3. Health Promotion & Disease Prevention

Question 1

What are behavior oriented interventions?

And what are Structure interventions?

Answer 1

Example

• Behavior oriented interventions:
  
  • Person wearing their glasses & hörgeräte, shoes, take sleep medication when the person already is in bed
  • get rid of carpets or small objects
  • emergency button
• Structural interventions
  
  • Easier access and elevators in public places
  • Sport campaign for elderly
  • provide wainkg aids
  • salting slippery ground ir ice (winter)

Question 2

Intervention can be in two ways?

Problem?

Answer 2

Problem population-based approach: Health inequalities

• People with low society - who need the help the most sometimes arent interested or can not reach it

Question 3

High-risk approach - Specific target group

What do we need to do, to really get the risk group?

Answer 3

Question 4

Interventions

Disease prevention

Health promotion

• Define both
• Explain the difference

Answer 4

Question 5

Disease prevention

3 Groups?

Answer 5

Question 6

The concept of health promotion changed from 1986 - 1998. How and why?

Answer 6

1986 - was more on the individual level

1998 - Social determinants are also important

(Social conditions / enviornmen/ economic

Question 7

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

AIM:

Three basic strategies?

Answer 7

Aim: Health fo all

• E: Empower people
• M: Health for everyone is achievable
• A: Creat the conditions

Question 8

Five Key action areas Ottawa Charter?

Answer 8

1. All about behaviorally oriented intervention - people are responsible for there own health
2. health promotion also in health professional & health services
3. Collective efforts in communities
4. Creat supportive environments = Fahrradweg & Parks Make healthy food available, park to train if the sport is too expensive, transport
5. Direct & indirect related to health - Health needs to be a topic in all health policie

Question 9

Ottawa Charter is linked to core function & essential Services of public health. Where?

Answer 9

Question 10

What is the Environment?

Health Hazard from the environment?

What? Related to whom?

Answer 10

Atmosphere Air, Flora, Wildlife, Water, Soil

Question 11

What is environmental health?

Answer 11

Question 12

Direct/indirect health effects of environmental conditions?

Answer 12

Question 13

How does the environment get “ under the skin”?

Answer 13

Agent = Stoff

Vectors= Überträger

Question 14

Diseases with the strongest environmental contribution?

Answer 14