GP Flashcards
Defintion: equity
Abscence of unfair and avoidable differences in health among the population - “creating an even playing field” i.e adjusting for disadvantages groups
Definition: equality
Equal access for all patients
Three domains of public heath
- Healthcare improvement - reducing inequalities
- Health protection - minimise and control disease risk
- Health care - delivering safe services
Examples of health improvement
Improving:
-education
-housing
-lifestyles e.g diet, exercise
Examples of health protection
Minimising issues to do with
-chemicals
-radiation
-environamental health
-emergency response
What is primary prevention in public health
Trying to avoid or remove the cause of a health problem before it arises
e.g recreational substance misuse give education
What is secondary prevention for public health
Preventing progression of health problem at an early stage
e.g substance abuse providing needles that are safe
What is tertiary prevention public health
Preventing worst outcome or complications from a health problem
E.g diabetes check insulin regularly and check feet for ulcers
Difference between horizontal and vertical equity
Horizontal -people with equal needs should be treated the same
Vertical - people with greater clinical needs should have more intervention
What are the three approaches to health assessment
Epidemiological
Corporate
Comparative
What is an epidemiological approach to health needs
Considering the illness in terms of things like incidence, prvelance and mortality
What is a corporate approach to health needs
Getting a Systematic collection of knowledge and views from people working in health e.g GPs
What is a comparative approach to health needs
comparing health performance across or between communities, disease groups + service providers.
Definition: domestic abuse
incidents of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are:
intimate partners
family members
Regardless of sexuality or gender
What the framework questions for domestic abuse
HARK - in the last year have you been?
Humiliation: humiliated or emotionally abused in other ways by your partner?
•Afraid: “In the last year have you been afraid of your partner or ex-partner?
•Rape: “In the last year have you been raped by your partner or forced to have any kind of sexual activity?”
•Kick: In the last year have you been physically hurt by your partner?
What is the health belief model
A model that claims people will change if:
• Believe they are susceptible to the condition in question
• Believe that it has serious consequences
• Believe that taking action reduces susceptibility
• Believe that the benefits of taking action outweigh the cost
Cons of the health belief model
- alternative factors may predict health behaviour such as a persons own belief in their ability to carry out preventative measure
-model doesnt take into account emotional or behavioural influence
-model doesnt differentiate between first time and repeat behaviour
What this theory of planned behaviour
A model that proposes that the Best predictor of behaviour is INTENTION which is determined by :
-persons attitude
-perceived social presssure/ subjective norm
-persons belief in their own ability to perform the behaviour
Cons of theory of planned behaviour
-lack of temporal element and causality
-doesnt take into account emotions such as fear which may disrupt rational decision making
-doesnt take into account habits and routine which bypass cognitive deliberation
-you cant measure or assume subjective norms
Stages of trans theoretical model
• Precontemplation– no intention of giving up smoking
• Contemplation – beginning to consider giving up, probably at some
ill-defined time in the future
• Preparation – getting ready to quit in the near future
• Action – engaged in giving up smoking now
• Maintenance – steady non-smoker,
i.e. state of change reached
Advantages of trans theoretical model
• Acknowledges individual stages
of readiness (tailored
interventions)
• Accounts for relapse
• Temporal element
Cons of trans theoretical model
-Not all people go through very stage, some people move backwards and forwards or miss
some stages out completely
• Change might operate on a
continuum rather than in discrete
stages
• Doesn’t take in to account values,
habits, emotions, culture, social
and economic factors
• People often change their
behaviour in the absence of
planning/ intentions can change
over a very short time period
What are the three health behaviours
Health behaviours - prevention
Illness behaviours - seek remedy
Sick role behaviours - behaviour in order to get better e.g rest and fluid
Equation for specificity
Total negative results / (total negative + false positives)
Validity meaning
whether a test accurately measures what it is supposed to measure.