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germ theory of disease: - Answer an accepted scientific theory stating microorganisms, also
called pathogens or germs, can cause disease by invading humans, animals, or living hosts
penicillin: - Answer a medication used to treat infections that was discovered in 1928 by
Alexander Fleming and was one of the first medications against bacterial infections that had
previously killed many people
evidence-based medicine: - Answer an interdisciplinary approach that bases the treatment
of a health concern on the best available current research
Shattuck Report: - Answer a report written by Lemuel Shattuck in 1850 identifying public
health needs for Massachusetts; the report identified the importance of data such as birth and
death statistics to verify the cause and effect of poor hygiene on preventable diseases
pasteurization: - Answer heating liquids at high temperatures within a short period to kill
harmful microbes (bacteria) in milk, thus keeping foods safe and not affecting the nutritional
quality
vaccine: - Answer a prepared substance administered by injection, orally, or sprayed into the
nose to stimulate the body's immune response against a disease
community health: - Answer the health status of a defined geographic area with similar
characteristics
public health: - Answer the science of improving health and preventing and researching
disease states
community health assessment: - Answer the practice of conducting assessments of
populations at the local or state level
mortality: - Answer a measure of the number of deaths in a population
morbidity: - Answer the symptom or the amount of disease within a population
health determinants: - Answer conditions that affect the health of a community, such as safe
housing, transportation, racism, discrimination, job opportunities, language, and literacy skills
, intervention: - Answer an action taken to improve (in the case of health) a health problem to
mitigate the harm resulting from the problem
socio-ecological model of health: - Answer factors that can affect health and explores the
relationship among health, the individual, the group, and the community
individual factors: - Answer the influence on an individual's behavior, for example, their
knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and personality
interpersonal factors: - Answer the interactions with others, which may provide support or
create barriers to interpersonal growth
institutional and organizational factors: - Answer the rules, regulations and policies, and
formal structures that promote or constrain healthy behaviors
community factors: - Answer the formal or informal social norms that exist among
individuals, groups, or organizations that may limit or enhance healthy behaviors
public policy factors: - Answer the local, state, and federal policies and laws that regulate or
support health and practices for disease prevention
PRECEDE-PROCEED model: - Answer provides the structure for planning a focused public
health program with steps focused on the implementation and evaluation of the healthcare
program
PRECEDE - Answer -Predisposing
-Reinforcing
-Enabling
-Constructs in Educational
-Environmental
-Diagnosis
-Evaluation
PROCEED - Answer -Policy
-Regulatory
-Organizational
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