Core 1 - CQ3 Strategies

Question 1

What is Health Promotion?

Answer 1

Activities that are aimed at enabling people to increase control over their lives by improving their health and prevent illness.

Question 2

What is individual and community empowerment?

Answer 2

Individual - Providing tools to take control of their OWN LIFE and make POSITIVE DECISIONS
Community - Enabling the community for action to improve their lives as a group

Question 3

What are the 5 groups responsible for Health Promotion?

Answer 3

Governments
International organisation
Non-government organisations
Community groups and Schools
Individuals

Question 4

What role does the Commonwealth/Federal government have?

Answer 4

Planning and forming national health policies
Identifying priorities
Allocation of funds for health promotion (Research + projects)
Establishing regulations + legislations

Question 5

What does the State Government do?

Answer 5

Planning and DELIVERING health promotions and programs
Health promotion personnel develop and runs the programs
Eg: Breast cancer screening

Question 6

What is the role for the Local Government?

Answer 6

Given SPECIFIC health roles to implement programs at a community level (Eg. Inspections, Storage prep)
Focuses on long-term environmental planning (Eg. Provision of open public spaces, Construction + Maintence)

Question 7

Who are the WHO (The World Health Organisation)

Answer 7

United Nation system with 193 members who provide leadership on the GLOBAL

Question 8

What does the WHO do?

Answer 8

Healthy research agenda
Setting norms + Standards
Articulate evidence - based policies
Technical support
Monitoring and assessing health trends

Question 9

What is the aim of WHO?

Answer 9

To promote development and fostering health security

Question 10

What approaches are the WHO using?

Answer 10

Enhancing partnership + Improve performance

Question 11

What do the NGO’s do?

Answer 11

Focus on specific health issues on local, national, or international levels
Non profit making organisation funded by public donations, fundraising etc.
Collect data from research and surveys, lobbying and supporting community actions to raise awareness

Question 12

What do community groups and schools do?

Answer 12

School: Forms attitudes, values and health beliefs
C.G: Provide health promotion initiatives

Question 13

What do individuals need to do?

Answer 13

Individual empowerment
Provide accurate and relevant health info thats easy to access
Are given the opportunity involved in community and develop skills
Encouraged to work with health professionals

Question 14

What is an intersectoral collaboration?

Answer 14

Is a collaborative movement to share energy, resources, roles and responsibilities
We gain ownership and credibility
Theres a wide range of health level increasing the likelihood to improving health outcomes

Question 15

What are the three health promotion approaches and strategies?

Answer 15

Lifestyle/behaviour (individual)
Preventative medical approaches (indi + social)
Public health approaches (social)

Question 16

What does lifestyle/behaviour approach do?

Answer 16

Reduce/prevent incidence of risk
Provision of knowledge
Target individual behaviors
Programs to promote self help practices

Question 17

What does the preventative medical approach do?

Answer 17

Medical treatments
Working with health professionals to identify risk factors and provide medication

Question 18

What are the 3 stages of medical treatment?

Answer 18

Primary: Don’t have and not at risk (targets population)
Secondary: Has a chance of having it (Genetics)
Tertiary: Already have and preventing it from worsening (Long term)

Question 19

What do public Health Approaches do?

Answer 19

Programs, policies and services that create a supportive environment
Holistic approach
Recognises roles in social determinants
Encourage to get involved
Indi + community empowerment

Question 20

What is Ottawa Charter and it’s aim?

Answer 20

Is a guide line or framework that health promotions follow to improve health, educate and prevent illnesses

Question 21

What are the 5 acronyms in the Ottawa Charter

Answer 21

DPS: Developing Personal Skills
RHS: Reorienting Health Services
SCA: Strengthening Community Action
BHPP: Building Healthy Public Policy
CSE: Creating Supportive Environment

Question 22

What is in DPS

Answer 22

Education and Individual Empowerment

Question 23

What is in RHS?

Answer 23

Curative and preventative approaches

Question 24

What is SCA?

Answer 24

Community empowerment

Question 25

What is BHPP?

Answer 25

Legislation, law and taxes

Question 26

What is CSE?

Answer 26

Creating a supportive physical and social environment (live work play)

Question 27

What are the social justice principles (SEED)

Answer 27

Supportive Environments
Equity
Diversity

Question 28

What is Equity?

Answer 28

When a disadvantaged person/group are given a different amount/quality of support to achieve fairness

Question 29

What is equality?

Answer 29

When the same support is provided no matter the current state or circumstance

Question 30

What is Diversity?

Answer 30

The different “social markers” (gender, age, socioeconomic status, geographical location, education levels etc.)
Attention to diversity can narrow the gap