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This field studies health and illness while considering culture and society.
What is Medical Anthropology
This indicator shows how long a newborn is expected to live under current mortality trends.
What is life expectancy at birth
What field of study examines patterns of disease, injury, and death within populations?
What is epidemiology.
This approach combines multiple fields to understand complex health problems.
What is Interdisciplinary Research
Measured per 100,000 live births per year, this statistic reflects the risk of dying from pregnancy or childbirth.
What is the maternal mortality ratio
What term describes an outbreak of disease that spreads across a wide geographical area, such as a continent?
What is a pandemic?
This perspective examines the relationship between people and their environment
What is Ecological perspective
This WHO term describes the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.
What are the social determinants of health.
Who investigated the 1854 cholera outbreak in London and connected it to a contaminated water pump?
Who is John Snow?
This case demonstrated the connection between cultural practices and disease.
What is Kuru
Because most deaths under age 1 occur early, this indicator focuses only on the first 28 days of life.
What is the neonatal mortality rate.
What measure describes the average number of years a person from a specific population is expected to live?
What is life expectancy?
This factor can influence beliefs about illness and healthcare practices.
What is Culture
This environmental determinant is a major contributor to diarrheal disease in young children (Also a UN Sustainable Development Goal)
What is lack of clean water and sanitation
What can public health leaders develop using epidemiological data to prevent disease and improve community health?
What are public health programs?