Public Health Questions
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How does the role of veterinarian differ from that of an epidemiologist? What does each study?
hiv can live in a needle for how many days
are blood transfusions tested for hiv
would the contagion respirator mask with a valve work?
was the contagion spillover event plausible?
what was the main disease people with hiv were dying from
Incubation periods of most foodborne illnesses (especially those with bacteria involved) is
when was the first hiv virus discovered
on the average person/people within sub-populations, rather than on individuals
highly positivist, leans more left, dismissive of rational choice theory
individual and the group, social/economic causes of health disparities
sociologists believe that rational choice theory is inherently limited, life is less driven by choice and more decided for us
public health - current monitoring and less on explaining or extremely detailed descriptions, does not fix underlying non-health problems that cause population health
government linkages, which discipline is considered most important
displaying average population patterns in health/demography
disease transmited by non-human animal reservoirs are termed_____
Analytic Epidemiology asks the question of...
if something is an attributable risk/rate, fraction what do you need to do
3 levels of prevention of injury death: - _____ prevention: conditions prevailing _____ the event - _____ prevention: conditions prevailing _____ the event - _____ prevention: _____ and quality of emergency care
Top 10 public health achievements of the 20th century:1. Routine use of _____2. Improvements in motor vehicle safety3. Safer workplaces4. Control of _____ diseases5. Decline in deaths from heart disease and stroke6. Safer and healthier _____7. Healthier _____ and babies8. Access to family planning and contraceptive services9. _____ of drinking water10. Recognition of _____ use as a health hazard