(1) UNIT 1.1: Introduction to Public Health Flashcards
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity
Health
Factors influencing health and well-being
Social and Economic Factors
Health Behaviors
Clinical Care
Physical Environment
Genes and Biology
How many percent is Social and Economic Factors as a factor influencing health and well-being?
40%
How many percent is Health Behaviors as a factor influencing health and well-being?
30%
How many percent is Clinical Care as a factor influencing health and well-being?
10%
How many percent is Physical Environment as a factor influencing health and well-being?
10%
How many percent is Genes and Biology as a factor influencing health and well-being?
10%
Analyzing the health of a population and the threats it faces
Public Health
Measures directed to group of people to promote, protect, and preserve health
Public Health
Science of protecting the safety and improving the health of communities through education, policy making, and research for disease and injury prevention
Public Health
The comprehensive definition of public health is provided by ___
Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, 1920
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Population focus
Public health
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Public health ethic
Public health
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Joint laboratory and field environment
Public Health
Identify if public health or health care:
Clinical sciences peripheral to professional training
Public Health
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Prevention
Public Health
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Individual patient focus
Health care
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Personal service ethic
Health care
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Diagnosis and treatment emphasis
Health care
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Joint laboratory and patient involvement
Health care
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Private sector basis
Health care
Five steps in prevention and intervention
- Define the health problem
- Identify the risk factors associated with the problem
- Develop and test community-level intervention to control and prevent the cause of the problem
- Implement intervention to improve the health of the population
- Monitor those intervention to assess their effectiveness
Main task is to develop intervention designed to prevent specific problems that have been identified
Prevention
3 levels of approaches
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
Prevents illness or injury from occurring at all
Primary prevention
Seeks to minimize the severity of the illness or the damage due to an injury-causing event once the event has occurred
Secondary prevention
Seeks to minimize disability through rehabilitation
Tertiary prevention
An act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to assess, improve, maintain, promote, or modify health, functioning or health conditions
Health intervention
Being developed to provide a common tool for reporting and analyzing health interventions for statistical purposes
International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI)
Covers interventions carried out by a broad range of providers across the full scope of health systems and includes interventions
ICHI
___ prevention may be out of the domain of PH, but ____ prevention are very much a part of public health’s mission
Primary
Secondary and Tertiary
Public health consists of:
Social medicine
Preventive medicine
Community medicine
Community health
Identify if public health or health care:
Clinical sciences essential to professional training
Health Care
