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Lecture 1: Principles of Pub Health
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
01/20/2015

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WHO definition of health
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health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absense of disease/infirmity
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Public Health regular definition
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Organized efforts of society to protect, promote, and restore people's health
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Public Health Law
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a large and diverse array of laws and government policies affect public health directly or indirectly.
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US population
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320 million
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World Population
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7 billion
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Top 3 most populous states
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1.California
2.Texas
3.Florida
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Top 3 Highest Density
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1.DC
2.New Jersey
3.Rhode Island
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Population of Indiana
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5.5 million people
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Population of Tippecanoe County
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180,000 people
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Population of West Lafayette
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31,000 people
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What graph crosses data
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Scissors Graph
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Top 4 Countries with Highest Population
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1.China
2.India
3.US
4.Indonesia
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What countries population is increasingly greatly?
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Africa increasing most in population
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Ebola uprise in what part of Africa
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Sierra leone region
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GDP
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total value of the goods and services produced by an economy over some unit of time
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Healthcare Spending
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1.US
2.Switzerland
3.France
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Money spent to treat back pain
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86 billion
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largest industry for America
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Healthcare. employs 1/6 of the country's workforce
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What percent of bankruptcies resulted from medical biil
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60 percent
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What will be on a steady increase for the next 50 years
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Medicare and Medicaid.. Social security will stay stable
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MERS-CoV
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-First Reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012
-No drug/vaccine to fight it
-9 countries with cases
-camels may play a role in transmission
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Avian Flu (H5N1)
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-carried by migrating birds to Europe and Africa.
-First case reported in America was in Canada.
-Original hotspot in south-east Asia, there is mounting concern that it may combine with a human strain.
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Avian Influenza (H7N9)
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circulate among birds
-first reported in china in march 2013
-no evidence of human to human transmission
-no drug or vaccine to fight it.
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Number of viruses, fungus, bacteria?
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5000
100
300,000
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diseases making a comeback in US
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1.Tuberuculosis
2.Polio
3.Malaria
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80 percent of all TB cases reported in these top 3 countries
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1.India
2.China
3.Indonesia
4.Bangladesh
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HPV
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one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted infections in the world
-20 million americans infected
-linked to Cervical Cancer
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Two HPV types (16 and 18)
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cause 70% of cervical cancers and precancerous lesions
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vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer
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Gardasil
-used in females of ages 9-26
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infectious diseases kill more than how many people worldwide?
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14 million people
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What is causing the spread of disease?
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1.urbanization (easier spread of diseases)
2.intensive agriculture
3.Risky Behavior
4.Global climate change
5.Spread of Disease further and fater from easy air travel, efficient shipping, foreign trade, poor hospital hygiene, unsafe sex (AIDS)
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Microbial genomes
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help boost development of anti-infective products
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Biotechnology firms
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help in the development of vaccines, diagnostics and drugs to combat infectious diseases
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Surveillance methods
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help track infections
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