16. Public Health Flashcards
What is the defintion of health?
A state of complete physical, mental and social well being.
What is the definition of oral health?
A completely healthy dentition (32 sound, straight teeth with no periodontal disease or soft tissue lesions associated) resulting in a state of physical, mental and social well being.
List 3 oral health promoting factors:
Regular OHI
Healthy diet
Exercise
List 7 oral health risk factors:
Sugar
Smoking
Alcohol
Fizzy drinks
Poor OH
Non attendance
Stress
List 4 behaviours change methods:
Giving knwoedlege
Counselling
Goal setting
Motivational interveiwing
What are the 5 components of goal setting?
SMART
Specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, time bound
What is health promotion?
Addresses the underlying determinants of health.
What is health education?
Focussed specifically on the individual to enable people to make informed choices through education.
What is health literacy?
When people have enough knowledge, understanding, skills and confidence to use health information and navigate health and social care systems.
What are the effects of low health literacy?
Lack of acccess and engagement with health services
Self management of conditions
Difficulty understanding health information sources
What is health inequality?
The difference in health status or the distribution of health determinants between different population groups.
What is health inequity?
The presence of avoidable, unfair differences among different groups of people.
What are the 5 determinants of health (Dahlgreen and Whitehead 1991)
- Age, sex and other constitutional factors
- Individual lifestyle factors
- Social and community networks
- Living and working conditions
- General socio- economic, cultural and envriomental conditions
