Alcoholic Liver Disease

Question 1

epidemiology

Answer 1

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events (including disease), and the application of this study to the control of diseases and other health problems.

Question 2

Modifiers

Answer 2

• Pattern of Consumption and Beverage Type
• Gender. Women are more susceptible
• Age. older adults (i.e., ages 65 and up) are more vulnerable
• Race/Ethnicity.
• Genetics. Nutritional Factors. Drugs. Obesity.
• Smoking. Viral Infections.

Question 3

Barriers to reducing alcohol consumption

Answer 3

organisational
political
cultural/behavioural
economic

Question 4

Health Promotion

Answer 4

the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.

Question 5

3 important elements to health promotion

Answer 5

– A focus on tackling the determinants of health
– Working in partnership with a range of agencies and sectors
– Adopting a strategic approach using a range of complementary actions to promote the health of thepopulation

Question 6

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion – WHO 1986

Answer 6

Develop Personal Skills
• Strengthen Community
Action
• Reorient Health Services
• Build Healthy Public Policy
• Create Supportive Environments

Question 7

Prevention in Health Promotion- Different Approaches

Answer 7

• There are two complementary approaches to improving health
– Population approach – High-risk approach
• To add to the approaches there is also a third approach
– Targeted population approach

Question 8

• Population approach

Answer 8

• in which the aim is to lower the average level of risk
factor in the population:

– The disease/risk factor is distributed among large
proportions of the population
– The results of not intervening to prevent the disease even in one person are very severe

Question 9

High risk approach

Answer 9

in which people at particularly high risk are identified through screening, and offered appropriate advice and treatment

Question 10

Targeted population approach

Answer 10

This involves identifying communities at greater risk of disease and using population strategies within these targeted groups.