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BSNC 1000 MODULES 1-5 MIDTERM Examwith Verified solutions| Rated A+ Latest Update 2024
What are the four subcomponents of population health? - ✔✔epidemiology; chronic disease
management; illness and injury prevention; health promotion
what is population health? - ✔✔Aims to improve health inequalities by examining and acting upon a
broad range of factors and conditions that determine health
define incidence - ✔✔The number or rate of new cases of a particular condition during a specific time.
Define prevalence - ✔✔number of total cases of a disease in a given area during a given period of time
Define morbidity - ✔✔proportion of population with disease
Define mortality - ✔✔the incidence of death in a population
what is the community perspective? - ✔✔word of mouth; what is accessible; media
what is the healthcare perspective? - ✔✔evidence and science based; articles/peer reviewed journals;
experience
Define disease - ✔✔an abnormal state in which the body is not performing normal functions
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, Define chronic disease - ✔✔an ongoing condition or illness
how does social support impact health? - ✔✔promotes both happiness and health; poor social
relationships can be an important risk factor for smoking and obesity
how does income and social status impact health? - ✔✔level of income shapes overall living
conditions, affects psychological functioning and influences health-related behaviours like quality of
diet --> access to better resources
how does education and literacy impact health? - ✔✔can lead to a better job, higher income, greater
health literacy and understanding the difference between unhealthy and health behaviours
how do employment and working conditions impact health? - ✔✔no job can lead to higher rates of
stress, mental health issues, and poverty --> lack of resources from low income
how does the social environment impact health? - ✔✔( support and resources available in the
community)
- lack of social environment can lead to isolation and poor mental health which can cause bad health
behaviours
what are examples of physical environments that can impact health? - ✔✔air quality/pollution, water,
food, housing, natural disasters (hurricanes, droughts, floods), accessibility to human-built resources
(playgrounds, workplaces, public transport)
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, how does personal health practices and coping skills impact health? - ✔✔can prevent diseases and
enhance health
--> good self-care and coping mechanisms for stress
how can child development impact health? - ✔✔lack of exposures and experiences can prevent future
diseases
--> no exposure to second hand smoking, emotional, social and educational needs are met
how does our genetics and biology impact health? - ✔✔can predispose us to certain illnesses
--> sickle cell anemia
how does our access to health services impact our health? - ✔✔accessible to all for health maintenance,
promotion, protection, disease prevention, and treatment if population health is to be achieved.
how does gender impact health? - ✔✔indicates that some health problems and health practices are
gender specific
--> example, men are more likely than women to die prematurely from heart disease
how does culture impact health? - ✔✔predispose some groups to certain diseases; implications for
access to care.
what is the epidemiological triad? - ✔✔agent, host, environment
--> example
agent: common cold
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, host: you
environment: outside
What is the web of causation? - ✔✔schematic of how agents work together to cause disease
--> multiple contributors
what is primary prevention? - ✔✔activities seek to prevent the occurrence of a disease or injury
--> administering individual and mass immunizations
-->organizing community vaccination programs for influenza --> educating a community about the impor
tance of handwashing to prevent the spread of infection.
what is secondary prevention? - ✔✔seek to detect a disease early in its progression; before clinical signs
and symptoms become apparent, to make a diagnosis and begin treatment
--> health screening programs to assess vision and hearing or to detect breast cancer, cervical cancer,
hypertension, and scoliosis.
what is tertiary prevention? - ✔✔after the condition has occurred; the goals are to interrupt the course
of the disease, reduce the amount of disability that might occur, and begin rehabilitation
--> cardiac rehabilitation at a local wellness center for groups of clients who have been recently
discharged from hospital following a cardiovascular event
what is involved in chronic disease management (CDM)? - ✔✔-> ongoing, planned, and integrated
approach within an easily navigated system
-> multidisciplinary approach
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