Determinants of Health Flashcards
Learning experiences to facilitate voluntary adaptation of behavior conducive to health
Health Education
T or F: Learning experiences are planned
True
What are the three main purpose or functions of learning experiences in health education?
Predispose (convince)
Enable (provide)
Reinforce (continue)
Refers to the activity undertaken by an individual regardless of actual perceived status with the purpose of _________, _________, and _________ health
Health Behavior
Promote, protect, maintain
What is the range of normal BMI?
18.5 to 25
Two types of Health Behavior
Positive and Negative
Enabling the people to increase control over, and to improve their health
Health Promotion
What are the three strategies under Health Promotion?
Advocate (push for policies)
Mediate (connect to different sectors)
Enable (empower people)
Health Education targets _________
Behavior
Health Promotion targets ________
Environment
Organized effort to promote specific behaviors and habits that can improve health
Public Health Interventions
Systematic implementation of strategies to control disease; combination of public health interventions
Public Health Program
T or F: Public Health Program targets ALL factors of disease
True
Services in relation with interventions requiring medicines for a large group or population
Public Health Pharmacy
Responsible provision of drug therapy with the purpose of achieving definite outcomes that improve a patient’s quality of life
Pharmaceutical Care
Foundations of Health Promotion and Education
Biomedical Science - content (what)
Philosophical - reason (why)
Psychosocial - relaying information (how to)
Which of the Foundations of Health Promotion and Education should you strengthen as a pharmacist?
Psychosocial
Three factors under Educational and Ecological Assessment
Predisposing, Reinforcing, Enabling
Antecedents to behavior change; provide motivation to behavior (e.g., values, knowledge, etc)
Predisposing Factors
Follows a behavior; provide encouragement to continue positive health behavior (e.g., family, peers, etc)
Reinforcing Factors
Influence behavioral or environmental change to embrace positive health behavior (e.g., access to health resources, laws, etc)
Enabling Factors
Factors that contribute to health and development of disease
Determinants of Health
Unfair but avoidable difference in health conditions
Health Inequities
Inherited health potential (who they are)
Genes
Smoking, exercise, diet, lifestyle (what they do)
Behavior
Conditions in which they are born, grow, live, work, age (e.g., access to service, efficiency of service, immunization, disease prevention)
Health care
Housing, education, poverty, pollution, gender inequality
Environment
Type of Determinant that is socioeconomic and political
Structural Determinants
Type of Determinant that impact exposure, vulnerability, outcomes
Intermediary Determinants
Dahlgren-Whitehead Layers
Layer 1 to 5
Dahlgren-Whitehead Layers (Layer 1)
Major structural Environment
Dahlgren-Whitehead Layers (Layer 2)
Living and working Conditions
Dahlgren-Whitehead Layers (Layer 3)
Social and community networks
Dahlgren-Whitehead Layers (Layer 4)
Individual Lifestyle Choices
Fixed
Fixed?
