7 Epidemiology Health Promotion Flashcards
What is health promotion
process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.
Focusses on social and environmental interventions.
making the healthy choice the easy choice.
What is a determinant of health
a factor or characteristic that brings about change in health, either for the better of the worse.
What are the 3 types of health determinants
Biological
Behavioural
Social
Explain social health determinants
The circumstances in which people are born, live and work and the systems put in place to deal with illness.
economics
social policies
politics.
Downstream factors
Biological factors at the micro level
Treatment systems, disease management, investment in clinical research.
Midstream factors
Behavioural factors at intermediate level
Lifestyle, behavioural and individual prevention
Upstream factors
Social factors at the macro level
Government policies, population health, healthy environments
What are the 5 actions of health promotion
Disease Prevention
Communication Strategies
Health education & empowerment
Community & health development
Infrastructure & systems change
explain direction of health promotion action
starts with prevention and downstream factors
ends with infrastructure & systems change and upstream factors
Explain primary prevention
Focus on disease free populations
implement programs to prevent occurrence of disease and reduce exposure
Explain secondary prevention
Focus on at risk populations
early diagnosis at pre symptomatic stage
early treatment to stop progress
Explain tertiary prevention
Focus on people with the disease
treatment and management to stabilise disease and prevent long term impairments
Explain communication strategies
advertisements
directed to target audiences
Explain Community and health development
engaging with targeted populations
working with communities not FOR communities
advocacy.
Explain Infrastructure and systems change
all about government issues and policies affecting health promotion.
Taxation, legislation and policy (gun control), urban planning, organisational change (advocacy)
