Disease Prevention and Control Flashcards
Stage 1
(Breslow’s) Exposure to positive health influences
Stage 2
(Breslow’s) Adoption of positive health practices
Stage 3
(Breslow’s) Increase in indicators of health and wellness due to the healthy practices
Stage 4
Achievement of specific defined health and wellness goals
Primordial Prevention
Phase: Underlying condition leading to causation
Target: Total population and selected groups
Primary Prevention
Phase: Specific causal factors
Target: Total population, selected groups, and health individuals
Secondary
Phase: Early stage of disease
Target: Patients
Tertiary
Phase: Late stage of disease
Target: Patients
Quaternary
Action taken to identify patients at risk of over medication, to protect him from new medical invasion, and to suggest him interventions that are ethically acceptable
Stage 1
(SOP) Strengthening individual knowledge and skills
Stage 2
(SOP) Promoting community education
Stage 3
(SOP) Educating providers
Stage 4
(SOP) Fostering coalitions and networks
Stage 5
(SOP) Changing organisational practices
Stage 6
(SOP) Influencing policy and legislation
Good Governance
Strengthening policy-makers across all governmental departments to make decisions and to create sustainable systems which promote the health and well-being of all
Health Literacy
Increasing the degree to which individuals and communities have the capacity to obtain, process and understand the basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions
Health Cities
Promoting well-being and multi-disciplinary approached to health within the setting of everyday urban life
Health Promoting Schools
Strengthening the capacity of schools to be healthy settings for living, learning, and working
Social Mobilization
Engaging in galvanizing people, whether at a national or local level, to take action towards the achievement of good health and well-being in a way that gives ownership to the community as a whole
