CONTEMPORARY UNDERSTANDING OF HEALTH

Question 1

Guiding principles for action (Berni Murphy)

Answer 1

1) A Determinants approach
2) Evidence based Health promotion
3) Building collaborative Partnership
4) Advocacy, engagement and empowerment
5) Leadership in health promotion

Question 2

Five important ways health can be conceptualised

Answer 2

1) Absence of disease in an individual
2) Holistic well-being in an individual
3) Subjective experience
4) Dynamic degrees of functional capacity and wellness along continuum
5) Population based concept

Question 3

Equity:

Answer 3

more or less equal distribution of goods and services usually on the basis of need

Question 4

Inequity :

Answer 4

grounded in social justice/unfairness – plus time – often leads to increasing health inequalities
(Relational)

Question 5

Inequality :

Answer 5

is a term used to designate the measurable differences, variations, and disparities in the health achievements of individuals and group
(Dimensional)

Question 6

• Downstream:

Answer 6

micro level including treatment systems, individual prevention an early prevention, disease management, and investment in clinical research.

Question 7

• Midstream:

Answer 7

intermediate level including lifestyle or behavioural programs, which may be focus on specific populations, such as young mothers or older me, or on everyone in general, for example through road safety campaign.

Question 8

• Upstream:

Answer 8

macro level (whole of population approaches) including government polices to address societal factors that promote good health and prevent illness and diseases. Includes: education, food supply, health care, and specific strategies such as safe road conditions and drinking driving laws.