1 - Prelim - Unit I - 1 Flashcards
Emphasizes transnational health issues, determinants, and solutions; involves many disciplines within and beyond the health sciences and promotes inter-disciplinary collaboration; a synthesis of population-based prevention with individual-level clinical care.
Global Health
The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.
Public Health
The practice of nursing in local, national, and city health departments, including health centers and public schools. It provides nursing care and counsel to individuals, families, and groups in clinics, homes, schools, and workplaces, cooperating with allied health groups to plan and execute community health programs.
Public Health Nursing
A field of public health that includes organized health efforts at the community level through government and private initiatives. It is the synthesis of nursing practice and public health aimed at promoting and preserving the health of populations.
Community Health Nursing
A collection of people who interact with one another, and whose common interests or characteristics form the basis for a sense of unity or belonging.
Community
Core Features of Global Health
Involves publicly owned facilities delivering personal health services and includes the people, institutions, and resources involved in health care delivery.
Top 10 Most Common Health Issues in the Philippines:
Physical Activity
Nutrition
Tobacco Use
Substance Abuse
HIV/AIDS
Mental Health Issues
Injury and Violence
Environmental Quality
67% of Filipinos are less active, leading to weight gain and a sedentary lifestyle.
Physical Activity
Filipino cuisine is high in calories with a poor balance of macronutrients, often containing fatty meats and caloric sauces.
Nutrition
In 2019, ___ of adults in the Philippines aged ___ and above smoked cigarettes.
24.7%
15
An estimated ___ million Filipinos use dangerous drugs, often leading to mental health issues such as depression and psychosocial dysfunction.
1.7
From January to March 2023, ___ HIV cases and ___ deaths were recorded.
4819
141
Generation Z Filipinos aged 18 to 24 are more prone to depression and anxiety than the global average.
NA
Can lead to long-term effects, chronic illness, or death.
Injury and Violence
Issues like pollution, illegal mining, logging, and climate change affect health and the environment.
Environmental Quality