Medical History
Most common reason prehistoric women had a shorter lifespan than prehistoric men
What is childbirth?
The father of epidemiology.
Who is John Snow.
Domain of wellness that does not hide feelings out of fear or embarrassment
What is emotional wellness?
Health care model that uses sickness funds from employee and employer.
What is the Bismarck Model?
An epidemic spreading over several countries or continents and affects a large number of people.
What is a pandemic?
Prehistoric treatment for headaches
What is trepanation?
The degree of severity of a disease in a population over time.
What is morbidity?
The recommended amount of calories from proteins in a 2,000 calorie diet.
What is 200-600 calories?
U.S. citizens covered by Medicare.
What are citizens over the age of 65?
A complication that occurs when the umbilical cord precedes the baby's exit.
What is cord prolapse?
Roman aqueducts carry
What is clean water to cities?
The international organization that collects annual health statistics.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
The most prevalent form of malnutrition.
What is overnutrition?
Health care model where only rich can afford healthcare
What is the Out-of-Pocket Model?
The 19th-century belief that microscopic animals caused disease.
What is the germ theory?
Ancient, male Chinese doctors used to diagnose their female patients
What is using ivory diagnostic dolls?
The sum of years of life lost due to disability or premature death.
What is Disability Adjusted Life Years (DALYs)?
This builds up in the blood of a person with type 2 diabetes.
What is glucose/sugar?
This model of health care is funded by the government through tax payments.
The 3 parts of the epidemiological triangle.
What are the host, agent, and environment?
The 4 body humors
What are blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile?
Anthrax, Tuberculosis, HIV, Smallpox and the Plague
The domain of wellness which involves developing close, long-lasting relationships with individuals.
What is interpersonal wellness?
Act that allows children to say on parents insurance until age 26
What is the Affordable Care Act?
The public health core area that would address risk factors associated with air pollution.
What is environmental health?