Considerations for your Model/Flow Chart of Human Disease and Society

Etiology  virus  bacteria  transmitted via insects  Caused by viruses  Transmitted via air Caused by malnutrition, poor diet variety Wed – Scurvy o 7/1/09 Pellagra July  Etiology for hantavirus 13 o Virus o Animal waste o (not human to human) o Environmental changes What are some issues relevant to disease impacting society? Tue - Small pox  Disease influences human traffic. 6/23/09 Tue - Small pox  Destroy or eliminate cultures/civilizations 6/23/09  impact populations and the nature (demos)  impact governments  impact national borders  impacts social movements (Haiti)  impacts social order (psychological and actual)  impact morality / charity  impact trade routes/ economy  impacts city planning (know cause) Tue - Small pox  Profound influence on religions, beliefs, and religious conviction 6/23/09 Wed – Pellagra  Disease led to stereotyping a person’s social status. (pellagra’s assoc. with poverty) 7/1/09 Wed – Polio  Disease influenced development of new technology. (braces, iron lung, exercise 7/1/09 rehabilitation) Wed – Rickets  Disease influenced social customs. (June marriages, how babies sat in carriages) 7/1/09 Wed – Scurvy  Disease impacted wars. (Nelson and Napoleon, battle at Trafalgar) 7/1/09

What are some issues relevant to society impacting disease? Tue - Small pox  Religion and church against using vaccines 6/23/09 Tue - Small pox  Morality of society 6/23/09 (+) society decided to eradicate small pox Tue - Small pox o 6/23/09 (-) putting animal parts into people was viewed as wrong, deterred use of Tue - Small pox o 6/23/09 variolation Tue - Small pox  Authority figures (+/-) influence on dealing w/ disease 6/23/09  Human traffic influences spread of disease.  trade (brought mosquitoes on ships)  quarantine  public policy  social attitude about disease  political pressure  population density  immigration and emigration spread disease Wed – Pellagra  Technology influences disease. (New food processing lead to removing essential 7/1/09 nutrients) Wed – Yellow  Social customs influenced disease. (standing water)/ (consuming lots of 7/1/09 Fever/ Gout wine/moonshine) Wed – -  Epidemiology 7/1/09 Society’s misuse of correlations led to misdiagnoses. (sailors had lots of Wed – Scurvy o 7/1/09 STDS) Wed – Gout  Trade/Treaties impacted disease. (Treaty allowed export of wine from Portugal to 7/1/09 England) Wed – Gout  Social Status impacted who got the disease. (wealthy men) 7/1/09 Wed – Pellagra  Political influence impacted disease. (Firing of Babcock due to ‘embarrassing’ the 7/1/09 state) Wed – Pellagra  Current science often influenced the research focus of the etiology of the disease. 7/1/09 Beriberi (Originally, some of the metabolic diseases were thought to be caused by bacteria, a popular and frequently used hypothesis at the time)  Stereotypes (Navajo disease) July 13  Institutions (CDC)  Emotional reactions (panic and fear)  Culture conflicting with the discovery of the disease  Environment cont. July 13 o Hospitals (infected people in one area) July 13 o Sharing needles ( third world countries) July 13 o Financial status July 13 o Bacteria and virus mutations/ different strains o Industry (changes of making a product)

Important points: Tue - Small pox 6/23/09 Tue - Small pox  Significance of moral conviction for a cause 6/23/09 Wed – Beriberi  Dumb Luck often led to breakthroughs in understanding the etiology and treatment of 7/1/09 a disease. (Eijkman/Chickens)