Community Health

6. A broad term used to describe a process by which active or passive immunity to an infectious disease is induced or amplified.
8. Refers to the efforts organized by society to protect, promote, and restore the people's health.
9. Refers to sewage sludge that has been treated for pathogens to meet the regulatory requirements for land application.
11. Another factor that dramatically influences health and well-being.
12. The spread of infection through a vehicle of transmission outside the host.
13. Can be any inanimate objects,materials, or substances that act as transport agents for a microbe
14. The change in weather over a certain period
15. Another indicator of childrens physical and emotional health status

1. An unexpected occurrence of infectious disease in a limited geographical area during a limited period of time.
2. The rules by which human behavior is governed and result from the cultural values held by the group.
3. Can be animals or arthropods, and they can transmit through biological and mechanical routes.
4. A steady occurrence of disease, or an epidemic, that covers a large geographical area or is evident worldwide.
5. A person who, voluntarily or for a fee, represents himself or herself, another individual, an organization, or an entity before the legislature.
7. A health insurance program for poor and low-income people.
10. One of the leading causes of blindness in America.