health, ethics and society - yr 1 sem 2 Flashcards
health promotion definition
A general term incorporating all those activities designed to promote positive health and prevent ill-health
It is also used to describe the positive pursuit of fitness and well-being.
aims of health promotion
Adding years to life
Adding health to life
Adding life to years
Equity in health
tannahil model of health
health education
prevention
healthy public policy
doctors role as a health promoter
health education
prevention - eg screening
healthy public policy - advocacy
what was a main threat in the 19th century
cholera
increase in pop between 20th and 21st century
1.5b - 7.5 b 5x
who discovered insulin
In 1923, a Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to Frederick Banting and
John Macleod for its discovery
what are secular trends in human evolution
new generations have grown taller than the previous ones, have higher IQs on average, and have lower age at menarche
when, where an why was WHO established
1946
headquarters in geneva, switzerland
after world war II in response to health needs of mostly european countries
UNICEF
established after WWII to protect women and children (particularly in refugee camps)
population growth from year 1000 to 2000
250 million - 7 billion 30-fold increase
John Stuart Mill on Liberty 1859 - 1
The only freedom which deserves the name, is that of
pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not
attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts
to obtain it.
types of freedom
Freedom from
(negative liberty)
Freedom to
(positive liberty)
aims of public health
Proportional Effective Necessary Least infringement Justifiable
John stuart on liberty 1859 - 2
That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully
exercised over any member of a civilized community, against
his will, is to prevent harm to others.
His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient
warrant.
