Introduction to Public Health Flashcards
1
Q
what are the 10 public health successes?
A
- Vaccinations to reduce disease
- Safer work places
- Safer and healthier foods
- Motor-vehicle safety
- Control of infections
- Fewer deaths from heart disease and stroke
- Recognition of tobacco as a health hazard
- Family planning
- Improvement in maternal and child health
- Fluoridation of water
2
Q
What are the 3 core functions of public health?
A
Promotion, Protection and Prevention
3
Q
What are the levels of prevention in public health
A
Primordial
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
4
Q
High quality rehabilitation in a commuity shuld include?
A
- Complete assessment of people with disabilities and suitable support systems
- Establishment of a clear care plan
- Provision of measures and services to deliver the care plan
5
Q
Differences between public health and medicine
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- Primary focus (population vs personal)
- Service ethic (public vs personal)
- Emphasis (prevention and HP for community vs dx, tx and care for whole patient)
- Paradigm (public - employs a spectrum of interventions vs medical - emphasis on medical care)
- Professional identity (multiple with diffuse public image vs well defined with sharp public image)
- Organisation of lines of specialisation
- Interaction with other sciences (biologic, numeric, social and clinical)
6
Q
What is the role of WHO in public health
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- Provides leadership
- Shapes the research agenda
- Setting norms and standards
- ARticluating ethical and evidence based policy options
- Providing technical support
- Monitoring health situation and assessing health trends
7
Q
What are the 21st cenruty public health challenges?
A
- Antiicrobial resistance
- Fast spreading infections and potential for global pandemics
- Unhealthy lifestyles
- Health impacts of climate change and environmental pollution
- Ageing population
- Mass population movement from national disasters and conflict
