Germs & Getting Sick
What is one of the simplest and best ways to prevent germs from spreading?
What is hand washing?
Fever, coughing, vomiting, and a sore throat are examples of these clues that can help public health workers understand an illness.
What are symptoms?
Clean drinking water, safe parks, and healthy food options are examples of things that can affect this.
What is Community Health?
You can get sunburned even when it’s cloudy outside.
What is Fact?
During a power outage, using this instead of candles is a safer way to see in the dark and lowers the risk of a fire.
What is a flashlight?
This is usually given as a shot and helps your body build protection against diseases like the flu and COVID-19.
What is a vaccine?
A public health detective notices that most people who got sick attended the same event. This pattern can help them identify a possible ____ of the illness.
What is a source?
This public health professional teaches people about healthy behaviors, disease prevention, and ways to improve their health.
What is a health educator?
If you swallow chewing gum, it stays in your stomach for seven years.
What is Myth? Your body can’t fully digest gum, but it usually passes through your digestive system and leaves your body within a few days.
This is a collection of important supplies your family can use during an emergency, such as water, food, flashlights, and first-aid supplies.
What is an emergency kit?
When an illness can spread from one person to another, like the flu or a cold, it is described as ______.
What is contagious?
When several people get sick, public health workers ask questions and look for clues to find out what caused the illness. This is called an ______.
What is an investigation?
This local organization helps protect community health by providing services like vaccinations, health education, and disease prevention.
What is the health department?
You can get sick from being outside in the cold.
What is Myth? Being in the cold doesn't directly cause infection, infections are caused by germs!
If a hurricane or other emergency requires you to leave your home, knowing where you will go and how you will get there is part of having this.
What is an evacuation plan?
These tiny germs can cause illnesses like the flu, common cold, and COVID-19.
What is a virus?
Public health detectives may check the air, water, or surroundings in a community when trying to figure out what is making people sick. These are all part of the..
What is the environment?
This community place may provide meals or groceries to families who need extra help getting food.
What is a food pantry?
You can spread some illnesses to other people without even realizing you are sick.
What is Fact? Some infections can be contagious before symptoms even appear.
This person should live outside your area and can help your family communicate if local phone lines are busy.
What is an emergency contact?
When a lot of people in the same area suddenly get sick with the same illness, this is called an ______.
What is an outbreak?
When someone gets sick, public health workers may ask who they have been around recently. These people are called ______.
What are contacts?
A community without nearby doctors, clinics, or hospitals may have a harder time getting this when people are sick or injured.
What is access to healthcare?
Public health focuses more on treating individual people than preventing health problems across a community.
What is Myth? Public health focuses on keeping communities healthy by preventing illnesses, encouraging healthy habits, and helping people stay safe.
During some emergencies, officials may tell you to stay inside instead of evacuating. This safety action is called this.
What is sheltering in place?