HLTB16H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cerebrovascular Disease, Health Literacy, Cardiovascular Disease
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Early public health successes derived from understanding causes of specific diseases and interrupting cause- effect relationships. Resulted in dramatic disease in many infectious diseases. Think about how public health came up and the diseases which were most common at the time. Public health efforts were successful i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)8(cid:1004)(cid:1004)"s, o(cid:374)(cid:272)e they (cid:449)ere a(cid:271)le to figure out what caused the infectious disease: so like cholera, they found out it was water so then they prevented it. Now that disease is chronic, the causes are a lot more intense and in depth. (cid:862)leadi(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:448)s a(cid:272)tual causes of death. Leading: heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease, chronic lower respiratory tract disease, unintentional injuries, diabetes mellitus. Actual causes of death: tobacco use patterns of health and disease. Disease tends to be distributed in population according to predictable patterns. Identifiable groups based on age, sex, social status, ethnicity.
