Public Health And Epidemiology 1-19
18 entries in the Public Health And Epidemiology compendium.
Public healthScience and art of preventing disease through organized societal efforts.Preventive healthcarePreventive healthcare aims to stop disease before it starts.QuarantineRestriction on movement to prevent spread of disease or pests.Screening (medicine)Testing asymptomatic people for early disease detection and intervention.VaccinationVaccination primes the immune system to prevent infectious disease.SmokingCombustion of plant material for inhalation of psychoactive fumes.Smoking cessationProcess of discontinuing tobacco smoking to improve health.Passive smokingInhalation of second-hand tobacco smoke by non-smokers.Pap testCervical screening test detecting precancerous and cancerous changes.Recreational drug useUse of psychoactive drugs for pleasure or pastime.Self-harmIntentional tissue damage usually without suicidal intent.StarvationStarvation is the most extreme form of malnutrition.Stunted growthImpaired growth in children, largely irreversible after age two.ScurvyA vitamin C deficiency disease historically fatal on long sea voyages.PellagraA niacin deficiency disease causing dermatitis, dementia, and death.Pathogen transmissionThe process by which pathogens spread between hosts.QuackeryPromotion of unsubstantiated medical methods lacking scientific rationale.Reverse zoonosisHuman-to-animal pathogen transmission, a reverse of zoonosis.
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