PTY720 Lecture 1 - Health Promotion & Population Health Vocabulary

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering the key public health, population health, and epidemiological terms as defined in the PTY720 Lecture 1 transcript.

Public Health

Practice of preventing disease and promoting good health within groups of people

Population Health Management

The health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group.

Prevention

EForts aimed at avoiding, arresting, or reversing disease processes

Health Promotion

Empowering individuals and communities to increase control over their health

Wellness

A sense that one is living in a manner that permits the experience of consistent, balanced growth in the physical spiritual, emotional, intellectual, and psychological dimensions of human existence

Health Disparities

Gaps in quality of health and healthcare across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups.

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that aFect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.

Incidence

The number of new onset cases during an interval of time, expressed as a rate

Prevalence

The number of cases of a disease present during an interval of time, expressed as a rate

Endemic

Constant presence/usual prevalence of a disease or infectious agent in a population within a geographic area

Epidemic

Increase, often sudden, in the number of cases of a disease above what is normally expected in the population

Pandemic

Epidemic that has spread over several countries or continents

Epidemiology

Branch of medical science that investigates all factors that determine the presence or absence of diseases or disorders.