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Social determinants of health are factors that affect the physical or social conditions of the environment in which people are born, live, learn, play, work and age. These factors effect health, function and quality of life outcomes. Social conditions could be concentrated poverty, availability of living wages and healthful foods, exposure to violence or presence of trash. Examples of physical factors could include schools, recreational settings, exposure to toxic substances, neighborhoods, and physical barriers (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion [ODPHP], 2018). These examples are not inclusive but name a few of each. If an individual was at risk for diabetes and was affected by social determinants of concentrated poverty, poor access to healthful foods and recreation settings it will increase the risk of the person becoming diabetic. Each one of these examples escalate the disease process instead of decreasing the risk of diabetes.
The communicable disease chain or chain of infection describes how disease or infection are spread. An infectious agent leaves its host or reservoir through a portal of exit, moved through a mode of transmission and enters through a portal of entry into a susceptible host (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2012). Following proper PPE goes a long way in breaking the communicable disease chain. An infectious agent will find it more difficult to be spread if the means of transmission are blocked or the immune system of the susceptible host is not compromised. In the case of
Clostridium difficile or C.Diff,
it may be possible to prevent the infectious agent in the first place by taking antibiotics only when needed and avoiding taking multiple antibiotics at the same time. It is also possible to break the chain at mode of transmission by using the appropriate cleaning supplies on surfaces and only using correct hand washing procedures in rooms with C. Diff patients as well as gown and gloves and proper removal of linens.
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A communicable disease chain is defined as the mechanism where an infective agent or pathogen is transmitted. The chain requires an infective agent, a source of infection, a mode of transmission and a host. There are many types of infective agents: bacteria, virus, fungus, protozoan, or helminth. There are many ways that infective agents can be transmitted: from person-to-person, person-to-animal, insects, or soil. The mode of transmission is how the agent is carried from host to host. It can be transmitted by air, ingestion, or physical contact. Transmission can be by air, ingestion or physical contact. For the agent to replicate it needs a host. Many social determinants put certain populations at risk. For example: poverty or location put certain populations at risk for transmission of diseases.
According to the CDC social determinants of health are economic and social conditions that influence the health of people and communities. These ...
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Social determinants of health are factors that affect the physical
or social conditions of the environment in which people are
born, live, learn, play, work and age. These factors effect
health, function and quality of life outcomes. Social conditions
could be concentrated poverty, availability of living wages and
healthful foods, exposure to violence or presence of trash.
Examples of physical factors could include schools, recreational
settings, exposure to toxic substances, neighborhoods, and
physical barriers (Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion [ODPHP], 2018). These examples are not inclusive
but name a few of each. If an individual was at risk for diabetes
and was affected by social determinants of concentrated
poverty, poor access to healthful foods and recreation settings it
will increase the risk of the person becoming diabetic. Each one
of these examples escalate the disease process instead of
decreasing the risk of diabetes.
The communicable disease chain or chain of infection describes
how disease or infection are spread. An infectious agent leaves
its host or reservoir through a portal of exit, moved through a
mode of transmission and enters through a portal of entry into a
susceptible host (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[CDC], 2012). Following proper PPE goes a long way in
breaking the communicable disease chain. An infectious agent
will find it more difficult to be spread if the means of
transmission are blocked or the immune system of the
susceptible host is not compromised. In the case of
Clostridium difficile or C.Diff,
it may be possible to prevent the infectious agent in the first
place by taking antibiotics only when needed and avoiding
taking multiple antibiotics at the same time. It is also possible
to break the chain at mode of transmission by using the
appropriate cleaning supplies on surfaces and only using correct
2. hand washing procedures in rooms with C. Diff patients as well
as gown and gloves and proper removal of linens.
Comment 2
A communicable disease chain is defined as the mechanism
where an infective agent or pathogen is transmitted. The chain
requires an infective agent, a source of infection, a mode of
transmission and a host. There are many types of infective
agents: bacteria, virus, fungus, protozoan, or helminth. There
are many ways that infective agents can be transmitted: from
person-to-person, person-to-animal, insects, or soil. The mode
of transmission is how the agent is carried from host to host. It
can be transmitted by air, ingestion, or physical contact.
Transmission can be by air, ingestion or physical contact. For
the agent to replicate it needs a host. Many social determinants
put certain populations at risk. For example: poverty or location
put certain populations at risk for transmission of diseases.
According to the CDC social determinants of health are
economic and social conditions that influence the health of
people and communities. These types of situations are formed
by the amount of money, power, and resources that people
receive. Determinant of health affects many factors that
influence a health outcome. Some of these factors include:
education, occupation, food security, housing status and, so on.
The CDC states, determinants of health are factors that
contribute to a person’s current state of health. These factors
may be biological, socioeconomic, psychosocial, behavioral, or
social in nature. It has been said that there are five determinants
of health of a population; includes: sex, age, health behaviors,
social environment, physical environment, and health services.
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Social determinants of health are factors that affect the physical
or social conditions of the environment in which people are
born, live, learn, play, work and age. These factors effect
health, function and quality of life outcomes. Social conditions
could be concentrated poverty, availability of living wages and
healthful foods, exposure to violence or presence of trash.
Examples of physical factors could include schools, recreational
settings, exposure to toxic substances, neighborhoods, and
physical barriers (Office of Disease Prevention and Health
Promotion [ODPHP], 2018). These examples are not inclusive
but name a few of each. If an individual was at risk for diabetes
and was affected by social determinants of concentrated
poverty, poor access to healthful foods and recreation settings it
will increase the risk of the person becoming diabetic. Each one
of these examples escalate the disease process instead of
decreasing the risk of diabetes.
The communicable disease chain or chain of infection describes
how disease or infection are spread. An infectious agent leaves
its host or reservoir through a portal of exit, moved through a
mode of transmission and enters through a portal of entry into a
susceptible host (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[CDC], 2012). Following proper PPE goes a long way in
breaking the communicable disease chain. An infectious agent
will find it more difficult to be spread if the means of
transmission are blocked or the immune system of the
susceptible host is not compromised. In the case of
Clostridium difficile or C.Diff,
it may be possible to prevent the infectious agent in the first
place by taking antibiotics only when needed and avoiding
taking multiple antibiotics at the same time. It is also possible
to break the chain at mode of transmission by using the
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