HLTH 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Population Health, Escherichia Coli, Musical Chairs
3 Dec 2015
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Hlth 101 lecture 2 introduction to public health. Main goal: tries to improve the health status of the population by reducing disease and early (preventable) deaths in populations. It recognizes the importance of individual contributions to injury & disease but more interested in understanding how to reduce of alleviate hazards by addressing underlying causes (i. e. upstream not downstream decisions) Walkerton tragedy - may 2000 - e. coli contaminated water > resulted in 7 deaths, 2500 ill with long-term health effects. Incompetent manager & staff at walkerton public utilities commission. Privatization of water-testing facilities (resulted in long delays) No provincial regulation of water quality & lack of enforcement of regulations. The patient is the population, and statistical lives are saved through prevention. Health benefits to the population is not the same as health benefits to the individual. Collective enterprise > requires a strong state (government) that is willing to act and able to put health-related legislation into effect and enforces it.
