Introducton To Public Health

Question 1

Public health definition Important

Answer 1

The science and art of preventing disease prolonging life and improving health through organised efforts of society

Question 2

Equity defintion Important

Answer 2

Giving people what they need to achieve equal outcomes

Question 3

Equality defintion Important

Answer 3

Giving everyone the same rights, opportunities and resources

Question 4

Horizontal equity defintion Important

Answer 4

Equal treatment for people with the equal health care needs

Question 5

Vertical equity defintion Important

Answer 5

Unequal treatment for unequal health care needs

Question 6

Inverse care law defintion Important

Answer 6

Availability of health care tends to vary inversely with its needs

Question 7

Determinants of heath (PROGRESS)

Answer 7

P - place of residence
R - race
O - occupation
G - gender
R - religion
E - education
S - socio-economic
S - social capital

Question 8

3 domains of public health practice

Answer 8

• Health improvement = societal interventions aimed at preventing disease, promoting health and reducing inequalities
• Health protection = measures to control infectious disease an environmental hazards
• Improving services = organisation and delivery of safe, high quality services

Question 9

Assessing quality of health care

Answer 9

• Maxwells dimensions of the quality of healthcare
• Structure, process, outcome

Question 10

Maxwells dimensions of the quality of healthcare (3 A’s and 3 E’s)

Answer 10

Acceptability
Accessibility
Appropriateness
Effectiveness
Efficiency
Equity

Question 11

Structure, process, outcome

Answer 11

Structure - what is there? E.g. Number of hospitals
Process - what goes on? E.g. how many patients seen
Outcome - e.g. number of deaths