Defining Public Health 1
Public Health is: the _________ and _________ of _________ disease, _________ life, and _________ health.
Public Health is: the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health.
Public health is an approach to:
a. Preventing disease
b. Prolonging life
c. Promoting health
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
What is the definition of public health?
Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals".
What is a health outcome?
Events occurring as a result of an intervention.
What is the date of the first Ebola outbreak?
How long did this outbreak last?
How much did it cost?
December 26, 2013
2 years
$53 billion
Public Health aims to treat __________, not __________.
Public Health aims to treat groups of people, not individuals.
What is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide?
a. Heart
b. Lung
c. Brain
d. Skin
b. Lung
What is the difference between an endemic, epidemic, and pandemic?
Endemic: Naturally occurring
Epidemic: Unnatural spike in cases, tied to a particular geographic area/population.
Pandemic: Whole world is impacted.
What is a vulnerable population? Give at least 3 examples of vulnerable populations.
Vulnerable Populations are groups and communities at a higher risk for poor physical, psychological, or social health.
What is the date of the second Ebola outbreak?
How long did it last?
How much did it cost?
Early 2021
4 months
$100 million
Public Health aims to provide the _________ for the __________ of people.
Public Health aims to provide the maximum benefit for the largest number of people.
True or false?
Disease and injury are inevitable, but public health experts recognize that they’re not just entirely random occurrences, either.
True!
What is cultural competency?
Cultural competence is the ability to effectively interact with people from cultures different from one's own, especially through a knowledge and appreciation of cultural differences.
What is contact tracing?
The process of quickly identifying, assessing, and managing people who have been exposed to a disease to prevent additional transmission.
Who was patient zero in the 2013 and 2021 Ebola outbreaks?
2013: 2 year old boy in Guinea
2021: Nurse in S. Guinea
The word health can be traced back to the Old English word hale, which means __________ or ___________.
The word health can be traced back to the Old English word hale, which means wholeness or a thing that is complete.
Which year did the World Health Organization (WHO) define health?
1946
What type of pathogen causes Ebola?
What are the signs and symptoms of Ebola?
Virus
Fever, aches and pains in the muscles and joints, severe headache, weakness and fatigue, sore throat, loss of appetite, unexplained bleeding, gastrointestinal symptoms, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea, chest pain, shortness of breath, confusion, red eyes, skin rash, hiccups, and seizures.
What is the difference between health equity and health disparity?
Health equity is achieved when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being.
Health disparities preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health.
How many people contracted Ebola in the 2013 outbreak? How many people died?
How many people contracted Ebola in the 2021 outbreak? How many people died?
2013 outbreak:
Contracted: 28,639
Died: 11,316
2021 outbreak:
Contracted: 23
Died: 12
What is the goal of the American Public Health Association?
The American Public Health Association defines its goal as: “promoting and protecting the health of people and the communities where they live, learn, work, and play”
What is the World Health Organization's definition of health?
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of infirmity.
Priority is given to vaccinate the people in closet proximity to Patient Zero/infected.
Define patient zero.
The person identified as the first carrier of a communicable disease in an outbreak of related cases.
The 2021 Ebola outbreak led to a response system. List at least 5 things this response system activated.
-38 district emergency centers
-Team of epidemiologsists with contact tracers - who was exposed and when.
-Advanced rapid testing in city where started.
-Border screenings (2 million)
-Large-scale education campaign
-900 community mobilizers alerted public and suggested alternative burial practices.
-Vaccines