CS L1

Flashcards covering key concepts from the lecture on containment strategies of infectious diseases.

Epidemiological Triangle

A model used to understand the interaction between host, agent, and environment in disease occurrence.

What are the 5 health intervention steps?

1. What is the problem / is it a priority?

2. What factors cause the problem?

3. How can the factors be changed?

4. What intervention strategies are most appropriate and cost-effective ?

5. What needs to be done to reach the goals? With what (sub)populations and in what sequence to solve the problem?

What is priority based on?

Burden and potential burden, mortality / morbidity, incidence / prevalence, social-economic impact

What are the two main tools to identify causes of the problem ?

• Epidemiological triangle

• Problem tree

What are the five basic strategies for how factors can be changed?

• Remove the agent

• Raise host resistance

• Modify environment

• Seperate agent from host

• Interrupt transmission

DALY (Disability-Adjusted Life Year)

A measure that reflects the total burden of disease, including years of life lost due to premature death and years lived with a disability.

Quarantine

A method used to isolate individuals or groups to prevent the spread of disease.

Global Health

An area of study, research, and practice that prioritizes improving health and achieving health equity for all people worldwide.

Health Promotion

The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.