Public Health focuses on correct answers preventing illness
Public Health Approach (5 steps) correct answers define the health problem, identify the
... [Show More] risk factors associated with the problem, develop and test interventions to control or prevent the cause of the problem, implement interventions to improve the health of the population, monitor those interventions to assess their effectiveness
Chronic Disease correct answers caused by lifestyle
Infectious Disease correct answers caused by an outside agent
John Snow correct answers Identified the cause of Cholera
Jeremy Bentham correct answers the idea of utilitarianism, the greatest good for the greatest number
Rene Dubos correct answers Author of the Mirage of Health
Mirage of Health -- 4 key points correct answers decline in mortality not due to laboratory medicine, western health is not optimal, there isn't a pill for everything (no magic bullet), population evolution is critical (where we live, how we're organized)
Edwin Chadwick correct answers identified differences in mortality rates among socioeconomic class lines in England
William Farr correct answers kept track of births, deaths, and marriages for the first compulsory health records in England as the Chief Statistician for the General Registrar's Office
Villerme correct answers correlated socioeconomic status and health in Paris using tax brackets (% tax exempt)
Market Justice correct answers Individual responsibility, minimal obligation to the common good, individual freedom
Social Justice correct answers fundamental rights & minimum levels of education, healthcare, income, housing, etc. the greater good
Disease Reporting Pathway correct answers person becomes ill, person seeks care, specimen obtained, lab tests for organism, culture confirmed case, reported to the Health Dept/CDC
Epidemiology correct answers Study of Epidemics
Descriptive Epidemiology correct answers creates hypotheses regarding what factors might be associated with disease and looks for similarities amongst the diseased [Show Less]