Preventive medicine
Levels of prevention
The four levels of prevention are: primordial prevention primary prevention secondary prevention tertiary prevention
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Category: Preventive medicine
Preventive medicine
Epidemiological triad
Environment, Host and Agent are the three factors which interact in the causation of disease. They constitute the epidemiological triad.
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Acronyms
HALE – Acronym
HALE is the acronym for: Health Adjusted Life Expectancy
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Acronyms
DALY – Acronym
DALY is the acronym for: Disability Adjusted Life Year
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Microbiology
Types of foodborne illness
Foodborne Infection Foodborne Intoxication Toxicoinfection
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Medicine
Wool sorters disease
Pulmonary anthrax found in workers in a wool factory, due to inhalation of anthrax spores from the wool of infected animals.
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Medicine
Endemic Ascites
It was noticed in the Kusmi block of Sarguja district of Madhya Pradesh during the years 1973 and 1976. There was an outbreak of rapidly progressing ascites and
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Preventive medicine
Acculturation
Acculturation refers to cultural contact. When there is cultural contact, there is mingling of cultures and exchange of beliefs and behaviours. Cultural contact can occur by: trade industrialisation
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Preventive medicine
National nutrition programmes in India
Vitamin A prophylaxis programme Prophylaxis against nutritional anaemia Control of iodine deficiency disorders Special Nutirtion programme Balwadi programme ICDS programme Mid day meal programme
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