DEFINITIONS
a disease (such as influenza, malaria, meningitis, rabies, or tetanus) caused by the entrance into the body of pathogenic agents or microorganisms (such as bacteria, viruses, protozoans, or fungi) which grow and multiply there
What is an infectious disease?
This was the first municipality in Montana to adopt practices that were part of the sanitary reform movement of the late 1800s.
What is Butte?
The acronym “CDC” stands for_.
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
It is part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It provides federal leadership and funding in the prevention and control of diseases.
These public health workers may inspect a restaurant, or provide a percolation test for a septic system all in the same day.
What is a Sanitarian or Environmental Health Specialist?
This activity was highly emphasized by public health officials during 2020.
What is washing your hands?
This term refers to the continuous and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data to inform public health practices and decision-making. It helps identify health problems, track disease outbreaks, and evaluate the effectiveness of health interventions.
What is surveillance?
The development of a Montana State Board of Health in 1901, providing public health authority to address contagious diseases, was inspired by an outbreak of this communicable disease.
What is smallpox?
This public health program, sometimes call the special supplemental nutrition program for women and children, was established in 1975, and provides healthcare and nutrition to low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and children under the age of five.
What is WIC (women, infant and children)?
These professionals focus on the human population, aimed to control the spread of infectious diseases.
What is an Epidemiologist?
Washing hands, fruits and vegetables before eating, thawing properly, storing properly, keeping hot foods hot and cold foods cold, avoiding cross contamination and cooking meats to correct temperature are all practices to prevent this.
What is a Foodborne Illnesses.
Foodborne illnesses are a burden on public health and contribute significantly to the cost of health care.
The study of distribution and determinants of disease frequency in human populations.
What is Epidemiology?
Montana's public health system follows this structure of authority, essentially moving the delegation of power from a central authority (the State) to regional and local authorities (58 county, city-county and tribal agencies).
What is a 'decentralized' public health system?
The headquarters of the CDC is located in this United States city.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
These public health professionals provide and manage education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles.
What is a health promotion specialist or health educator?
_ is a critical part of health and development.
A. Nutrition
B. Sports
C. Video games
D. Getting good grades
What is nutrition.
Better nutrition is related to improved infant, child and maternal health, stronger immune systems, safer pregnancy and childbirth, lower risk of non-communicable diseases (such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease), and longevity. Malnutrition, in every form, presents significant threats to human health. Today the world faces a double burden of malnutrition that includes both undernutrition and overweight, especially in low- and middle-income countries.
These are non-medical factors affecting health, like socioeconomic status, and geographic location. Addressing these can enhance health and lead to better outcomes.
What are Social Determinants of Health (SDoH)?
Local and Tribal Health Departments complete these strategic plans every few years to understand the public health needs of their communities.
What is Community Health Assessment?
This federal agency was established on April 1, 1979, by President Jimmy Carter to coordinate disaster response efforts in the U.S.
What is FEMA (federal emergency management agency)?
These public health professionals are a trusted member of a community who provides basic health services, promotes wellness, and connects individuals to health and social services. They often help educate their communities about health issues and advocate for those with limited access to resources.
What is a Community Health Worker?
These programs can contribute to improved public health by reducing unnecessary waste which harms the environment and in turn, negatively impacts global health outcomes.
What is recycling?
This term refers to the occurrence in a community or geographic area of a disease at a rate that clearly exceeds the normally expected rate.
What is an epidemic?
Communities that Care is a state-wide evidence-based system that decreases risk factors and increases protection factors to accomplish this.
What is improve youth outcomes?
This federal program delivers services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners every step of the way.
What is Head Start?
These public health professionals wear many hats. They often hold leadership positions in health departments (like Health Officer), run vaccine clinics, oversee emergency services, and manage county health department budgets.
What is a public health nurse?
In 2023, this vegetable caused a foodborne outbreak at a restaurant in Bozeman. A total of 51 people with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms were reported as part of this outbreak, including three hospitalizations and two deaths.
What are morel mushrooms?
This was an example of public health surveillance, testing, and communication.