Lecture 2: Pulmonary Diseases Flashcards
Caplan’s prevention model
Primary prevention - avoids development of disease
Secondary prevention - early disease detection to prevent progression and symptoms
Tertiary prevention - reduce complications, intensity and severity of current disease; care of disease
Gordon’s prevention model
Universal prevention
Selective prevention
Indicated prevention
Care-related prevention
Collective prevention
state responsibility and a government task in terms of policy, organistion and funding
Public Health Act
protecting, monitoring and promoting the health of their citizens
Social Support Act
municipalities (gemeentes) must organise Public Mental Health services
Ecological studies
comparing the prevalence of exposure and occurence of disease in populations or groups of people
Ecological fallacy
ascribing characteristics to members of a group that they might not possess as individuals