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| what do place factors tell us? |
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Definition
1.Where diseases occur (epi-centers/hot zones)
2.The patterns and trends of disease occurrence
3.Where to put public health and medical resources
4.How to plan and monitor the spread of a new disease threat |
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| what is the ecollogical fallacy? |
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Definition
Just because you see some type of relationship it is incorrect to assume that there is a causal relationship!
Example: There is a high incidence of skin cancer in Florida.
Incorrect to assume that Florida in any way causes cancer. |
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Term
| Internantional Place... explain what it involves |
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Definition
These comparisons are used to contrast the rates of health-relevant phenomena in two or more nations. |
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| Intra-national comparisons... explain |
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Definition
These comparisons seek to contrast the rates in different parts of the same nation (England, United States, Russia, etc.) |
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| urban-rural comparisons... explain |
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Definition
| Seek to contrast the rates of health-relevant phenomena found in urban and rural areas |
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Term
| Local Comparisons... explain |
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Definition
1.Communities (e.g. Warwick & Lincoln)
are compared (problems, issues, needs)
2. Most often involves:
–Plotting individual cases
–Seeking possible causes of local infections |
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Term
| what place was responsible for the cholera outbreak in john snow's famous study of the cholera outbreak in London in 1848? why did some people not get sick? |
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Definition
the majority of persons who dided of cholera lived closer to the Broad St Pump than they did to any other water source
some people didnt get sick because after he removed the hanlde from the pump the epidemic ended. |
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Term
| whats the difference btwn a natural boundary and a political boundary? |
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Definition
natural - indefinite boundry
political- definite boundry |
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Term
| place can be associated with a disease when what criteria met? |
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Definition
•Human characteristics
•Physical characteristics
•Political characteristics |
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Term
| what is a spot (pin) map? in what type of comparison do we most often use this technique? |
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Definition
a spot pin map is a pin used on a map to detect the occurence of a disease or etc.
the comparison that is most often used for this technique is the LOCAL COMPARISON- refers to this techinque of plotting cases on a map along with possible sources of the disease .. ex) john snow and cholera |
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Term
| where does suicide occur in the US? |
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Definition
| west coast and rural parts of the country |
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Term
| where do motor vehicle accidents occur in the US? |
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Definition
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Term
| where does stroke occur in the US? |
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Definition
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Term
| where does heart disease occur in the US? |
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Definition
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Term
| what part of the US did the Hantavirus originate? what conditions are necessary for this disease to be transmitted? |
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Definition
utah, new mexico, arizona, colorado
states must be connected to one another to travel |
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Term
| skin cancer, where does it occur? |
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Definition
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Term
| homicide, where does it occur? |
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Definition
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Term
| drownings, where do they occur? |
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Definition
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Term
| lyme disease, where does it occur? |
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Definition
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Term
| randon, where does it occur? |
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Definition
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Term
| hantavirus, where does it occur? |
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Definition
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Term
| what three place factors account for most of the disease (health problems) that occur to people on vacation? |
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Definition
•Food-borne illnesses*
•Water-borne illnesses*
•Insect-borne illnesses*
3 Factors are below:
•Helminth infections
•Human-borne infections
•Poisoning events (plants & fish) |
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Term
| what health measures did the US employ prior to building the Panama Canal? |
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Definition
| general health care, the provisions of an extenisve health infrastructure, and a major program to eradicate disease-carrying mosquitoes from the area |
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Term
| what two diseases were responsible for over 30 thousand deaths in the construction of the panama canal? |
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Definition
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Term
| what strategies did the US employ to control the mosquitoes responsible for malaria and yellow fever? |
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Definition
drainage
bush and grass cutting
oiling
larviciding
prophylactic quinine
screening
adult killing |
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Term
what was the "mosquito theory" why was it controversial, and what did it involve?
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Definition
it was considered controversial and unproven.
•Controversial approach to control malaria and yellow fever. Involved radical approach to controlling mosquito
1.Killing mosquitoes in daytime
2.Eliminate breeding places
a)Spraying stagnant water
b)Drain swamps
c)Fumigation
3.“Fever Cages” |
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Term
| what were the fever cages? why were they used? |
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Definition
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Term
| what were the "fever cages"? why were they used? |
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Definition
| easily transportable screened structures used to prevent mosquitos from biting an infected person and carrying the disease to others. |
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