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health promotionanswer assessing the health of our community, planning activities to
help our participants to gain some control over their health to improve their health;
emphasis on helping people change their lifestyles and move toward a state of
optimal health
impact of health promotionanswer Health promotion impacts communities; health
promotion activities can also impact an entire system; involves all levels of preventionto
promote health across the lifespan.
Goals of Healthy People 20/20answer provides science-based, 10 year national ob-
jectives for promoting health and preventing disease--1) to eliminate preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death; 2) to achieve health equity, eliminate
disparities, and improve the health of all groups; 3) to create social and physical en-
vironments that promote good health for all; and 4) to promote healthy development
and healthy behaviors across every stage of life
determinants of healthanswer factors which influence an individual's or population's
health; influences include the availability and access toanswer high quality education,
nutritious food, decent and safe housing, affordable, reliable public transportation,
culturally sensitive health care providers, health insurance, and clean water and non-
polluted air
MAPPanswer Mobilizaing for Action through Planning & Partnerships; this tool helps
communities improve health and quality of life through community-wide strategic
planning; communities seek to achieve optimal health by identifying and using their
resources wisely, taking into account their unique circumstances and needs, and
forming effective partnerships for strategic action
Principles of MAPPanswer systems thinking, dialogue, shared vision, data, partner-
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ships and collaboration, strategic thinking, and celebration of successes
incidenceanswer the number of people in a population who develop the condition
duringa specified period of time (number of new cases over a period of time;
rateanswer (# of newcases of disease/total population at risk)x100,000
prevalenceanswer the total number of people in the population who have the
conditionat a particular time; rateanswer (# of existing cases of disease/# of in total
popula- tion)x100,000
infant mortality rate (IMR)answer # of infant deaths (before age of 1 yr) during the year
is divided by the # of live births (infants born alive) during that year (multiply answerby
1000 to obtain meaningful rate)
importance of IMR (in epidemiology)answer because IMR is influenced by a varietyof
biologic and environmental factors affecting the infant and mother, the IMR is botha
direct measure of infant health and an indirect measure of community health as a
whole
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relative riskanswer compares the risk of developing the health condition for the popu-
lation exposed to the factor with the risk for the population not exposed to the factor;
indicates the benefit that might accrue to the person if the risk factor is removed;
rateanswer incidence among those exposed/incidence rate among those not exposed
Census (epidemiology data)answer source of epidemiological community data; most
comprehensive source of health-related data for the US; age, race, and sex along with
factors such as employment, income, migration and education; used to calculaterates
(denominator)--collected every 10 yrs
Vital Statistics (epidemiology data)answer data that describe legally registered events
such as births, deaths, marriages, and divorces; obtained from CDC's Na-tional Center
for Health Statistics and U.S. Public health Service--collected on anongoing basis
Notifiable Disease Reports (epidemiology data)answer data collected on diseases
based on the ability to cause death, and communicability of the disease; notificationof
public health officials of diseases posing a threat to large populations provides aninitia
starting point for local epidemiologic investigations
vital record linkage (epidemiology data)answer connects data and information con-
tained in two or more medical, or mortality records, and other vital event records;
provides excellent sources of information on the courses of diseases, demographic
data, health are services utilization, fertility, maternal health issues, child health
concerns, chronic disease tracking, and the natural history of specific disease or
morbidity related events
medical and hospital records (epidemiology data)answer provide valuable informa-tion
for community health research; but do not provide a completely representativeor
valid picture of community health
