4.2 Health Promotion Flashcards
What is health promotion?
The process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health. It is the responsibility of the individual and the health sector
What is a health determinant?
Factors which affect the health of a population and also an individual. Can be social, environmental, economic, genetic or behavioural
List the factors which make a good health promotion
Empowering Participatory Holistic Intersectoral Equitable Sustainable Multi-strategy
What is public health with regard to a health promotion?
The end goal of a health promotion
How is a health promotion critiqued structurally?
Focus on individual responsibility
How can surveillance of health promotions be critiqued?
Have to monitor and regulate a whole population which requires lots of resources and time
How can a health promotion be critiqued with regard to consumption?
Lifestyle choices may be seen as a way of identification and not as a health risk so people will not change
Give the 5 approaches to health promotion
Medical/Preventive Behavioural change Education Empowerment Social change
What is primary prevention?
Preventing an onset of a disease by reducing the exposure to risk factors
What is secondary prevention?
Detecting and treating a disease at an early stage to prevent progression of a disease and chronic disability
Give an example of a primary prevention method
Stop smoking campaign
Immunisation
Give an example of a secondary prevention method
Screening for diseases
Monitoring blood pressure
What is tertiary prevention?
Aims to minimise effects of an established disease
Give an example of tertiary prevention
Transplants
Preventative medication
How may health promotions be unethical?
May have a psychological impact on some people
