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| Define communicable disease model |
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| An illness caused by some specific biological agent or its toxic products that can be transmitted from an infected person, animal, or inanimate reservoir to a susceptible host. |
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| Define communicable and noncommunicable diseases |
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| Noncommunicable (noninfectious) diseases or illnesses are those that cannot be transmitted from an infected person to a susceptible healthy one. |
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| Define chain of infection |
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| a model to conceptualize the transmission of a communicable disease from its source to a susceptible host |
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| Define multicausation disease model. |
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| A visual representation of the host together with various internal and external factors that promote and protect against disease. |
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| the ability of a pathogen to lodge and grow in a host |
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| the capability of a communicable disease agent to cause disease in a susceptible host |
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| a communicable disease transmissible under natural conditions from vertebrate animals to humans |
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| the spread of cancer cells to distant parts of the body by the circulatory or lymphatic system |
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| the cause of the disease or health problem |
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| a person or other living organism that affords subsistence or lodgment to a communicable agent under natural conditions |
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| carrier a person or animal that harbors a specific communicable agent in the absence of discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection to others |
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| a person or animal that harbors a specific communicable agent in the absence of discernible clinical disease and serves as a potential source of infection to others |
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| inanimate materials or objects that can serve as a source of infection |
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| living organism usually an arthropod (mosquito, tick, louse, or flea) that can transmit a communicable agent to susceptible hosts |
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| the planning for and taking of action to forestall the onset of a disease or other health problem |
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| efforts to control a disease in progress |
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| The complete elimination or uprooting of a disease |
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| Define community organizing |
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| process through which communities are helped to identify common problems or goals, mobilize resources, and in other ways develop and implement strategies for reaching their goals they have collectively set. |
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| those who control both formally and informally the political climate of the community |
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| formal long term alliance among a group of individuals representing others within the community who agree to work together to achieve a common goal. |
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| Define community building |
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| an orientation to community that is strength-based rather than need-based and stresses the identification, nurturing, and celebration of community assets. |
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| any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire information and the skills to make quality health decisions. |
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| any planned combination of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities |
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| a process by which an intervention is planned to help meet the needs of a priority population |
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| an activity or activities designed to create change in people |
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| the process of collecting and analyzing information, to develop an understanding of the issues, resources, and constraints of the priority population, as related to the development of the health promotion program |
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| putting a planned program into action |
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| trial run of an intervention |
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| implementation of an intervention with a series of small groups instead of the entire population |
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| determining the value or worth of an objective of interest |
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| Define formative evaluation |
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| the evaluation that is conducted during the planning and implementing processes to improve or refine the program |
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| Know the order for the generalized model for program planning (figure 5.9 |
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| Understanding and engaging – Assessing needs – Setting goals and objective – Developing an intervention – implementing the intervention – evaluating the results |
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| Define school health council |
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| individuals from a school or school district and its community who work together to provide advice on aspects of the school health program |
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| Define school health coordinator |
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| A professional at the district (or school) level responsible for management and coordination of all school health policies, activities, and resources |
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| Define school health policies |
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| Written statements that describe the nature and procedures of a school health program |
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| Define school health services |
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| health services provided by school health workers to appraise, protect, and promote the health of students |
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| Define school health education |
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| the development, delivery, and evaluation of a planned curriculum, preschool through grade 12 |
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| Define healthy school environment |
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| the promotion maintenance, and utilization of safe and wholesome surroundings in a school |
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| a written plan for instruction |
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| part of the curriculum that outlines what will be taught |
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| part of the curriculum that states in what order the content will be taught |
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