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Intro Part 2 Flashcards

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Define health

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A state of COMPLETE physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence if disease or infirmity

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What are e modes of unhealth?

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  1. Disease
  2. Illness
  3. Sickness
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Define disease

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A condition that impairs the normal functions of a living person, animal or plant and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and symptoms

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Define illness

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A broad state of being sick or unwell, person may or may not have a disease but it is the body’s reaction to an experience

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What is sickness?

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Status assigned the external and public mode of unhealth

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What are the dimensions of health?

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Spiritual health, physical health, environmental health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health

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Define physical health

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Body size and functioning

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What is social health?

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Interpersonal network and successful interaction with others

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What is Intellectual health?

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Ability to think clearly and make responsible decisions

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What is emotional health?

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Ability to express emotions and maintain a level of self-confidence

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What is environment and planetary health?

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Appreciation of one’s external environment

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What is spiritual health?

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To have a sense of purpose in life

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What is Winslow’s view on public health?

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The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the environment and individuals. As well as the development of social machinery which will ensure to every individual in the community.

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How does the institute of medicine define public health?

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Fulfilling society’s interest in assuring conditions where people can be healthy

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Give the 6 public health obligations

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  1. Prevent epidemics and spread of disease
  2. Protect against environmental spending
  3. Prevent injuries
  4. Responds to disasters and assists communities in recovery
  5. Promotes healthy behaviors
  6. Assures quality and accessibility of health services
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What are the 4 steps in the public health approach?

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  1. Surveillance
  2. Identify risk and protective factors
  3. Develop and evaluate interventions
  4. Implementation
17
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What are the 3 core functions of public health?

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  1. Assessment of the health of the community
  2. Policy development in the public’s interest
  3. Assurance of the public’s health
18
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What are the 10 essential services

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  1. Monitor health
  2. Diagnose and investigate
  3. Inform, educate and empower
  4. Mobilize community partnerships
  5. Develop policies
  6. Enforce laws
  7. Link to/ provide care
  8. Assure competent workforce
  9. Evaluate
  10. Research
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What are the levels of prevention? And who does each level target?

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  1. Primary prevention- well population
  2. Secondary prevention- people at risk of a health problem
  3. Tertiary prevention- people with a health problem
20
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Describe the public health approach

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  1. Surveillance- what is the problem?/define the problem
  2. Identify risk and protective factors.- what are the causes?
  3. Develop and evaluate interventions- what works and for whom?
  4. Implementation- scaling up effective policy and programmes
21
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Describe 2 primary prevention methods

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Health promotion- process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health

Specific protection- activities provide resistance to factors or change environments to decrease harmful health influencing factors

22
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Name the 5 determinants in order of their percentage of our mortality

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  1. Behavioral choices
  2. Genetics conditions
  3. Social circumstances
  4. Medical care
  5. Environmental conditions
23
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What is health education?

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Any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals, groups and communities to acquire info and skills required to make healthy decisions

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What are the stages of health promotion?

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  • Tackling preventable diseases and risk behaviors- education of heart disease
  • complementary intervention approaches- development of healthy public policy
  • value of reaching people through their social settings and sectors (the settings approach)
  • social determinants in an increasingly globalized world
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What are some major problems for public health in the future?

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  • workforce is shrinking
  • recruitment and retention are major issues
  • high average age(47)
  • few workers have received formal training
  • many workers will be retired soon

Government funding shrinking but demands growing

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What are safety net services?

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When other core functions are not available( assessment, policy development and assurance) these services are provided regardless of ability to pay

27
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Health education is grounded in the values and needs of the community and promotes ____________ and ___________ justice

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Social

Environmental

28
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Health education profession promotes _______ ______ and enables and supports ___________ lives and community

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Health literacy

Healthy

29
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Many of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality are ___________ based

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Behaviorally

30
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_________ ____________ is an enabling factor in promoting healthy behavior

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Health literacy

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