Intro To Public Healh Flashcards
The science of protecting and improving the health
of people and their communities.
Public Health
What are the 4 P’s in Public Health
Prevention, Prolonging life, Promoting Health in
the Population level
Studying the connection of man to all the factors in the
environment
Ecological in perspective
The connection of BSMLS and public health is early
diagnosis. (True or False)
True
Division of Public Health :
our culture and practices in the family, our behavior towards health; assessing risk factors in acquiring diseases; health beliefs, health practices, etc.
Social and Behavioral Health
Division of Public Health :
Quality of the food that we eat will affect risks and chances to acquire diseases
Nutrition
Characteristics of Public Health :
It deals with the ______ of health rather than curative aspects.
Preventive Aspects
Characteristics of Public Health :
It deals with ________, rather than individual health issues
Population Level
Core Functions of Public Health :
It monitor health status to identify community health problems. And it diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the communit
Assessment
Core Functions of Public Health :
Inform, educate and empower people about health issues.
Policy Development
Core Functions of Public Health :
Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
Assurance
1st step on public health approach in addressing the health problems in the community.
Define the health problem
Levels of prevention :
Laws and policies enacted by the government to promote health to the population (pro-public health)
Primordial Level of Prevention
Levels of prevention :
Prevents an illness or an injury from occurring at all, by preventing exposure to risk factors.
Primary Prevention
Levels of prevention :
seeks to minimize the severity of the illness or the damage due to an injury-causing event once the event has occurred
Secondary Prevention
Levels of prevention :
seeks to minimize disability by providing medical care and rehabilitation services
Tertiary Prevention
Person’s physical and psychological capacity to establish and maintain balance.
Health
Aspects of Health :
Condition that enables person to maintain a strong and healthy body
Physical Health
Aspects of Health :
Refers to how a person feels, thinks of himself, control his emotions, and adjust to the environment
Mental Health
Aspects of Health :
Refers to how a person feels, thinks and act towards everybody around him
Social Health
Failure of the body’s defense mechanism to cope with forces tending to disturb body equilibrium
Disease
Give the 10 determinants of health
- Income and Social Status
- Education
- Physical environment
- Employment and working conditions
- Social support networks
- Culture
- Genetics
- Personal behavior and coping skills
- Health services
- Gender
Give the 6 RISK FACTORS FOR DISEASE
- Biologic and Behavioral Factors
- Environmental Factors
- Immunologic Factors
- Nutritional Factors
- Genetic Factors
- Services, Social Factors and Spiritual Factors
Also known as asymptomatic
Latent stage
Core Functions of Public Health :
Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
Assurance
Core Functions of Public Health :
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
Assurance
Core Functions of Public Health :
Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
Policy Development
Core Functions of Public Health :
Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts.
Policy Development
Core Functions of Public Health :
Assure a competent public health and personal healthcare workforce
Assurance
It aims to improve the health of community through an organized community effort.
Prevention, Prolonging life, Promoting Health in
the Population level (4 P’s)
We make disease to happen in the population as much as possible (True or Falss)
False (We AVOID the disease to happen)
Division of Public Health :
It handle numbers
Biostatistics
Last step on public health approach in addressing the health problems in the community.
Monitor those interventions to assess their effectiveness
2nd step on public health approach in addressing the health problems in the community.
Identify the risk factors associated with the problem.
How many steps on public health approach in addressing the health problems in the community.
5 steps
Give the three causation of disease
Agent, Host, Environment
Any biological pathogen that transmits a disease
Agent
a living organism that acts as a harbour for invading pathogenic organisms.
Host
