HLTB16H3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Health Promotion, Cholera, Pasteurization
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Week 8 health promotion and disease prevention. Definition and focus in health promotion: (cid:862)health pro(cid:373)otio(cid:374)(cid:863, definition, also, (cid:272)alled (cid:862)pri(cid:373)ordial preve(cid:374)tio(cid:374)(cid:863, focus: actions to help people maximize control over and improve health, usually aimed at enhancing resistance to adverse effects of physical and social environment. Four pillar strategy (harm reduction: prevention, treatment, harm reduction, enforcement. Week 9 public health in the context of infectious disease. Direct physical contact between infected individual and susceptible host (body surface to body surface) Infectious agent is deposited on surface and survives to be transmitted to susceptible host who touches surface. By coughing and sneezing, large droplets can be projected up to 1 meter: non-contact. Transmitted by aerosols (small droplets) that contain the organism. Single contaminated source spreads infection (common source or point source) Immunize: example: vaccines cause immunity in individuals and populations. Week 10 - public health in the context of chronic and genetic diseases.
