Core 1 Flashcards
1
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Measuring health status
A
- role of epidemiology
- measures of epidemiology (mortality, infant mortality, morbidity, life expectancy)
2
Q
Identifying priority health issues
A
- social justice principles
- priority population groups
- potential for prevention and early intervention
- costs to individual and community
3
Q
Groups experiencing health inequities
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- Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people
- Socioeconomically disadvantaged people
- people in rural and remote areas
- over-seas born people
- the elderly
- people with disabilities
4
Q
High levels of preventable chronic disease, injury and mental health problems
A
- cardiovascular disease (CVD)
- cancer (skin, breast, lung)
- diabetes
- respiratory disease
injury - mental health problems and volunteers
5
Q
Growing and ageing population
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- healthy ageing
- increased population living with chronic disease and disability
- demand for health services and workforce shortages
- availability of carers and volunteers
6
Q
Health care in Australia
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- range and types of health facilities and services
- responsibility for health facilities and services
- equity of access to health facilities and services
- health care expenditure versus expenditure on early intervention and prevention
- impact of emerging new treatments and technologies on health care eg cost and access, benefits of early detection
- health insurance: medicare and private
7
Q
Complementary and alternative health care approaches
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- reasons for growth of complementary and alternative health product and services
- range of products and services available
- how to make informed consumer choices
8
Q
Health promotion based on the liv action areas of the Ottawa charter
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- levels of responsibility
- benefits of partnerships in health promotion, eg government sector, non-government agencies and local community
- how health promotion based on the Ottawa charter promotes social justice
- the Ottawa charter in action
(DRS BC)
