Introduction, diversity & culture in health Flashcards
What is the biopsychosocial model?
Considers biological, psychological and social factors & their complex interactions in understanding health, illness and healthcare delivery
Why is the biopsychosocial model important in modern medicine (2 things)?
- Interpersonal experiences can affect psychological processes
- They in turn affect neural activation and physiological symptoms
What is a microsystem?
The entities that an individual comes into direct contact with (e.g. family members, peers, work environment)
What is a mesosystem?
Interactions amongst various microsystem communities (e.g. family members and peers share same community health service)
What is an exosystem?
Influences that occur indirectly when microsystem entities are affected by dynamics within their microsystems, which affect target individual
What is culturally appropriate healthcare?
Care sensitive to people’s cultural identity or heritage
What is public health?
The art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts of society
What are the 4 public health values?
- Health as a right
- Health equity
- Empowerment
- Inclusiveness
Define health inequality
Differences between people that have been socially constructed and not due to differences in genetics or physiology
Define the inverse care law
The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served
Identify the 3 domains of public health
- Health improvement
- Health protection
- Healthcare: public health
Areas of focus for public health improvement (6 things)
- Prioritisation
- Service design
- Needs assessment
- Support evidence based decision making
- Evaluation and research
- Strategic direction and leadership
Define evidence based medicine
The process of turning clinical problems into questions and then systematically locating, appraising and using contemporaneous research findings as the basis for clinical decisions
What is the full form of PICO?
Patient
Intervention
Comparator
Outcome
