Lecture 12: Preventative medicine 1 Flashcards
1
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What is social capital?
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networks together with shared norms, values and understandings that facilitate co-operation within or among groups
2
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What is high risk vs population approaches?
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o High risk = identify and treat the ‘top end’ of the population distribution
o Population approach = shift the mean of the entire distribution to the left - look at helping more people than just individuals
3
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5 As for modifying health behaviours?
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Assess, advise, agree, assist and arrange
4
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Why is population based approach better than individuals/high risk groups? Geoff Rose theory
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want to have an effect on the majority of people not just high risk
