Prevent onset of illness before evidence of symptoms/illness
Secondary Prevention
Early diagnosis & prompt treatment, limit effects
Tertiary Prevention
Rehabilitation efforts, treatment for late onset
Major Historical Eras
Ancient Greeks
Roman Empire
Middle Ages
Renaissance
Age of Enlightenment
Industrialization/Urbanization
Great Sanitary Awakening
Public Health Eras in America
-Prior to 1850: Battling Epidemics/Infectious Disease
-1850-1949: Building State & Local Public Health Infrastructure
, -1950-1985- Filling Gaps In Medical Care Delivery. Controlling Infectious Disease, SG Report on Smoking
-1985-2000 Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, Multiple Risk Factor Interventions, HIV/Aids
-200-present: Preparing for & responding to Community Health Threats, Population Health, Global
Collaboration, Health Care Access/ Insurance
Why is Public Health Important?
Prevent Mortality and Morbidity
QoL
Mitigating Disease and Disability
Ten Great Achievements, 1990-1999
1. Vaccinations
2. Motor Vehicle Safety
3. Safer Workplaces
4. Control of Infectious Diseases
5. Decline in Deaths from Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke
6. Safer/Healthier Foods
7. Healthier Mothers and Babies
8. Family Planning
9. Fluoridation of Drinking Water
10. Recognition of Tobacco use as a Health Hazard
Health Status Indicators
Life Expectancy at Birth and IMRs
Infant Mortality Rate
Number of Deaths in a year for every 1,000 Live Births
Neonatal deaths + Post Neonatal Deaths
Life Expectancy at Birth
~78.8 years
Maternal Mortality
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