HEALTH

• What is any illness that you can “catch” or can be passed from one person to another?

  Communicable or infectious diseases
• An invasion of microorganisms into the body that are capable of producing a disease?

  Infection
• The most common form of transmitting diseases and virus. There are “two types of contact or mode of transmission: direct and indirect?

  Contact or mode of transmission
• Occurs when there is physical contact between an infected person and a susceptible person?

  Direct contact transmission
• Occurs when there is no direct human-to-human contact. Contact occurs from a reservoir to contaminated surfaces or objects?

  Indirect contact transmission
• What are the six links of chain of infection?

  1. Pathogen
  2. Reservoir
  3. Portal of Exit
  4. Mode of Transmission
  5. Portal of Entry
  6. The Susceptible Host
• What is a pathogen?

  An organism with the ability to cause disease
• What is a reservoir?

  A place within which microorganisms can thrive and produce.
• What provides a way for a microorganism to leave the reservoir?

  Portal of exit
• What is the method by which the organism moves from one host to another?

  Mode of transmission
• What is an opening allowing the microorganism to enter the host?

  Portal of entry
• What is the susceptible host?

  A person who cannot resists a microorganism invading its body.
• What are the 4 stages of infection?

  1. Incubation
  2. Prodromal
  3. Illness or Clinical
  4. Recovery or Convalescence
• What is the incubation stage?

  When a person acquires the pathogen until the appearance of the first sign
• It is when there are non-specific signs and symptoms appearing?

  Prodromal stage
• It is the time when illness reaches its highest point of development?

  Illness or clinical stage
• The time when recovery seems complete although the disease is still communicable?

  Recovery or convalescence stage
• What is any physical or psychological state considered to be outside the realm of normal well-being?

  Morbidity
• What is the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence?

  Mortality
• Diseases that can be transmitted from one organism to another and make people ill?

  Communicable diseases
• These are done to prevent one from having the diseases?

  Primary prevention
• Activities are done to prevent further damages when the diseases has already started?

  Secondary prevention
• The focus is on rehabilitating the sick person so as to prevent long-term complications of the disease?

  Tertiary prevention
• WHO

  World Health Organization
• DOH

  Department of Health
• FDA

  Food and Drug Administration
• FHSIS

  Field Health Service Information System
• FNRI

  Food and Nutrition Research Institute
• DOST

  Department of Science and Technology
• RITM

  Research Institute for Tropical Medicine
• NNS

  National Nutrition Survey
• PHS

  Philippine Health Statistic
• PhilCAT

  Philippine Coalition Against Tuberculosis
• NTP

  National Tuberculosis Control Program
• BHS

  Barangay Health Station
• DEPED

  Department of Education
• NCDPC

  National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• NEC

  National Epidemiology Center
• PCPCND

  Philippine Coalition for the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases