Chapter 3 - Public Health

Public Health

The practice of preventing disease and promoting good health within groups of people.

What is the leading cause of death in 2019?

Heart Disease

Intentional Injuries

Injuries that purposefully inflicted by a person on themselves or others.

Unintentional Injuries

Injuries that occur without intent to harm.

Risk

A potential hazard that may cause harm.

Risk Factors

Characteristics that increase the likelihood of disease or injury.

What is the leading cause of death in children 19 and under?

Injuries

What was the leading cause of death by unintentional injuries in 2019?

Drug poisoning

Chronic Condition

A physical or mental health condition that last >1 year and causes functional restrictions or requires ongoing monitoring/treatment.

What is the most common cause of disability in the US?

Arthritis

Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL)

A way of measuring and comparing overall impact of deaths resulting from different causes.

Interventions (In context of prevention)

specific activities or measures designed to meet a program objective.

What is one of the 4 Es of Prevention?

Engineering / Environment

Passive Interventions

Something that offers automatic protection from injury or illness; often does not require any conscious change of behavior.

Primary Prevention

Keeping injury or illness from occuring.

Secondary Prevention

Reducing effects of an illness or injury after they have already occurred.

Morbidity

Number of non-fatally injured or disabled people.

Mortality

Deaths caused by injury and disease.

Syndromic Surveillance

Monitoring and comparison of current incidences of medical cases against expected volume for time and place.

Epidemiologist

Public Health Professionals that investigate patterns and causes of disease and injury.

Epidemiology

A field of science that studies distribution and determinants of health-related events and conditions to address health problems in a population.

Haddon Matrix

A framework developed as a method to generate ideas about injury prevention that address factors and their impact in the injury process.

Dr.Haddon added _ factor to previous haddon matrix models to address _ of injury.

Time ; Cause

Pass-along effect

When other people are benefitted from a message originally intended for a specific population.

Process Objectives

A statement of how a program will be implemented.

Outcome (impact) Objective

A statement of intended impact of program on participants or community.

Evaluation

Application of appropriate methods, skills, and activities to determine whether a service or program will actually be effective.

Teachable Moment

An opportunity to convey and reinforce a message.

Surveillance

The ongoing collection, analysis, and interpretation of injury data that is essential to public health.