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Theories of Disease Causation - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Temperature
      - Humidity
      - Altitude
      - Crowding
      - Water
      - Milk
      - Food
      - Housing
      - Neighborhood
      - Radiation
      - Pollution
      - Noise
    - - Age
      - Sex
      - Race
      - Genetic Profile
      - Previous Diseases
      - Immune Status
      - Religion
      - Customs
      - Occupation
      - Marital Status
      - Family Background
    - - Biologic
        
        Bacteria
        
        Viruses
      - Chemical
        
        Poison
        
        Alcohol
        
        Smoke
      - Physical
        
        Trauma
        
        Radiation
        
        Fire
      - Nutritional
        
        Lack
        
        Excess
- - - - Prior to interaction
      - Susceptibility
      - Interrelations of AHE factors
        
        Production of stimulus
    - - Early pathogenesis
        
        Disease course
        
        Resolution
        
        Death
        
        Disability
        
        Recovery
        
        Alterations
      - Reaction of the host to the stimulus
      - Early pathogenesis
        
        Discernible early lessions
        
        Advanced disease
        
        Convalescence
  - - - Primary
        
        Health Promotion
        
        Health education
        
        Marriage counseling and sex education
        
        Genetics
        
        Periodic selective examinations
        
        Personality development
        
        Good standard of nutrition
        adjusted to developmental phases
        
        Provision
        
        Adequate housing
        
        Recreation
        
        Agreeable working
        conditions
        
        Specific Protection
        
        Specific immunization
        
        Attention to personal hygiene
        
        Environmental sanitation
        
        Protection
        
        Occupational hazards
        
        Accidents
        
        Carcinogens
        
        Specific nutrients
        
        Avoidance of allergens
    - - Secondary
        
        Early diagnosis and
        prompt treatment
        
        Case-finding measures
        
        Individual
        
        Mass
        
        Screening surveys
        
        Selective examinations
        
        Objectives
        
        cure and prevent disease processes
        
        Prevent spread of communicable diseases
        
        Prevent complications and sequelae
        
        Shorten period of disability
        
        Disability limitation
        
        Adequate treatment
        
        Arrest disease process
        
        Prevent further complications
        and sequelae
        
        Provision of facilities
        
        Limit disability
        
        Prevent death
      - Tertiary
        
        Rehabilitation
        
        Provision of hospital and
        community facilities
        
        Retraining
        
        Maximum use of remaining capacities
        
        Education
        
        Education
        
        Public
        
        Utilize rehabilitated
        
        Industry
        
        Full employment
        
        Selective placement
        
        Therapy
        
        Sheltered colony