary case?
Early detection of a disease that could help find a cure
What is secondary prevention?
People who have become infected from the contact of those who already carry the disease
What is secondary case?
One who has been exposed to disease but is asymptomatic
What is a healthy carrier?
An ongoing disease within a community
What is an endemic?
One who has the signs and symptoms of a disease but have not been diagnosed
What is a suspect case?
Efforts to limit disability from a disease or infection
What is tertiary prevention?
The first case brought to the attention of an epidemiologist
What is index case?
One who is in the early stages of infection and can transmit the disease
What is an incubatory carrier?
An increase of cases that are more than what is expected
What is an epidemic?
The first case brought to the attention of an epidemiologist
What is an index case?
Taking better care of oneself to prevent a disease (ex. eating healthier or taking vitamins)
What is passive primary prevention?
A standard that makes sure cases are being diagnosed consistently
What is case definition?
One who is still infectious while in the recovery stages
What is a convalescent carrier?
When disease spreads due to in person contact with those who carry the same disease
What is a mixed epidemic?
A standard that ensures cases are being diagnosed consistently
What is a case definition?