Chapter 4 Global Health A Community Perspective Flashcards
a persons health status is highly dependent on his or her
living enviornment
social norms
gender
age
health defintion
state of complete physical, mental, and social well being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
public health defintion
science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts
who is the father of public health
Winslow
Who placed health on a continuum
Dunn
4 different models of health
clinical
role performance
adaptive
eudaemonistic
clinical model
elimination of disease or symptoms
role performance model
match between people and social roles
adaptive model
involves adaption to the enviornment
eudaemonistic model
actualization or realization of human potential
what level of health do we strive for
eudaemonistic
- actualization of human potential
when I feel well I would not say I am sick
clinical model
I am unhealthy because I am unable to perform my role as a mother
role performance
I am healthy because I can adapt to adversity
adaptive
I consider myself health if I can function physically, emotionally, and socially
eudaemonistic model
What is health influenced by
politics
economics
culture
6 determinants of health
physical enviornment
social enviornment
health behaviors and coping skills
access to health services
healthy child development
employment and working conditions
demographic and epidemiologic transitions refer to the
improvement in global health indicators
examples of global health indicators
life expectancy
morbidity/mortality
infectious disease
health service coverage
health system expenditure and equities
demographics and socioeconomic
demographic and health survey
evaluate the health of a nation
epidemiologic transitions include the following
- high and fluctuating _______ due to poor health, epidemics, and famine
mortality
epidemiologic transitions include the following
- progressive declines in _____________ as epidemics become less frequent
epidemics