Health & Biomechanics - Health

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The years from 1875 to 1900 are known as the bacteriological period of public health

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Entire libraries were burned and knowledge about the human body was seen as sinful during the Middle Ages

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The contagion concept associated with leprosy and bubonic plague severely weakened the argument of those promoting the sin-disease theory

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In order to join the Brotherhood of the Flagellants, group members had to pledge to ritualistically torment themselves three times daily for 33 days and eight hours

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The plague caused widespread fear and superstition regarding the cause of disease

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Religious leaders and physicians often were the first victims of the plague thus increasing fear and superstition as to the cause of disease

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The Egyptians were the first to build hospitals

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The Greeks emphasized instruction related to philosophy, athletics, and theology in order for individuals to maintain balance

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The Middle Ages can be characterized as a time of health advancements

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The Romans can be credited with making many health advancements

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The Romans had a great appreciation for hygiene and developed an extensive system of private and public baths

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As engineers, builders, and administrators, the Greeks had no equal among early civilizations

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Asclepius has been credited as being the first epidemiologist and the father of modern medicine

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The Hippocratic Oath continues to be used today as the basis for medical ethics

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The balance of mind, body, and spirit was a focus of the Romans

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Egyptian medicine never advanced far beyond primitive medicine, relying on faith in magic spells

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During the Greek era, the role of physician began to take shape and a more scientific view of medicine emerged

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In Greek mythology Hygeia was given the power to prevent disease

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Hippocrates taught that health was the result of prayer

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The Egyptians possessed a strong sense of personal cleanliness and were considered to be the healthiest people of their time

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The Egyptians utilized numerous pharmaceutical preparations and constructed earth privies for sewage as well as public drainage pipes

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

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The formal classification for the occupation of health education was significant because it

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The earliest written record concerning public health was the Smith Papyri

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Earliest man believed that disease and infirmity were caused by the influence of magic or malevolent spirits that inhabited streams, trees, animals, the earth, and the air

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The need for professional health educators emerged as human beings' knowledge of health and health care increased

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Health literacy is defined as an individual's ability to read health information

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The coordinated school health concept has dominated the school health arena but has failed to reach its full potential in most schools because

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