Health promotion - getting the message across

Question 1

What does health protection include?

Answer 1

Communicable disease control
Disease and injury prevention
Environmental health hazards

Question 2

What does health improvement include?

Answer 2

Family and community
Employment
Housing 
Education 
Lifestyle
Inequalities and exclusion

Question 3

What does service quality include?

Answer 3

Quality
Clinical effectiveness
Efficiency 
Audits
Service planning

Question 4

What local authorities are involved in healthcare?

Answer 4

CCGs, PHE and NHS

Question 5

What does DPH stand for?

Answer 5

Director of Public Health

Question 6

Give examples of factors that influence our health and well-being

Answer 6

Location
Population density
Water/hygiene
Age/gender/genes
Occupation/unemployment 
Social capital and networks
Smoking/exercise/diet/alcohol

Question 7

What factors contribute to premature death?

Answer 7

Genetic disposition
Social circumstances
Environmental exposure
Healthcare
Behavioural patterns

Question 8

Which four groups make up the public health approach?

Answer 8

Individuals
Professionals
Governments
Communities

Question 9

What are the doctor’s roles in health improvement?

Answer 9

Model healthy lives and attitudes
Teach self-care strategies
Facilitate patient involvement in reaching health goals
Promote healthy options, e.g. in communities
Commission health improvement intervention

Question 10

PHE approach to modifying lifestyle risk factors

Answer 10

Describe epidemiology of lifestyle risk factors
Identify interventions
Monitor effectiveness of decisions

Question 11

What data can you use to segment the population?

Answer 11

Demographics
Socio-economic data
Consumptional and behavioural data
Finances
Lifestyle