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Contemporary Health Issues
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
11/07/2013

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• The interaction between a group of people who share a common interest or issue (e.g., cancer)
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social networking
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willful and repeated harm, inflicted through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices.
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cyberbullying
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• Any type of harassment or bullying via e-mail, chatroom, instant messaging, a website/blogs, texting, or videos/pictures posted on websites or sent through cell phones
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electronic aggression
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online environments in which users interact with one another around a set of common interests or shared purpose related to health
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online health communities
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o Discussion boards, chat, virtual environments, email, IM
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online health communities
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6 goals for using social networks
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emotional support
accountablitty
motivation
advice
impression management
building and shaping the network
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• Critical components of online interactions around health
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advise
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• Key mechanism for supporting maintenance of healthy behaviors (e.g., weight loss)
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accountability
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• Significant goal in driving people’s health-related interactions online
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accountability
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needs of HC
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eliminate disparities
focus prevention
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drawbacks of HC reform
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financial- sin tax
focus on treatment instead of prevention
decrease standards of care
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pros of HC reform
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eliminate disparities
affordable insurance
promote and enable healthy lifestyle
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suggestions for HC reform
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limit unnecessary procedures
universal electronic health records
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FDA protocol for Plan B was not followed because of
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non scientific/ medical reasons
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• Ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures.
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cultural competence
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• economic and social conditions under which people live that ultimately determine their health
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social determinants of health
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• gaps in quality of health & HC across racial, ethnic, sexual orientation & SES
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health disparities
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absence of persistent health differences over time, between racial and ethnic groups.
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health equity
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• belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
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ethnocentrism
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• Comprehensive assessment of mortality and morbidity due to diseases, injuries and risk factors for all regions of the world
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global burdon of disease
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• Ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures.
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cultural competence
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• economic and social conditions under which people live that ultimately determine their health
Definition
social determinants of health
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• gaps in quality of health & HC across racial, ethnic, sexual orientation & SES
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health disparities
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absence of persistent health differences over time, between racial and ethnic groups.
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health equity
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• belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group
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ethnocentrism
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• Comprehensive assessment of mortality and morbidity due to diseases, injuries and risk factors for all regions of the world
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global burdon of disease
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comprehensive asthma treatment
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1) high quality clinical care
2) case management and educational counseling
3) community and home interventions
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critical test of the ability of the US heath care system (asthma)
Definition
treating, managing, preventing and reducing burdon of asthma
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• A geographical region where a particular disease is prevalent
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endemic area
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• Affecting or tending to affect a disproportionately large number of individuals within a population, community, or region at the same time.
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epidemic
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• Occurs when the incidence rate of a certain disease substantially exceeds what is "expected," based on recent experience.
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epidemic
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• Epidemic of an infectious disease that spreads through human populations across a large region, such as a continent.
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pandemic
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• An infectious disease whose incidence has increased in the past 20 years and threatens to increase in the near future
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emerging infection
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o Multi-level & multi-stakeholder interaction between health and foreign policy
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global health diplomacy
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• Collection of science and technology tools used to manage geographic relationships and integrate information.
Definition
Geographic & Information Systems (GIS)
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o How is GIS applicable to public health?
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• Research Tools and Planning
• Spatial Decision Support Systems
• Emergency Response Systems
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Scientists believed that we were long overdue for another pandemic event because of
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population growth
ongoing HIV/AIDS pandemic
availability of air travel
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H1N1 influenza A virus first appeared in Mexico
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May 2009
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World Health Organization (WHO) officials had created a three-pronged strategy to mitigate the expected impact of H1N1
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1) containment,
2) rapid vaccine development,
3) the use of anti-viral therapies.
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• Encompasses the largest players in the pharmaceutical industry, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Monsanto, Pfizer, etc.
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Big Pharma
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• Big Pharma: How the World's Biggest Drug Companies Control Illness (2006) by Jacky Law
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• Examines how major pharmaceutical companies determine which health problems are publicized and researched.
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example of how a product designed to be beneficial caused one of the biggest public health disasters of the 20th century
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) tragedy
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laws and regulations that protect public health are rarely
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proactive
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