A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Organized community efforts designed to prevent disease and promote health.
public health
Focused on examining the health needs of entire populations with the goal of preventing
health problems.
population health
the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such
outcomes within the group
- looks at society and the society as a whole
,BIG GEMS
Behavior
Infection
Genetics
Geography
Environment
Medical care
Socioeconomic-cultural
health protection era
dates
common theme/ disease prevention and treatment
antiquity-1830s
authority based control of individual and community behaviors
no scientific basis
trial and error
1700s and public health had
lots of developments
Hygiene Movement
Date
Common treatments and prevention
,During this movement there was the miasma phase- what is it
1850-1880
Lots of quarantines
Dirty water—cholera, TB and other waterborne diseases
Organized sanitation efforts- focussed on unfair living conditions
Miasma phase- something that was odorous and noxious and people believed the
diseases were emanating from this — they were wrong it was due to water
Contagion control
Date
Common treatments and prevention
1880-1940s
Germ theory- Certain diseases are caused by the invasion of the body by
microorganisms
Microbes can cause disease, can be passed between individuals
Microbes specific to an illness
Demonstration of infection origins of disease
Strategies during this time
, Prevention
Isolation
Case-finding
Focused on individual behavior → STD's
james lind
Naval commander
Showed that lemons and citrus fruit could prevent and treat scurvy
1700s
edward jenner
Founded the concept of vaccines
Smallpox and cow pox
Jon snow
father of epidemiology
traced cholera outbreak in London to water contamination
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