Public Health

4. core function of public health; ensure provision of services to those in need
6. practice of translating statistics and other data so they become meaningful to the audience (familiar numbers - cost of a car payment)
7. occurrence of more cases of disease, injury, or other health condition than expected in a given area or among a specific group of persons during a particular period
9. result of a medical condition that directly affects the length or quality of a person's life
10. core function of public health; systemically collect, analyze, and make available information on healthy communities
11. prevention, treatment, and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by medical and allied health professionals
14. an epidemic occurring over a widespread area (multiple countries or continents) and usually affecting a substantial proportion of the population
15. occurrence of more cases of disease, injury, or other health condition that expected in a given area or among a specific group of persons during a specific period

1. advertisement that relates to public issues
2. core function of public health; promote the use of a scientific knowledge base in policy and decision making
3. anyone who has come into direct contact with sick patient
5. factor that contributes to the generation of a trait
8. aggregation of cases of a disease, injury, or other health condition in acirumscribed area during a particular period without regard to whether the number of cases is more than expected
12. proportion of people with a disease who die from it, often identifies the severity of infection
13. set of standard criteria used to determine whether or not a person has a disease, syndrome, or other health condition that may be part of an outbreak, cluster, or epidemic (suspected vs probable vs confirmed)