Health Promotion & Health Education Flashcards
Providing medical services in the community
Understanding community resources
Health promotion and disease prevention
Community Medicine
Occupational health
Knowledge of communities
Care of populations
Community participation in health care activities
Community Medicine
4 dimensions of Community Medicine
- Paying attention to sociocultural aspects of patient care
- Coordinating a community’s health resources in the care of patients
- Identifying and intervening in a community’s health problem
- Assimilating into a community and participation in its organizations
A true —— community in the sociological sense (shared community sentiment, social institutions)
A defined neighborhood
A true community in the sociological sense (shared community sentiment, social institutions)
A defined neighborhood
When was the International Conference on primary health care?
1978
Declaration of Alma Ata stated that health is?
Health is a fundamental human right
Defining and characterizing the community health problem
Describing community health problem
Process
Moodifying health care program to address high-priority health needs
Monitoring effectiveness of program modifications
Process
Leading out what people already know and believe and do about their health
Health Education
Three categories of health behavior
Preventive
Illness
Sick role
the individual perceives himself to be ill for the purpose of getting well
Sick role
the individual perceives himself to be ill
Illness
any activity undertaken by an individual who believes himself to be healthy for the purpose of preventing illness
Preventive
Foundation of health education
Philosophical foundation
Biomedical foundation
Behavioral science foundation
Which foundation is “Beacon light”
Ex: people centered not program centered?
Philosophical Foundation
