PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Group A Streptococcal Infection, Multiple Drug Resistance, Cysticercosis
Document Summary
Conquest of infectious diseases (ch. 9), resurgence of inf. Prevention of disease and injury: population and individual focus. Primary prevention: prevent onset of disease and injury (like infrastructure change) Secondary prevention: ensure disease does not get worse (like community education campaigns, screenings) Tertiary prevention: ensure effective treatments (equitable access to affordable health care) Primary prevention: prevent onset of disease and injury by altering exposures or behaviors (exercise, vaccinate) Secondary prevention: early clinical screening to treat diseases early (mammogram) Tertiary prevention: aims to minimize negative impact of ongoing treatment. Infectious diseases: major killers in the past in europe/us. *we still have these diseases in areas that do not have access to safe water, sanitation, and health food and nutrition. Public health measures in the west/us that conquered diseases. Tuberculosis, cholera, typhoid, tetanus, diphtheria, dysentery, streptococci, staphylococci, syphilis. Malaria, pinworms, roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms, cryptosporidiosis, giardiasis.
