Intro to Public Health

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Across
  1. 3. - Rules and practices that protect workers from injury and unsafe conditions
  2. 5. - The study of how diseases spread and affect populations.
  3. 8. - Conditions outside of medical care that affect a person’s health.
  4. 10. - A difference in health outcomes between different groups of people.
  5. 12. Considered the world’s first written health code
  6. 14. Who defined public health?
  7. 17. - Agency that protects air, water, and land from pollution.
Down
  1. 1. - A factor that influences a person’s or group’s health outcome
  2. 2. The science and organized effort of helping communities stay healthy
  3. 4. - Making sure people can get the health services they need.
  4. 6. - When most people are immune, helping protect those who cannot be vaccinated.
  5. 7. - Keeping places clean to prevent disease and protect health.
  6. 9. - Fairness in health so all people have a chance to be healthy.
  7. 11. - Collecting information to find out what health problems exist.
  8. 13. - A 1935 law that provided support for retirement, unemployment, and public health services.
  9. 15. - A 2010 law that expanded access to healthcare and focused on prevention.
  10. 16. - Tracking diseases or health problems over time.