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what is public health börja lära sig		goal is to protect promote and restore health and reduce the premature death. the government helps with health. they intervene to make sure everyone's okay. prevention efforts, health programs and behaviors that prevent illness
epidemiology börja lära sig		the study of the history of a disease and its distribution throughout Society
surveillance börja lära sig		The Continuous search for documentation of disease in public health
leper colonies börja lära sig		a place they quarantined people who had leprosy
Lemuel Shattuck börja lära sig		published the report of the Sanitary Commission of Massachusetts. later became the blueprint for Public Health Systems
what are the traditional roles of Public Health börja lära sig		to enforce Public Safety for everyone around them
what does prevalence mean börja lära sig		total number of infected / affected people over time
what does incidence mean börja lära sig		number of new cases of a disease or event. (ex). car accident
what does morbidity measure börja lära sig		number of cases of a specific disease in a specific period of time
what does mortality measure börja lära sig		the number of people who have died from a given disease
what is the CDC fed agency monitoring and fighting börja lära sig		monitor disease and help prevent outbreaks / fight disease

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