Introduction to Public Health

Question 1

What are the 3 domains of public health?

Answer 1

Health protection
Health improvement
Improving services

Question 2

What is health protection?

Answer 2

Public health interventions aimed at protecting individuals from infectious disease, environmental threats, natural disasters and threats from terrorist acts

Question 3

What is health improvement(promotion)?

Answer 3

Process of enabling people to exert control over and to improve their health

Question 4

4 examples of health improvement (promotion)?

Answer 4

Health education
Legislation
Community development
Health public policy

Question 5

What is improving services?

Answer 5

Focus on organisation and delivery of safe, high quality services for prevention, treatment and care

Question 6

3 examples of improving services in public health?

Answer 6

Clinical effectiveness
efficiency
audit and evaluation, clinical governance