8- Health promotion Review (1-9) Flashcards
What occured in 1986 in regards to health promotion?
Ottawa Charter for health promotion which is the Canadian framework for health promotion
What are the 5 actions areas for health promotion?
- Build healthy public policy
- Create supportive environments
- Strengthen community action
- Develop personal skills
- Reorienting health services
What are the key values of health promotion?
1.) Empowerment
2.) Social justice and equity
3.) Inclusion
4.) Respect
What are the different ways in which health promotion can be conducted?
- Participatory approaches
- Holistic view of health
- Focus on determinants of health
What are 3 approaches that are used as a health status indicator?
- Societal level policies: aims to affect the health of the entire population
- Mass population interventions: lower average level of risk in populations by removing risk factors
- High-risk interventions: focus on high risk interventions to determine risk status, targets a specific subset of populations
What is health promotion?
This is the focus on enabling people to take control of their health.
What is population health?
It is the focuses on interventions that will benefit an entire population
What are the similarities of health promotion and population health?
That both acknowledge the social, physical, biological aspects influencing health
What are the 4 steps of disease prevention?
- Primordial prevention
- Primary prevention
- Secondary prevention
- Tertiary prevention
What is primordial prevention?
To eliminate predisposing risk factors (plaque control, removal of calculus etc.)
What is primary prevention?
Prevent the occurrence of disease (lack of dental IQ, education etc.)
What is secondary prevention?
To slow the progress of disease and eliminate (Dental hygiene therapy, maintaining adequate homecare)
What is tertiary prevention?
To stop the progression of established disease
What is health promotion?
To focus on the strengths and assets and all aspects of health
What is Disease prevention?
To focus on risk factors
What are the similarities between health promotion and disease prevention?
That both want to prevent the occurrence of disease
What is harm reduction?
Focuses on high risk behaviour affecting health
In what year did the Canada Health Act occur?
1969: where universal access to healthcare for all Canadians have occurred.
What are the 5 different levels of the ecological framework?
1.) Individuals
2.) Interpersonal
3.) Organizations
4.) Community
5.) Public policy/societal laws and policies