ANTC68H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Phenotype, Meta-Analysis, Structural Violence
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Farr: emphasized consistency in bills of mortality, redefined life table. Semmelweiss: connection b/w invisible invaders and poor health, washing hands and washing tools before practice. Fathers of microbiology: anton van leeuwenhoek, pasteur, koch. Org. must be isolated in sufferer and grown in pure culture. Injected boy with puss to prevent small pox. Infectious agents as well as noninfectious agents can cause diseases. Infectious: bacteria, rickettsia, viruses, prisons, protozoa, fungi, metazoan. Non-infectious: nutrition, poisons, allergens, metabolic disorders, hormonal disorders, genetic diseases, psychological disorders, physical factors. Indirect: water-borne, food-borne, soil-borne, needle-sharing, vector-borne, complex cycles. Incubation period: you have the disease but no symptoms. Infective/ infectious: able to transmit disease to others. Look at fixed values, physical features and compare across boundaries. Anthropology looks at culture to determine attributes that is considered imoportant. Look at individual behaviors and other non-biomedical paradigms. Rapid anthropological assessment: using field anthropology techniques to look at health behavior and health-seeking behavior from the perspective of the community.
