Unit 1 Vocabulary
A group of people working collaboratively to keep people healthy.
What is public health?
Three differences between medical care and public health are:
What are
1) Medical care is individuals vs PH is about groups.
2) Medical care is about healing a patient vs PH is about prevention.
3) Medical care can be accepted or rejected by a patient vs PH requires govt intervention.
The SDoH that focuses on the safety of a community is...
What is Neighborhood and Built Environment?
The definition of equality.
What is everyone being treated the same way and given the same resources?
Getting a flu vaccine is an example of this level of prevention because it stops a disease before it happens.
What is primary prevention?
Defining the problem, designing a plan, and enforcing the plan.
What is assessment, policy development, and assurance?
The four factors in an epidemiological triad are:
What are the host, agent, environment, and vector?
The SDoH that has to do with schooling or learning is...
What is Education Access and Quality?
Non-medical factors that influence health.
What are the Social Determinants of Health?
This U.S. federal agency tracks disease outbreaks, promotes health education, and responds to public health emergencies.
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)?
A disease/outbreak in a limited region that is more common.
What is an epidemic?
The three P's of Public Health are:
What are:
Promotion
Protection
Prevention
The SDoH that has to do with finances is...
What is Economic Stability?
The definition of equity.
What is treatment/care is individualized so that it aligns with their circumstances?
Public health campaigns like anti-smoking ads or seatbelt safety posters are examples of this type of strategy.
What is health promotion?
A widespread disease/outbreak that leads to economic loss and is less common.
What is a pandemic?
What are seatbelts, shin guards, helmets, knee pads, etc.
The SDoH that is related to medical care received and the condition of care is...
What is Healthcare Quality and Access?
The purpose of the SDoH.
What is lowering the risk for disease and addressing health disparities?
Smoking, poor diet, and lack of physical activity are known as these types of risk factors because they involve choices and habits.
What are behavioral risk factors?
The six core areas of public health are: epidemiology, biostatistics, occupational health, ...
What are Environmental Health, Health Policy and Management, & Social and Behavioral Sciences
Preventions have three levels. The three levels and their general definition are:
What are:
1) Primary prevention: Totally prevents injury/illness by limiting exposure entirely.
2) Secondary prevention: Minimize the severity of an injury/illness.
3) Tertiary prevention: Manage chronic diseases by using rehab services or medical intervention.
The SDoH that has to do with relationships with other is...
What is Social and Community Context?
The unjust and preventable differences in health status, disease burden, and access to healthcare between different population groups.
What is health disparities?
Poor air quality, contaminated water, and exposure to toxic chemicals are examples of this type of factor that can impact population health.
What are environmental health hazards?