FPC Flashcards
Activities of daily living
Daily self-care activities used as a measure of functional status particularly in elderly or disabled
Birth rate
Summary rate based on the number of births in a population over a given period of time, usually a year
Clinical audit
A quality improvement process to improve patient care and outcomes through systematic review of care against explicit criteria and implantation of change
Coping
Process of managing stress
Critical appraisal
Process of carefully and systemically examining research to judge its trustworthiness and its value and relevance in a particular context
Culture - Tyler, 1874
A complex whole which includes knowledge, beliefs, art, morals, law, costumes etc.
Culture - Keesing, 1981
Systems of shared ideas, systems of concepts and rules and meanings that underlie and are expressed in the ways that humans live.
Disease
A physiological or psychological dysfunction.
How does disease differ from illness?
Disease is the same biological process in each individual who suffers it, but illness is influenced by other features
What features influence illness?
Age, personality, personal circumstances and
previous experience.
Disease prevention
Refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, (or injuries) rather than curing or treating symptoms.
Ethnicity
Cultural practices and outlooks that characterise and distinguish a group of people. Characteristics identifying an ethnic group include a common language, common customs and beliefs and tradition. Term is preferred over ‘race’.
Gender
The social implication of being male or female, including differences in the way women and men think, behave or interact in society. Gender patterns vary both within and between societies.
Hazard
The potential to cause harm
Health promotion
The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. Applied to a wide range of approaches to improving health of people, communities and populations.
