Community/Public Health Flashcards
All Great Programs Must Be Strong Ideas
-Assessment
-Goals/Objectives (smaller)
-Management system
-Budget
-Support
-Implement
Program Planning
-Identify Nutrition Problem
-Define parameters
-Collect data
-Analyze data
-Share results
-Set Priorities
Community Assessment Steps
descriptive profile of a sample of participants at ONE point in time
Survey
descriptive profile of a sample of participants thru CONTINUOUS monitoring
Surveillance
-uniform food standards in Aus/NZ
-2002
Food Standards Code
-develops and manages food standards for food (FSC)
-regulates food labels
-imported food
-food recalls
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)
- General Food Standards
- Food Product Standards
- Food safety Standards
- Primary production standards
“chapters” new joint FSC
labelling, food additives, residue, contaminants
Chapter 1 “general food standards”
food specific (i,e. meat, alcoh, dairy) standards
Chapter 2 “food product standards”
-protection of public health
-info relating to food so consumers make informed choices
-prevent misleading conducts
responsibilities of FSANZ
-policy setting and approval for food regulations
-Australia new Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (ANZFRMC)
FSANZ Nutrition Panel Calculator
helps calculate value for nutrition labels
Energy, protein, carbs, sugar, fat/sat fat, sodium
&
nutrients assoc w claims made
Nutrition Label requirements
additives, ingredients, might cause adverse reaction, storage requirements, supplier info, best before/use by
Additional food label requirements
-different interpretations by states and territories
-amount of resources to enforce compliance
issues facing food standard code (FSC) enforcers
factors that impact health and wellness of individuals
determinants of health
lower life expectancy (younger than 75)
-high rates of chronic disease (malnutrition, obesity, CVD, type 2 diabetes, CKD and tooth decay, eye & ear)
-Low birth weights
Indigenous Stats
born, grow, work, live and age conditions
social det of health