Intro to pop soc Flashcards
1
Q
x3 domains of public health
A
- Health improvement
- Health protection
- Healthcare public health
2
Q
What determines health?
A
- Individual lifestyle factors
- Social and community networks
- Living and working conditions
- General socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions
3
Q
Health economics
A
Something is: - Needed - Demanded - Supplied Can be all of these things, neither or just one or two
4
Q
Screening
A
Identifying and unrecognisable disease in a healthy population
5
Q
Primary prevention
A
Stopping people from behaviour that causes disease
eg. Alcohol has a minimum price per unit
6
Q
Secondary prevention
A
Helping people whose behaviour causes health risks to change their behaviour
eg. Change 4 Life
7
Q
Tertiary prevention
A
Detecting disease early and stopping it getting worse
