Core 1 Flashcards
What is the relative nature of health?
Health in a related perspective.
What are the dimensions of health?
Social
Physical
Mental
Spiritual
What is the dynamic nature of health?
Constantly changing.
Describe perceptions of health.
Everyone has their own interpretation of health and these views will most likely change throughout their lifetime.
What is health as a social construct?
It is a concept that recognises that people have different views based on their social circumstances and ways of seeing, interpreting, interrelating and interacting with their environment.
What is a holistic approach to Health?
Determining the health of an individual based on all aspects of health.
What are the four determinants of health?
Individual factors
Sociocultural factors
Socioeconomic factors
Environmental factors
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
What is an individual factor?
Characteristics of an individual.
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
What is a sociocultural factor?
The unique experiences, values and attitudes of every individual.
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
What is a socioeconomic factor?
Factors that relate to wealth, level of education, job status and social standing.
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
What is an environmental factor?
Factors that refer to geographic location, access to health services and technology.
What is a modifiable health determinant?
Factors of an individuals health that can be changed.
What is a non-modifiable health determinant?
Factors of an individuals health that can NOT be changed.
What is health promotion?
Health promotion involves activities that are aimed at enabling people to increase control over their health, to improve their health and to prevent illness.
What are the three principles of social justice?
Equity
Diversity
Supportive environments
SOCIAL JUSTICE
What is equity?
Equity means taking action to achieve fairness.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
What is diversity?
Diversity is a variety, or difference, between individuals and groups of people based on race, language, religion, sexuality, disability, and educational background.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
What is a supportive environment?
The ability to improve health based on the physical, social and political conditions in which people live.
HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.
Name the three categories of promotional approaches to health.
Lifestyle and behavioural approaches
Preventative medical approaches
Public health approaches
HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.
What is a lifestyle and behavioural approach?
Aims to reduce or prevent the incidence of risk behaviours that contribute to poor health.
HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.
What are two examples of health promotion program’s that work within the lifestyle and behavioural category?
+ Quit smoking campaigns and strategies that encourage the people to stop smoking or persuade them to remain smoke free.
+ Road safety campaigns that challenge people’s attitudes towards unsafe driving behaviours, such as speeding.
HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.
What is a preventative medical approach to health promotion?
Focuses on both disease prevention and the treatment of illness, and their symptoms to limit their potential impact on a person’s health.
HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.
What are some preventative medical strategies used to promote health?
Childhood immunisation programs
Free health checks for men 45+
Hearing testing in children
HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.
What is a public health approach to health promotion?
A more holistic approach to health and recognise the role played by factors outside the control of the individual and the immediate health system.
HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.
What ares two examples of the public health approaches promoting health in the community?
Health promoting schools
Health promoting workplace
OTTAWA CHARTER.
What are the five action areas of health promotion?
Developing personal skills Creating supportive environments Strengthening community action Re-orientating health services Building healthy public policy
OTTAWA CHARTER.
What is meant by ‘developing personal skills’?
Supporting the personal and social development of the individual.
OTTAWA CHARTER.
What is meant by ‘creating supportive environments’?
Making the places people live, work and play the source of good health.
OTTAWA CHARTER.
What is meant by ‘strengthening community action’?
Giving communities the power to identify their own health priorities and take action, in partnership with other agencies, to address them.
OTTAWA CHARTER.
What is meant by ‘re-orientating health services’?
Moving away from the clinical and curative services approach to a more preventative approach, including stronger attention to research and professional training.
OTTAWA CHARTER.
What is meant by ‘building healthy public policy’?
Ensuring that decisions made at all levels of government and organisations are made so that they work towards health improvement.
