PUBHLTH 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ignaz Semmelweis, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Louis Pasteur

• School: U of M
• Department: Public Health
• Course: PUBHLTH 200
• Professor: Alfred Franzblau

Document Summary

Readings assigned for lecture that weren"t discussed in lecture. Public health: set of activities a society does to monitor and improve the health of its. Contribution to life expectancy - ph contributes more. Assessment of the health of the popn - what"s going on. Development of ph policies - what can we do. Assurance of availability of needed services - is our policy working. Age-adjusted death rates(increases in cancer, copd, homicide) Important people: florence, louis pasteur, jacob henle, ignaz semmelweis, john snow. Who do social determinants affect & why do they affect people differently: Federal - fda, cdc, interstate commerce (tax and spend for welfare of people) Local - problems: overlap (social welfare/ph), no exclusive federal department of state are responsible health, funding, personnel. Asymmetrical information - one entity has more info than the other. Monopoly: raising price of a good because of low competition. Externalities: pos - street musician can be enjoyed by everyone, neg - smoking.