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HLTH 4305 Exam 1 Pt 1 Graded A+_______ of the 30yrs of life expectancy that has been added to life is only due to
______________ ________________. - ANSWER-5 years
modern medicine
1700s period of ________________, _________________, and growth of cities -
ANSWER-revolution, industrialization, and growth of cities
advancements in microbiology and bacteriology dates: 1849, 1862, and 1875-1900 -
ANSWER-1849, Snow removes pump handle in London
1862, Pasteur proposes germ theory
1875-1900, bacteriological period of public health
autonomy (or individual freedom) - ANSWER-people must have the freedom to choose
their own way of being ethical within the framework of the other principles.
beneficence - ANSWER-doing good; actions that provide for the greater good of the
community
Caduceus - ANSWER-Recognized symbol for medicine; depicts a healing staff with two
snakes coiled around it. staff and serpent of the physician, was a symbol of the temples
of Asclepius
distributive justice - ANSWER-allocation of resources
during the 1800s overcrowding in cities, caused many public health problems like? -
ANSWER-smallpox, cholera, typhoid, and tuberculosis reached high endemic levels
during the middle ages, how did christians belief impact health? - ANSWER-believed
disease was caused by sin or disobeying God.
epidemiology - ANSWER-the branch of medicine that deals with the incidence,
distribution, and possible control of diseases and other factors relating to health. spread
of disease.
explain public health vs medical care - ANSWER--in medicine the patient is an
individual; in public health, the patient is the community.
-public health diagnoses the health of the community using the public health methods.
-treatment of a community can involve development of coalitions, new policies, and
interventions
-goal of medicine is to cure; goal of public health is to prevent disease, injury, etc.
explain the public health approach - ANSWER-1. define the health problem
, 2. identify risk factors associated with the problem.
3. develop and test community-level interventions to control or prevent the cause of the
problem.
4. implement interventions to improve the health of the population.
5. monitor interventions to assess their effectiveness
goodness is divided into two related principles: ________________________ and
_________________________ - ANSWER-nonmaleficence and beneficence
health education/social and behavioral sciences - ANSWER-why do people behave the
way they do? How do you influence people to change their habits or behaviors?
health policy and management (admin) - ANSWER-Health admin is a part of public
health (CHNA)
Hippocrates (460-377 BC) - ANSWER-Theory of disease causation
Distinguished between endemic & epidemic diseases
The first epidemiologist & father of medicine
honesty - ANSWER-at the heart of any moral relationship is communication; telling the
truth
how did the government institutionalize food safety? - ANSWER-- the Chicago Union
Stockyards
in Upton Sinclairs, The Jungle, exposed the exploited lives of immigrants in Chicago
(Union Stock Yards - meat packing) exposing health violations and unsanitary practices
how is healthy people [decade] developed? - ANSWER-Healthy People is a multiyear
process with input from a diverse group of subject matter experts, organizations, and
members of the public.
how is IRB relevant to public health? - ANSWER-- conduct risk-benefit analysis
- assure appropriate steps are taken to protect human rights and welfare of humans.
in ___________, ____________ _____________ on an Inquiry into the Sanitary
Conditions of the Laboring Populations of Great Britain - ANSWER-in 1842, Chadwick's
Report
in response to Sinclair's, The Jungle, what was done to ensure food safety? -
ANSWER-1906- meat inspection act
Jewish Chronic Disease Hospital Study - ANSWER-elderly hospitalized patients were
told they were in a research study, but were not told they were being injected with live
cancer cells to study the mechanism of immune reaction.
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