Disease Prevention (F1)

Question 1

LO’s

Answer 1

1. Describe the differences between positive health promotion, and primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of disease
2. Describe the methods by which healthcare practitioners can effectively promote health and prevent disease
3. Describe evidence based approaches to health promotion and disease prevention

Question 2

Define Health

Answer 2

A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 3

Name the seven determinants of health according to WHO?

Answer 3

• Poor environment: Clean water, air, pollution and bad working conditions.
• Low Education: More stress and lower confidence.
• Genetics: genetic influences predisposition, and also affects personal behaviours and coping skills (eg binge eating and drinking).
• Social support networks: greater support from families, friends and communities is linked to better health.
• Income
• Access to Health Services
• Gender: Men and women suffer from different types of diseases at different ages.

Question 4

Describe Public Health

Answer 4

Preventing disease and prolonging life in society.

Question 5

Name Public Health Acheivements from the 20th Century.

Answer 5

• Worldwide vaccination: measels and smallpox eradication.
• CHD decreased by 40%. More awareness of blood pressure. Fewer deaths from stroke and CHD.
• Sanitation.
• Reduced tobacco.
• Healthier mothers and babies.

Question 6

Challanges for public health in the 21st century

Answer 6

1. Reduce child mortality
2. Improve maternal health
3. Combat HIV/ AIDS/ malaria
4. Chronic diseases, due to aging population
5. Globalisation risk factors: spreading the use of tobacco and alcohol; coke, pepsi and nestle globalisation; and air travel spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).

Question 7

Define a public health intervention

Answer 7

• A programme to bring about identifiable outcomes.
• Applies to all members of the community.

Question 8

Define Health Promotion

Answer 8

• A process of enabling people to increase control over, and improve their health.
• Presented as a triad
• Health Education: Better to aim at risk factors, rather than a condition. As interventions on risk factors like smoking will impact more than one condition, like copd and cancer.
• Health Protection:
• Prevention:

Question 9

QALY

Answer 9

Quality Adjusted Life Year

Question 10

Name the top six UN sustainable development goals

Answer 10

1. No poverty
2. No hunger
3. Good health
4. Good education
5. Gender equality
6. Sanitation and clean water