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06 Healthy Community

 

Communicable Diseases

Pathogen
  • Bacteria, Virus, Parasites, Fungi
  • Transmissibility, Pathogenicity, Virulence
Transmission
  • Direct vs indirect contacts
  • Through: droplets, inhalation, ingestion, blood / body fluid
Lifestyle changes
  • Increased international trades and travel due to globalization

 

Immune System

Non-Specific defence

  • First line – physical barriers such as intact skin and hair in nasal passage; chemical barriers such as tears and saliva

  • Second line - inflammatory response (affected area red, swollen, and warm)

Specific defence

  • Third line - immune response

Vaccination

Non- Communicable Diseases

Examples
  • Diseases - Cancer, cardio-vascular diseases, heart diseases, diabetes mellitus
  • Related health problems - strokes, obesity and hypertension
Lifestyle
  • Sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy dietary practice, smoking, alcohol consumption

 

Disease Prevention

Levels Primary
  • Aim:avoiding the development of a disease or injury
  • Examples:health education and vaccinations
Secondary
  • Aim:early detection of diseases, thereby increasing opportunities for intervention to prevent the progression of the disease
  • Examples:health check-ups (such as pre-marital check-up, antenatal check-up)and disease screening (such as colorectal cancer screening)
Tertiary
  • Aim:proper rehabilitation of patients with an established disease to minimize residual disabilities and complications
  • Examples:rehabilitation service
Government strategies Policy making
  • Example: tobacco control policy, food labelling and safety
Diseases prevention and surveillance
  • Centre for Health Protection - keeps the community abreast of health risks through the issue of alerts and tracks changes in the risk profile and health determinants of the population
Control of the disease spreading
  • Real time surveillance
  • Rapid intervention
  • Responsive risk communication
Public health promotion
  • Territory-wide health promotion programmes such as "healthy eating", "active living"
Resources management
  • Mobilising resources and providing support for non-governmental organisations in health promotion and disease prevention

Latest Update: October 2019

 

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Booklet

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Centre for Health Protection

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World Health Organization

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Government’s Preparedness and Response Plan for Novel Infectious Disease of Public Health

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COVID-19 Thematic Website

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Tasks & Worksheets (Coming Soon)

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Assessing my learning

What are the relationships between lifesyles and communicable and non-communicable diseases?
What is disease prevention?
How could disasese prevention be implemented at individual, society and global levels?

Note-taking Tools

One Note
Docs

My Data Bank

One Drive
Google Drive

Collaboration Platform

Google Sites
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Presentation Tools

Google Slides
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