Lecture 1 (12/7/2021) Flashcards
Define Public Health
Combination of sciences, skills, and beliefs for protection and improvement of the health of people and their communities. This is done through collective or social actions.
Public Health is organized by the society to…
Hint: HRPP
Protect, Promote and Restore people’s Health.
Name the 3 Core Functions of Public Health
Hint: 3 core people (you, me APA [Abba]) seeing an HIV patient
Assessment, Policy Development & Assurance.
Give 4 purposes of Public Health
Hint: Public health (wall against tsunami of diseases). What is the purpose of this wall?
- Prevent epidemics and spread of disease
- Prevent injuries
- Protect against environmental hazards
- Promote and encourage healthy behaviors.
List the 10 Public Health services that are under the 3 Core Functions
Hint: MIDDLE ARM E…
Many Don’t Inform Me During Eating Lunch As Everyone Runs.
- Monitor health status to identify & solve community health problems.
- Diagnose & investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
- Inform, Educate & Empower people about health issues.
- Mobilize community partnerships to identify & solve health problems.
- Develop policies & plans that support individual & community health efforts.
- Enforce laws & regulations that protect health & ensure safety.
- Link to people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
- Assure a competent public & personal healthcare workforce.
- Evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal & population-based health services.
- Research for new insights & innovative solutions to health problems.
Give the services under Assessment - Core Function
Hint: HIV patient can go see MD (medical doctor) for assessment
M: Monitor health status to identify & solve community health problems.
D:Diagnose & investigate health problems and health hazards in the community.
Give the services under Policy Development - Core Function
Hint: MID - Made In Detroit (3)
- Mobilize community partnerships to identify & solve health problems.
- Inform, Educate & Empower people about health issues.
- Develop policies & plans that support individual & community health efforts.
Give the services under Assurance - Core Function
Hint:
3 core people say: “We can assure you will receive quality care” etc.
HIV patient says: “REAL E?”
R: Research for new insights & innovative solutions to health problems.
E: Enforce laws & regulations that protect health & ensure safety.
A: Assure competent public & personal healthcare workforce.
L: Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
E: Evaluate the effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal & population-based health services.
Define Population Health
Organized response by society to reduce the incidence of preventable morbidity and mortality in a population.
2 Advantages of using a systemic approach of Population Health
- Greater long-term impact upon the health of people
2. Financially efficient in the long run
Define Determinants of disease. Give examples.
Factors that cause illness or improve health. E.g. Smoking or exercise.
3 things in Population Health Approach are…
Hint: FEC - Family Education Center
- Focus on upstream issues of populations
- Emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention strategies in a population
- Concern with the underlying determinants of health in the whole population.
Give 4 Public Health programmes aimed at achieving Population Health in Samoa
Hint: EPC SAmoa
- Expanded Programme of Immunisation
- PEN Faasamoa (for NCDs)
- Communicable Disease Control (HIV, TB, STIs)
- Smoking & Alcohol Control
What does MDG stand for?
Millennium Development Goals
Long-form of SDG is…
Sustainable Development Goals
Long-form of UHC is…
Universal Health Coverage
What is Global health?
The health of all populations of all nations.
What are the 4 major non-communicable diseases?
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Cancer
- Diabetes
- Chronic respiratory diseases
What are the 4 common key risk factors?
- Tobacco use
- Unhealthy diets
- Physical inactivity
- Harmful use of alcohol
What is the difference between Population Health and Public Health?
Population Health is the outcomes of the health of a population, whereas Public Health is the public health approach that is used to improve the health of the population.
Public Health activities are done to reduce _______ in the population.
Hint: 4
Amount of diseases
Premature death
Disease-produced discomfort
Disability
Public Health core sciences are:
Hint: PELIS
Prevention Effectiveness Epidemiology Laboratory Informatics Surveillance
What is the combination approach in tobacco control?
Scientifically based national policy \+ Stop smoking and prevention programs \+ Tax increase on cigarettes.
Define Upstream and give examples.
Addressing social determinants of health - conditions in which people are born, grow, live and play.
Example = Social inequities - Race / Ethnicity, Gender, and Class.
Define Midstream and give examples.
Modifying individual behavior.
Example = Smoking, Physical activities, and Nutrition.
Define Downstream and give examples.
Chronic disease, illness, and disability treatment.
Example = Emergency services, Dialysis, and Surgery.
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a…
Key to realizing global health and to bring global equity.
Population health approach is based on…
Strong evidence that healthcare systems for chronic conditions (e.g. CVD) are most effective when they prioritize the health of a defined population rather than a single unit of patient seeking care.
