HLTH101 Lecture Notes - Measles Vaccine, Infant Mortality, Biomedicine

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH101
• Professor: Glenn Ward

Document Summary

Topic 3: causes of changes in human health status. Recall 1st principle # 2: we can learn the causes of changes in health. Over the past 150 y, there have been greatly reduced infectious disease rates in developed countries. Causes of the epidemiologic transition: socioeconomic development, improved nutrition, advances in public health, advances in biomedicine, socioeconomic development. Beginning in the late 1700, but accelerating during the 1800"s, there was increased social activism leading to improved working conditions, better labour laws, more universal education, etc. Perhaps through increased nutrition and creation of public health measures. As female literacy goes down, infant mortality rates go up: improved nutrition. Advances in public health resulted from sociopolitical efforts begun in the 1800"s. In hospitals, this led to the use of antiseptics and acceptance of the importance of cleanliness, leading to. In the early 1900"s in many regions, boards of health were created. Part of their responsibility was to report all cases of infectious disease.