CHN CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
GLOBAL AND COUNTRY HEALTH IMPERATIVES
1 . Shifts in demographic and epidemiological trends in diseases.
- New technologies for health care, communication and information.
- Existing and emerging environmental hazards some associated with globalization.
- Health reforms.
**Context of ongoing changes, exert pressure on Public health system.
an Organization adopted a common vision of poverty reduction
and sustainable development in September 2000. exemplified by MDG
The united nations general assembly
These goals are based on the fundamental values of freedom, equality, solidarity, tolerance, health, respect for nature, and shared responsibility.
the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)
what are the 8 the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)
P-E-G-C-M-H-E-G
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower Women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop a global partnership for development
all the MDGs are health or health-related EXCEPT?
MDGs 2 & 3
“triple whammy”
epidemiologic shift but also by the emergence of plague like infectious diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) and
Avian Flu.
The Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA) implemented through
FOURmula ONE (2005-2010)
WHO defines ____ as “state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
health
Determinants/Factors of health by WHO:
-Income and social status
-Education
-Physical environment
-Employment & working conditions
-Social support networks
-Culture
-Genetics
-Personal Behavior & coping skills
-Health services
-Gender
This framework refers to _____ of individuals, families and communities being influenced by several factors in the eco-system.
Optimum Level of Functioning (OLOF)
He defines
public health as the “science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life,
promoting health and efficiency through organized community effort, for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease, so organizing these benefits as to enable every citizen to
realize his birthright of health and longevity.
Dr. C.E. Winslow
ECO-SYSTEM INFLUENCES ON OPTIMUM
LEVEL OF FUNCTIONING (OLOF)
B-H2-E-S-P
-BEHAVIOR
-HEREDITY
-HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
-ENVIRONMENT
-SOCIO-ECONOMIC
-POLITICAL
safety
Oppression
People Empowerment
POLITICAL
Culture
Habits
Mores
Ethnic Customs
BEHAVIOR
-generic endowment
-defects
-strengths
-risk: familial, ethnic, racial
HEREDITARY
-Promotive
Preventive
Curative
Rehabilitative
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
AIR
FOOD
WATER WASTE
URBAN/RURAL
NOISE
RADIATION
POLLUTION
Environment
Employment
Education
Housing
Socio-economic
Safety
Oppresio
People Empowerment
Political
Public Health defined by ____ the “art of applying science in the context of politics so as to reduce inequalities in health while ensuring the best health for greatest number”
WHO
- public health is a
core element of governments’ attempts to improve and promote the health and
welfare of their citizens
the core business of public health as:
1 . Disease control
2. Injury prevention
3. Health protection
4. Healthy public policy including those in relation to environmental hazards
5. Promotion of health and equitable health gain.
YACH describe core business of public health as:
“a set of fundamental
activities that address the determinants of health, protect a population’s health
and treat disease.
what are the essential public health functions:
1 . Health situation monitoring and analysis
2. Epidemiological surveillance/disease prevention and control
3. Development of policies and planning in public health
4. Strategic management of health systems and services for population health
gain
5. Regulation and enforcement to protect public health
6. Human resources development and planning in public health
7. Health promotion, social participation and empowerment
8. Ensuring the quality of personal and population based health services
9. Research, development and implementation of innovative public health solutions
____DEFINED PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING AS “special field of nursing that combines the skills of nursing,
public health and some phases of social assistance and functions as part of the
total public health programme for the promotion of health, the improvement the conditions in the social and physical environment, rehabilitation of illness and
disability.”
WHO
using their nursing
skills in the application of public health functions and social assistance within
the context of public health programs designed to promote health and prevent
diseases.
Public health nurses
Community health nursing defined by____ as a service rendered by a professional nurse with’ communities, groups, families, individuals at home, in health centers, in clinics, in schools, in places of work for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, care
of the sick at home and rehabilitation.”
Ruth B. Freeman
Encompasses “nursing practice in a wide
variety of community services and consumer advocate areas, and in a variety of
roles, at times including independent practice …. community nursing is certainly
not confined to public health nursing agencies.
Jacobson
***Community health nursing is broader than public health nursing
Public health nursing was coined by ____ a director of the
Henry Street Settlement in New York City to denote a service that was available
to all people.
Lillian Wald
is the employer of public
health nurses both at the national and the local health agencies.
The government
Position title or
designation given to these nurses by the Civil Service Commission working in
these agencies is ____
Public Health Nurse
In the standards of Public Health Nursing in the Philippines 2005, _______ refer to the nurses in the local/national health departments or public schools whether their official position title is Public Health Nurse or Nurse or school nurse.
Public Health Nurses (PHNs)
refers to the practice of nursing in national and local
Government health departments (which includes health centers and rural health
units), and public schools.
Public Health Nursing
