Disease Prevention

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  1. 3. The phase of prevention targeted towards asymptomatic patients within the early phase of disease with the aim to lessen the overall prevalence of disease.
  2. 4. The first phase of prevention, utilizing intersectoral policies and health promotion to reach the larger populations.
  3. 6. Lower Middle Income ______ are typically more prone to disease through a lack of infrastructure and increased levels of poverty, increasing the risk of disease spread within populations.
  4. 8. FAD - Food ______ Decline is a concept that relates to the growing increase of malnutrition on a global scale. Associated with the concept of overpopulation and a lack of resources per capita.
  5. 10. Associated with the chance of contracting a disease. One may be at ______ of disease if they do not have access to health services, food, or sanitary water.
  6. 11. A medical technique used to diagnose patients and catch diseases and illness within a patients body before they become a larger issue.
  7. 13. ______ treatment is a form of medical care that works to lower the chance of disease or illness within a patient in a proactive manner.
  8. 14. ______ populations are more susceptible to diseases, be it through lower immune systems, lack of food security, or dangerous living situations.
  9. 15. Related to clean drinking water and living standards. An absence of disease.
  10. 17. ______ policies are used to target whole populations and mitigate the underlying factors that lead to disease causation.
  11. 18. The phase of prevention utilizing public health to reduce the incidence rate of disease within a population. This phase makes use of public health and screenings to monitor patients and selected groups.
  12. 19. The social _______ of health are the underlying economic and social factors that influence health. Improvements made within these sectors may serve as a barrier between disease and a healthier population.
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  1. 1. ______ control relates to the proactive control of a population of insects that may transfer disease through the bloodstream to humans. Examples of these diseases include yellow fever, Dengue fever, and malaria.
  2. 2. To exhibit symptoms of a disease or illness. ______ patients may be quarantined to prevent further spread of a disease if it is known to be contagious.
  3. 3. ______ diseases are ones that have not yet advanced to a stage detectable within a clinical setting.
  4. 4. Government decision making that can lead to large changes in the way a population lives or functions. Can be good, bad, or neutral for the purpose of disease prevention.
  5. 5. Used to prevent diseases and pathogens, often in the form of vaccination. Boosts one's resistance to pathogens and promotes herd immunity.
  6. 7. A part of the WASH protocol. Water, Sanitation, and ______. Involves taking care of one's own cleanliness and sanitation.
  7. 9. ______ and development. Serves as a crucial part in the process of understanding the underlying causes of diseases and how to stop them.
  8. 11. Economic ______ is a determining factor of a family's ability to support itself and procure safe and healthy living conditions through proper resources.
  9. 12. the typical actions and tendencies of an individual that may attribute to their risk factor for disease.
  10. 16. The final phase of prevention, focusing on the treatment and rehabilitation of symptomatic patients.