Three main groups of people were involved: the Europeans‚ the Native Americans‚ and the Africans. When the Europeans came to the New World‚ they brought diseases‚ crops‚ and livestock. The diseases included smallpox‚ influenza‚ malaria‚ measles‚ chickenpox‚ and yellow fever. These diseases struck the vulnerable Native Americans and killed ninety percent of them in the first century. These diseases destroyed Native American culture‚ empires‚ tribes‚ and families. The Europeans also started plantations
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increasing air way inflammation. [2] Alongside pollutants‚ tobacco smoke increases the risk of attracting these diseases. [3] Many common infections can spread by airborne transmission at least in some cases‚ including: Anthrax (inhalational)‚ Chickenpox‚ Influenza‚Measles‚ Smallpox and Tuberculosis. Airborne diseases are most commonly seen in unsanitary household conditions and overcrowded areas. Also‚ these diseases thrive in areas of poverty and poor hygienic conditions. Tuberculosis (TB) happens
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Self-assessment is a way by which we can learn more about ourselves‚ what we learned from master of public health program‚ because self-assessment helps us developing our career goals as a future master of public health graduate. I chose master of public health program‚ because its a complementary to my medical field‚ I will be professional in educating my patients‚ how to prevent diseases‚ and advising the patients to do a routine screening such as a pap smear‚ colonoscopy‚ mammogram‚ and other
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2.1Identify the signs and symptoms of common childhood illness2.1 The signs and symptoms of five childhood illnesses:Chickenpox • Feeling sick‚ aching and painful muscles‚ headache‚ generally feeling unwell and loss of appetite• Slight temperature‚ over 38ºc‚ before rash develops• Rash usually first appears on body‚ face and scalp‚ it then spreads to limbs• Rash begins as small‚ red‚ flat spots that develop into itchy‚ fluid filled blisters• Blisters are usually ¼“ wide and have a red base• After
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community‚ the government and public health professionals should also be involved. The article also states that “We found that unvaccinated children were roughly 23 times more likely to develop whooping cough‚ nine times more likely to be infected with chickenpox‚ and 6.5 times more likely to be hospitalized with pneumonia or pneumococcal disease than vaccinated children from the same communities.” Thus‚ The Federal Public School system should require every student to get vaccines because vaccination allows
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symptoms of encephalitis are a headache‚ fever‚ and lethargy. Encephalitis is caused by viral infection in the most cause but can also be caused by a bacterial or fungal infection. Several common viral infections that can cause encephalitis include chickenpox‚ HIV‚ herpes‚ and rabies. Anyone can develop encephalitis. The risk of getting encephalitis
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became infected. Those 12 people went on their way and within 24 hours took the disease with them infecting more than 350 people during their travels to 6 countries. Once in those countries the outbreak spread like wildfire. (CDC‚ n.d.) The epidemiological indicators associated with SARS gives justification for the very serious attention this outbreak received. Consider the following: Who‚ What‚ Where‚ When‚ and how can an outbreak like this occur. The answers are clear and the reality of how easy
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Ethical consideration must be high on the agenda in public health since epidemiological findings are socially relevant‚ often publically funded and the research is conducted on human subjects. As discussed previously‚ there are two broad types of studies in epidemiology; the observational studies which include the cross-sectional
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20 December 2014 Response Paper 4 – How have economic development and globalization changed the ecology of human health and disease? In your discussion‚ include aging‚ infectious disease‚ and chronic disease. You should discuss the concept of epidemiological transitions Prehistoric humans had no notion for the differences between a PPO or an HMO benefits package‚ nor any reason to concern themselves. Similarly‚ most people today haven’t the slightest idea how to clean a fish. To be fair to both
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