Ph 381 wku - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

•Three classifications based on funding sources, responsibilities, and organizational structure - Answer- -Governmental -Quasi-governmental -Nongovernmental Governmental Health Agencies - Answer- Part of governmental structure Federal, state, or local Funded primarily by tax dollars Managed by government officials Authority over some geographic area Exist at four levels International, national, state, local World Health Organization (WHO) - Answer- -most widely recognized interna...

•Three classifications based on funding sources, responsibilities, and organizational structure - Answer-- Governmental -Quasi-governmental -Nongovernmental Acute - Answer-Diseases in which peak severity of symptoms occurs and subsides within 3 months Acute Communicable Diseases - Answer-common cold, mumps, measles, pertussis (whooping cough), typhoid fever, cholera, Influenza (flu) Acute Non-communicable Diseases - Answer-Appendicitis, poisoning, injury from gunshot, motor-vehicle cra...