HLTB16H3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 34 pages long!)
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Ebola: it became an epidemic because of the very under developed health system, along with the lack of resources and. When thinking of public health, it"s just not about where we are with the growth in global travel, diseases just move along with people as they travel around. Public health: all organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole. (who) Components of public health system: federal agencies government agencies. Slts (state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments) Doctors have switched their main goal from curative medicine to preventive medicine (to avoid the possibility of getti(cid:374)g a disease or a health pro(cid:271)le(cid:373) to start (cid:449)ith (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es after you get it, it"s hard to (cid:272)ure) With public health we wants to put difference kind of focus at different locations. Dailys: public health insepctors looks at this for what is the disease burden at a particular time.
