Epidemiology
This disease was considered eliminated in the US in 2000.
The federal act that sets standards for the protection of health information.
HIPAA
What does the EPA stand for?
The primary international body responsible for directing and coordinating health within the United Nations system.
World Health Organization (WHO)
Neighborhoods that lack access to affordable, healthy food options.
Food deserts
What outbreak did John Snow stop?
Cholera
This federal law aimed to increase affordability and access to health insurance.
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
What are the 3 Rs of waste management?
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Total number of years lost due to death and disability.
DALYs
The type of medical care that focuses on prevention and wellness.
Primary care
What is the epidemiological triangle?
Host, Agent, Environment
Medicare
What are harmful chemicals that can cause cancer?
Carcinogens
This medication is losing it's effectiveness due to misuse and is posing a major threat to global health.
Antibiotics
This concept focuses on providing everyone with the exact same resources regardless of need.
Equality
This causes Lyme disease or malaria and is often transmitted by a vector.
Biological agent
A fixed sum that a beneficiary must pay towards the cost of health care before insurance benefits begin.
Deductible
The study of adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms.
Toxicology
The phenomenon that describes how health problems in one country affect the rest of the world.
Interconnectedness
The greatest difference in life expectancy between counties in the United States.
A research design that embeds a case-control study within a larger, pre-existing prospective cohort study.
Nested case-control study
This type of analysis, often used for resource allocation, measures the benefit of a health intervention in terms of years added to life.
Quality-adjusted life year (QALY)
Chemicals that disrupt the normal functioning of the hormone system (often found in plastics).
Endocrine disruptors
How many UN Sustainable Development Goals are dedicated to health? Bonus points if you can name them.
1 - SDG 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all ages
Children living in poverty are about __ times more likely to have poor health compared to children in high-income households.
7