Across
- 1. The study of the distribution and determinants of diseases and injuries in human populations.
- 5. A process for influencing human behavior on a large scale, using marketing principles for the purpose of societal benefit rather than for commercial
- 8. Identifying and measuring the risk factors that directly influence the level or possibility of a specific health problem.
- 11. Health ..... arises from access to the social determinants of health, specifically from wealth, power and prestige.
- 12. health .........: the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health.
- 14. A state of dysfunction of organs or organ systems that can result in diminished quality of life.
- 16. A group of cases of a specific disease or illness clearly in excess of what one would normally expect in a particular geographic area.
- 17. Health ......: Any combination of learning opportunities designed to facilitate voluntary adaptations of behavior (in individuals, groups or communities) conducive to good health.
- 19. A measure of deaths in a given population, location or other grouping of interest.
- 22. A measure of disease incidence or prevalence in a given population, location or other grouping of interest.
- 23. The restriction of the activities of healthy people who have been exposed to a communicable disease.
- 24. a factor which decisively affects the nature or outcome of something, ie: health.
- 25. A term used in public health to describe a program or policy designed to have an effect on a health problem.
Down
- 2. ...... health seeks to improve the health of communities and populations and reduce inequalities in health status.
- 3. the quality or state of being in good health especially as an actively sought goal.
- 4. a state of balance, an equilibrium that an individual has established within themself and between themself and their social and physical environment.
- 5. The use of technology and procedures to differentiate those individuals with signs or symptoms of disease from those less likely to have the disease.
- 6. The human, organisational, IT and fiscal resources of the public health system that provide the capacity for the system to carry out its functions.
- 7. Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality or people.
- 9. caused by the transfer of disease organisms or toxins from food to humans.
- 10. A group of cases of a specific disease or illness clearly in excess of what one would normally expect in a particular geographic area.
- 13. ....... Healthcare: Clinical preventive services, first contact treatment services and ongoing care for commonly encountered medical conditions.
- 15. Capable of causing infection or disease by entrance of organisms (eg: bacteria, viruses, protozoan, fungi) into the body, which then grow and multiply.
- 18. Any agent that causes disease, especially a microorganism such as bacterium or fungus.
- 20. A measure of deaths in a given population, location or other grouping of interest.
- 21. Differences in morbidity and mortality due to various causes experienced by specific sub-populations.