ISSUES IN HEALTH Flashcards
what so you think are some issues in health?
- shortage of rural doctors-increase quota of medical students taken from rural areas
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give examples of medical research on the field of medicine
1.cochlear implant-which was developed in australia, completely changed the way we treat hearing disorders, improved lives of hearing impaired people across world
role of rearch in medicine
1.the potentil to improve of live fo thousand of peopl
2.it involved maming changes and helping others on a broader scale eg: hPV vaccination developed by ian frazer and this helped millions of women worlwide in reducing the risk of cervical cancer
what would the advantages and disadvantages of working in a rural setting?
- lack of usual resources and specialists for consultation and referall. lack of hospitals
2.distance from urban centres, limited job opportunites for family adn educatioal opprutnieisf ror children
3.advantages: highly regarded and assiting who need it most, also lifestyle of rural areas, lack of trafic and natural beauty
how to encourage doctots to work in more rural areas?
1.awarness campaignss
2.encourage medical students to work in rural areas durign clincial placemnts
3.continuing professional development/teaching/reseatch opportunities for rural doctors.
4.bonded medical places
what challenges do you think you would face in aboriginal community?
- working in a rural as aboriginal communtities are often locatd in these remote areas
2.addition: cultural and langugae barriers, lack of preventative healthcare
general mistrust towards healthcare system and lack of cultural senstivity
how fdo we encourage more health professionals to woork in health professionals in indigenous communities?
- quotas for indeingeou applications
- amking a commitment(closing the gaostrategy that that aims to improve the life outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with respect to health and wellbeing, education, employment, justice, safety, housing, land and waters, and languages.)
- seek ideas form local communities/leaders
4.indigenous placements in medical schoo, taching about indigenous health
vaccinations advantages
- can reduce the chance of beign infected by specific pathogens–contain the spread
2.cost-effective, healthcarecots, save billions of dollars
3.herd immunity can be achieved-patients who are unable to receive vaccine(pregnant women, health complications) can still be protected
vaccinations advantages
1.may be expensive for some families is not subsided by government, costs acts a barrier to health
2. short-term side effects, such as pain and discomfort
3.the possibility of rare and serious side effects- adequate family, medical and allergy reduce the chance of a rare side effect occuring.
social determinants of health
1.inadequate formal education-not ware of the healthcare system works–can lead to poor healthcare outcomes worsening over time, and the cost of treatment
- low socioeconomic background, unable to pay for appropriate medical services.–public health system–longer delays–deteriorate —generational cycle of health outcomes
- lack of access to private and public transport services, makes it difficult for
individuals living in rural areas to travel out far to seek the necessary medical
treatment required. Although one could argue that a doctor can simply travel out to
that patient to treat them, if that doctor is the only medical professional available
then there will be other patients at the clinic that they are leaving behind.
healthcare system
primary health care
allied ehalth serviced
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specialist service specific area cardiology
public and private hospitals
public medical-free treatment
combination of medicare_private health insuranceivate health insurance, you get some funding to cover the costs of care in a private hospital. You are also able to use a public hospital, although you may be charged for it. Your private health insurance may cover some of the costs
examples
-bulimia-excessive eating disorder
-bipolar disorder
-self-harm
Demi Lovato–lot of hate
