AP HUGE Chapter 4- Geography of Health and Disease (Herold)

The sub-branch of geography that studies the pattern of and transmission of diseases as well as the spatial pattern of health care.

Poor environments can negatively affect human health. Pollution and other man-made problems can also impact our overall health.

Religions or other cultural attitudes and practices can affect how diseases and other ailments are dealt with in an area.

The diffusion of diseases across the world.

The relationship between plants and animals and the environment

The interconnections between human populations and the physical world (environment). Humans affect their environment, and the environment affects humans.

Factors such as drugs, dangerous gases, and harmful liquids, that negatively affect human health.

Traumatic events, such as accidents, shock, or radiation poisoning, that negatively affect human health.

The effects of things such as crowding, anxiety, belonging, or love on a person's health.

The effects on a person caused by viruses, bacteria, or other physical insults.

the three sides of the Triangle of Human Ecology

a disease, such as chicken pox, that is always present at some level in a population

an outbreak of a disease (large numbers; abnormal)

a worldwide outbreak of a disease (when an epidemic covers a large area)

An organism that causes a disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and flukes (worms).

a life form that has a disease (animal or human

The means by which a disease agent is transmitted to a host, such as a mosquito, tick, fly, or rodent.

an endemic infectious disease caused by a fluke, which also lives in snails for part of its life cycle. The infection causes a massive immune response.

A worldwide disease, or pandemic, caused by a virus that can cause a progressive breakdown of the human immune system.

million people infected with HIV/AIDS worldwide

million deaths from HIV/AIDS since 1981

A disease caused by a parasite and spread by humans via mosquitoes. Malaria symptoms include fever and headache and can progress into coma or death.

world population at risk for malaria

million cases of malaria documented each year

parasite that causes malaria

A potentially deadly lung disease (pulmonary). A bacterial disease that is spread when an infected person coughs or sneezes respiratory fluids into the air

chronic cough with blood, fever, and weight loss. It is hard to control with it being spread person to person

sex education (abstinence and contraceptives), retroviral drugs, providing free and sterile syringes in high drug uses areas, and making available free screenings/testing

million new cases of tuberculosis each year

amount of the world's population exposed to tuberculosis

million mortalities from tuberculosis each year

A mosquito-transmitted viral disease that causes an acute hemorrhagic fever, affecting 200,000 people worldwide a year with 30,000 resulting in death

A symptom of various viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections, killing more than 2 million people each year

Commonly known as the flu, a disease caused by a virus that affects humans, animals, and birds.

The presence or absence of health care resources Hospitals

Proximity to Resources; how close or accessible facilities are to users. Rural Areas

Societal Realities; Racist and Sexist Policies that might limit a person's access to health care. Culture

Affordability; limited access to the poor.

pathogenic microorganisms that are transmitted via human blood and cause disease in humans

sexually oriented to persons of the opposite sex

sexually oriented to persons of the same sex

a medical instrument used to inject fluids into the body or draw them from it

the cultural practice of a husband having multiple wives

a change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels

a virulently infectious disease caused by a corona virus

in the triangle of human ecology, the effects of cultural norms or societal organizations on human health

the relationship between plants and animals and the environment

the natural characteristics and cultural aspects of an environment

the number of people in an area as well as the age, gender, and genetic characteristics of a society