Core 1 Flashcards

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Individual Factors

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Knowledge & Skills
Genetics
Attitudes

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What are the Determinants

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Individual
Socio-cultural
Socio-economic
Environmental

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Socio-cultural Factors

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Family
Peers
Media
Religion
Culture
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Socio-economic Factors

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Education
Employment
Income

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Environmental Factors

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Geographic Location
Access to Health Services
Technology

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Modifiable Health Determinants

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Attitudes
Diets
Exercise
Income
Employment 
Religion
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Non-Modifiable

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Genetics
Gender
Age
Family
Culture
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Health as a Social Construct

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Health is not solely dependent on an individual due to the influence of our constant surroundings and the products, people a d ideas available to us

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What can individuals do to modify the determinants they have little control over?

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They can knowledge themselves on how to improve the determinants.
E.g. Someone with a genetic problem of heart disease can knowledge themselves on the right diet and exercise to improve their health.

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Definition of Health

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A sate of well being encompassing all the dimensions, making positive health decisions using polices adequately and contributing positively to society.

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Dimensions of Health

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Physical
Emotional
Spiritual
Social
Cognitive
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Relative health

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Health is relative in relation to other people or another period in time (your surroundings)

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Dynamic Health

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Constantly Changing

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Perceptions of Health

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Our understanding of health changes over time as our understanding of illness and life situations continue to alter out ideals.

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Public health interventions focus on

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Prevention
Promotion
Protection

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Perceptions of health at an individuals level

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Determine the actions they take

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Perceptions of health at an social level

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Drive the agenda of health strategies and interventions

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Perceptions of health as a social construct

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Our own meanings depend on our surroundings (social, cultural and economic conditions of our home and community)

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Impact of Media

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Idols body/health

Conflicting views on food and exercise

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Impact of peers

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Peer pressure
Value placed on having a healthy lifestyle
Can be realistic role models

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Impact of Family

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Food given
Their perceptions on a healthy weight, diet and exercise
Place high expectations on young people

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Positive health status of young people

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Overall trend was positive

Over 90% (aged 12-24) rated their health excellent, very good or good

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Areas of concern for young people

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Injuries (including motor vehicle accidents)

Mental health

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Protective and risk behaviours

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Logical as
Risk - Excessive drug use
Protective - don’t take drugs

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Interactions between the dimensions

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All interrelate

If one changes they are all affected

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How health changes over time

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Depending on the resources available
Society brought up in
Increased technology and information

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How individuals circumstances affect their health

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Depending on culture, family, peers, experiences
E.g. A person with cancer after treatment may consider themselves in a healthy sate as an outsider may think that person is extremely unhealthy.

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How might a individuals perception of health affect their behaviour and well being?

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Someone who thinks smoking is ok will smoke therefore at a higher risk of smoking related illnesses, ie. lung cancer

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Why would my perception of health be similar or different to others?

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Due to living in the similar surroundings
E.g. The dancers at school have similar education, amounts of exercise, ideals on a healthy diet and have the same peers.

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Identify the prevalence of the health behaviours of young people.

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Mental health increasing
35% overweight
Motor vehicle accidents contribute to large number of youth deaths
Oral health remaining satisfactory

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Prevalence

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Number of people in a specific group that are affected by a condition at a point in time

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Identify trends of the health behaviours of young people

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General health status is good
Mental health remaining with little change
Injuries/poisonings improving
Communicable disease improving
Smoking rate improving
Sexual health improving
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Health Promotion?

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The process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health

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Responsibilities for health promotion

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Individuals
Community groups/schools
Non-government
Governments
International Organisations
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Individuals Promotion

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Make decisions that impact on our health in a positive or negative way (foods we eat, exercise we do, social groups we associate with, amount of alcohol and/or drugs and decisions to visit the doctors)

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Community groups/schools

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Health information is made available to groups and individuals which are then used to help individuals to make health decisions
(pdhpe classes, elderly social groups, young mother groups)

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Non-government

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Responsible for the provision of health information to various specific groups as well as research into health issues. They work at local, state and federal levels
(Diabetes Australia, cancer council, asthma foundation, epilepsy found.)

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Governments

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Federal/commonwealth government formulate policies (identify Australian health issues, allocate funding, providing legislations) and state governments (plan for health promotion targeted at specific population groups, promote federal policies, implementation of federal policies and legislations)

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International organisations

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Coordinate international policies/program’s for various countries to implement and countries individually base their own policies on. (WHO, provisions of health info to United Nations Countries)

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Lifestyle/behavioural health promotion approaches

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Quit smoking program's 
Health education
Reach out
The premiers sporting challenge
"Don't turn your night out into a nightmare"
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Primary preventive medical approaches

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Target populations, including those without obvious risk

Childhood immunisation, cancer screening

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Secondary preventive medical approaches

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Targets selections if the population reporting increased risk
(Free mammograms for women over 50, Pap smears)

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Tertiary preventive medical approaches

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Targets those people already affected by disease and aims to avoid recurrence of allowing the disease to become chronic
(Asthma management plans, rehabilitation program’s for car crash survivors)

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Public health preventive medical approaches

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Health promoting schools

Health promoting workplace

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What is the Ottawa Charter promotion frame work?

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DR SBC
D-Developing personal Skills
R-Reorienting health services
S-Strengthening community action
B-Building healthy public policy
C-Creatibg supportive environments
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Developing personal Skils

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Personal and social development through the provision of information, education for health and the enhancement of life skills (can be developed in schools, workplace and community; professional and voluntary organisation, the media and other health services)

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Reorienting health services

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Moving away from diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitating to the prevent of illness

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Strengthening community actions

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Empowering communities to implement actions to address their own their concerns

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Building healthy public policy’s

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Decisions need to be made at all levels of government

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Creating supportive environments

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Focus on where people live,work and play increasing people abilities within these environments

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What are the principles if Social Justice

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Equity
Diversity
Supportive Environments

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Equity

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Allocating resources fairly

Does not mean that all people need the same only that they have the opportunity to achieve the same level of health

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Diversity

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Acknowledging the variety of groups within society
Catering health resources accordingly
‘One fits all’ doesn’t apply as everyone has different needs

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Supportive Environments

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Physical, social and political environments
Environments influence people’s attitudes and choice towards health
Healthy environment = healthy being
Environments have a responsibility to create a healthy supportive environment

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When was the Ottawa charter for health promotion established

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1986

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Why was the Ottawa Charter established

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The help achieve the ‘health for all’ strategy and led to the ‘new public health’