EBM 5 ; PUBLIC AND GLOBAL HEALTH

Question 1

PUBLIC HEALTH ; patient is ;

Answer 1

POPULATION

Question 2

PUBLIC HEALTH DOMAINS ; name 3

Answer 2

heath protection, improvement, & healthcare public health

Question 3

disease prevention

• 3 types
• they can be (2) options ;

Answer 3

• primary; prevents onset of disease
• secondary; halt progression of disease
  / early detection of disease
• tertiary; treatment and rehab

HIGH RISK ; concentrate on high risk patients
POPULATION APPROACH ; try reduce the risk of disease across population

Question 4

population approach in disease prevention ; good and bad ;

Answer 4

good ;
- greatest contribution to reduction in incident cases

bad
- suffers from PREVENTION PARADOX ; little benefit to each individual