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Community Health
Module 1 Lecture 2; 514-01 Psychosocial Elements of Community Wellness
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Graduate
05/15/2009

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What is the government's role in community health
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Federal and state governments establish standards for community health
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The government implements programs at which level?
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community
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Do programs implemented by the government serve the needs of the community or the individual?
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serve the needs of the community, rather than the individual
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How does the government attempt to forestall community health dysfunction?
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health promotion
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What 3 ways do providers seek to prevent disorders?
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providers seek to prevent disorders through discussion, modification of environmental factors and health risk behaviors
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What concept involves provision of health care with national goals of wellness and positive health for all?
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concept of community health
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This aspect of national goals of wellness and positive health for all is concerned with smoking, nutrition, physical fitness, and anger management
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health promotion
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This aspect of national goals of wellness and positive health for all involves control of infectious disease, accident prevention, and occupational health safety
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health protection
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This aspect of national goals of wellness and positive health for all involves family planning, immunization, prenatal care, and STDs
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Preventative services
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this aspect of national goals of wellness and positive health for all involves census, evaluation of disease risks
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surveillance
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This is a set of health objectives for the nation that builds on initiatives in 1979 Surgeon General's Report and Healthy People 2000
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Healthy People 2010
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Healthy people is entering which decade?
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Healthy people entering its 3rd decade
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This original Healthy People in 1979 focused primarily on smoking
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Healthy People: The Surgeon General's Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
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What are 2 goals of healthy people 2010?
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1. Increase the quality and years of healthy life
2. Eliminate health disparities
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Physical Activity, Overweight and Obesity, Tobacco Use, Substance Abuse, Responsible Sexual Behavior, Mental health, Injury and Violence, Environmental Quality, Immunization, and Access to Health Care comprise what?
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Leading Health Indicators of Healthy People 2010
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This is the principal govt agency charged with protecting human health and the environment, est in 1970
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EPA
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What was administered by the EPA with the mission to locate, investigate, and clean up the worst hazardous waste sites nationwide?
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"Superfund"
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What provides sources of information for every poisonous substance?
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Injury Prevention: Poison Control Center
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What provides information about the composition of the poison and the ms's needed to counteract/neutralize the toxic effect
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Injury Prevention: Poison Control Center
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Nationwide number 24/7 1800-222-1222
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Injury Prevention: Poison Control Center
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Founded in 1979 as independent agency of the federal govt reporting to the President
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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Mission "to reduce the loss of life and property and protect the nation from all hazards, including natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made disasters, by leading and supporting the nation in a risk=based comprehensive emergency management system of preparedness, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation
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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
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Directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations System
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WHO
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Agenda: Promoting development, fostering security, strengthening health systems, harnessing research, information and evidence, enhancing partnerships, and improving performance
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WHO
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Role in Public health:
Providing leadership on matters critical to health
Shaping the research agenda
Setting norms and standards
Articulating evidence-based policy
Assessing health trends
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WHO
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3 Roles of CDC
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Monitor patterns of disease
Monitor for unusual diseases
*Characterizing Patterns of disease*
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3 ways CDC characterizes patterns of disease
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person, place, time
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Mission: "To promote and protect the health of all Virginians"
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Mission of Virginia Department of Health
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Vision statement: "Healthy people in healthy communities"
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vision statement of Virginia department of health
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Involves:
Vital Stats
communicable Disease Control
Maternal and Child health
Environmental Health
Health Education
Public Health Labs
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State Health Depts
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Dept of Social Services, Dept of Health, and Private/institutional are all examples of
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Local Resources
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This involves Adult Day care, assisted living, nursing facilities, and adult protective services
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elderly: dept of social services
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This involves child protective services, residential facilities, child support enforcement, foster care, and head start
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children: dept of social services
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This involves: drinking water safety emergency preparedness and response environmental health epidemiology family health services chronic disease prevention and control wic minority and public health and local health dept's- clinics
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dept of health
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This is comprised of
VA Association of free clinics
planned parenthood
community volunteer agencies
american cancer society
american lung association
and american red cross
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private / institutional
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largest volunteer EMS system in the country, involving 800 volunteer paramedics, lifeguards, EMS safety instruction
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VA beach EMS
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busiest of all volunteer rescue squad in the country, involving *297 members (156 active, 43% UVA students*)
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Charlottesville-Albemarle EMS
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Who supplements staffing on weekdays for Charlottesville-Albemarle EMS?
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Firefighters/paramedics
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What is defined as a specific response by the body to a stimulus , as fear or pain, that disturbs or interferes with the normal physiological equilibrium of an organism?
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stress
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What involves physical, mental, or emotional strain or tension?
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stress
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Is stress bad?
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not always; stress = change
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How do scales quantify stress?
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scales quantigyfy stress in terms of culmination of "life change units"
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Fatigue, headaches, indigestion, mm tension, palpitations, insomnia are examples of
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physical common stress-induced symptoms
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Irritability, anger, depression, anxiety, confusion, loneliness, difficulty concentrating are examples of
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mental and emotional common stress-induced symptoms
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Excess eating, smoking, alcohol, and exercise are examples of
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behavioral common stress-induced symptoms
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3 stages of general adaptation syndrome
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alarm stage, stage of resistance, and stage of exhaustion
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activation of SNS with release of epinephrine
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alarm stage
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adjustment to deal with stress; body can/will repair damages caused by stress or response is illness
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stage of resistance
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no longer capable of dealing with stress, resulting in disease manifestations
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stage of exhaustion
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Exploring a pt's relationships is an important aspect of this
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thorough evaluation
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