SCN-195 Exam 1 Questions and
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Focus of Public Health in U.S until 1950s - Public health efforts have
focused upon the control of infectious diseases.
1970's Public Health Focus - Recognized that health promotion efforts
have great potential for reducing morbidity...
and Community Context, Health and Health Care, Neighborhood and Build
Environment.
Primary Prevention - ✔✔Prevention that forestalls the onset of illness or
injury (healthy/no disease)
Secondary Prevention - ✔✔Leads to early diagnosis and prompt treatment
of a disease or illness to limit the impact of the disease. (No symptoms)
Tertiary Prevention - ✔✔Includes retraining, reeducation, and rehabilitation
of an individual who has incurred disability or impairment (treatment).
(Diagnosed disease)
Focus of Health Promotion - ✔✔Modify risk factors - such as hand washing
, flu shot campaigns.
Epidemiology - ✔✔Study of the distribution of disease and determinants of
health-related states or events in specific populations, and the application
of this study to control health problems.
Cultural Competency - ✔✔Developmental process defined as a set of
values, principles, behaviors, attitudes, and policies that enable health
professionals to work effectively across racial, ethnic and linguistically
diverse populations.
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