Miasma theory of disease - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Main thread in common in US public health achievements correct answers Prevention Public health program delivery correct answers Most public health programs are delivered at the population level to asymptomatic people Difference between asymptomatic and healthy correct answers Asymptomatic: without symptoms, without illness Healthy: functioning at the highest capacity physically, mentally, socially Three public health paradigms correct answers The Miasma Theory Biomedical Model ...

Germ Theory of Disease - idea that infectious diseases are caused by pathogens Early ideas about disease transmission - punishment for sins, miasma, hexes/spells, spontaneous generation miasma - a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor Louis Pasteur - A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer. -disproved spontaneous generation -vaccines for rabies and anthrax Robert Koch - country doctor ...

Describe Koch's postulates and the significance of his experiment - Koch's postulates: with the use of anthrax provided a basis for Germ Theory. the experiment: extract blood from diseased individual grow culture put culture into healthy individual, develop disease extract this blood, culture it to show same results Describe the importance of Louis Pasteur and the significance of his swan-neck flask experiment - Disproved spontaneous generation (miasma) the swan-neck made contamination...

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. correct answers WHO definition interventions influencing healthy life trajectories correct answers medical, social, behavioral, economic, environmental medicine vs public health correct answers medicine: diagnosing and treating public health: preventing applied social science that encourages individuals and communities to take steps to improve their own health correc...

Confounding correct answers 2 or more co-occurring risk factors are associated with the same outcome Proximal vs. Distal risk factors correct answers Proximal - closer Distal - systematic, broader Proximal Risk Factors correct answers Malnutrtion - infection - death Distal Risk Factors correct answers Social organization - poor housing conditions - injury Central Dynamic in PH correct answers Individual rights vs. community rights (e.g., child rights vs. parents) Individual Right...

VTPB 221 Final Review Questions And Answers With Latest Updates Using night soil and manure as a source of nitrogen during the development of agriculture increased the number of human diseases by increasing the parasites, bacteria, and flies humans were exposed to. (True or False?) ANS True Some of the consequences of the development of agriculture during early human societies on human health were: ANS Appearance of zoonotic diseases Poisonous air exhaled by decaying organic matter caus...

Define Health correct answers complete physical, mental, and social well-being (not just the absence of disease) Define Community correct answers - group usually in similar geographical area - have roles and relationships, and an awareness of their involvement in - share common beliefs/values - common needs and a commitment to meeting them Evolution of Health Theory correct answers 1. Miasma Phase - health & disease caused by pollution and bad air 2. Bacteriology Phase - dise...

BIO205 Exam 1 Already Graded A+ agar ️a polysaccharide derived from marine seaweed that is used as a solidifying agent in microbiology culture media animalcule ️a tiny, microscopic organism observed by Leeuwenhoek antisepsis ️the use of chemical methods for eliminating or reducing the growth or replication of infectious agents bacteria ️the domain that includes all organisms not classified as archaea or eukarya epidemiology ️the scientific study of the source, cause,and t...

MICROBIOLOGY EXAM 1 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% Cell thory - correct answer "All living things are composed of cells" Animalcules - correct answer Antwon Van Leeuwenhoek's term for microorganisms Miasma theory - correct answer Spreadable diseases are caused by a heavy, unnatural quality or poisonous particles in the air Spontaneous generaion - correct answer Living matter arising from inanimate matter Biogenesis - correct answer Living matter only be reproduced from living mat...

MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY EXAM 1 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS 100% Microbiology: - correct answer specialized area of biology that deals with living things ordinarily too small to be seen without magnification (microorganisms/microbes) Major groups of microorganisms - correct answer 1. bacteria 2. archaea 3. protozoa 4. fungi 5. helminths 6. viruses 7. algae 8. prions *protozoa, fungi, helminths, algae = eukaryotes *viruses = nonliving * bacteria, archaea = prokaryotes viruses: - corr...