Intro to Public Health Flashcards
(22 cards)
public health definition
what we do to collectively assure the conditions in which people can be healthy
PH mission
social justice which entitles all to basic necessities
- adequate income, health protection
- accepts collective burden to make it possible
PH focus
on populations and communities
- also groups within them
PH goal
promote health and prevent disease
PH outcome
healthy communities and population
hospital vs PH nursing
hospital:
- individuals
- cure disease
- secondary/tertiary prevention
PH:
- population
- promote health and disease prevention
- primary prevention
type of thinking used in Ph
upstream
- WHY is disease happening rather than curing disease
upstream thinking involves
modifying economic, political, environmental
determinants of health
things that can have an impact on our health
3 determinants of health
- social/economic
- physical environment
- individual characteristics and behaviors
social determinants
conditions in the environment where people born, live, work, play, worship, and age
- affect health, functioning, quality of life outcomes
5 domains of social determinants
- economic stability
- education access and quality
- health care access and quality
- neighborhood and built environment
- social and community context
health disparities
preventable differences in health outcomes
primary prevention
prevents problems before they occur
- education
secondary prevention
detects and treats problem in early stages
- screening
- target populations with inc risk to prevent long term effects
tertiary prevention
limits further negative effects from an existing problem
- already sick
- process to restore back to health
3 core functions
assessment
policy development
assurance
assessment as core function
investigating health needs and problems
- monitor health status to identify problems
- diagnosis and investigate health problems
policy development as core function
developing policies that address priority needs
- inform, educate, empower
- mobilize community partners
- develop policies and plans that support
assurance as a core function
assuring the community and health services are available and they are aware of the how the problems can impact them
- enforce laws and regulation
- link ppl with health services
- assure competent workforce
- evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, quality
- research for new insights
intervention wheel
identifying and categorizing interventions of public health nursing
10 assumptions of intervention wheel
- requires knowledge and skills of PH
- focus is populations
- considers determinants of health
- priorities identifies by assessment of community health
- emphasizes prevention
- intervene at all levels of practice
- uses nursing process at all levels
- common set of interventions
- contributes to achievement of 10 essential services
- grounded in a set of values and beliefs
