Lecture three- Intro into public health

Question 1

Health

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not just the absence or disease or infirmity.

Question 2

Public health

Answer 2

Organised measures to prevent disease, promote health and prolong life among the population.

Question 3

Global health issue examples

Answer 3

• air pollution
• climate change
• non-communicable diseases
  -weak primary health care
• vaccine hesitancy
  -global influenza pandemic
• HIV
• Ebola

Question 4

Examples of issues affecting UK health

Answer 4

• obesity
• smoking
• vaping
• alcohol consumption
• pollution
• cost of living
• diet

Question 5

Health inequality=

Answer 5

Systemic, avoidable and unjust differences in health and wellbeing between different groups of people.

Question 6

Life expectancy=

Answer 6

A period of life expectancy is the average years a person would live if they experienced current local age specific mortality rates for the rest of their life.

Question 7

Healthy life expectancy=

Answer 7

An estimate of average lifetime spent in good/very good health.

Question 8

Examples of health inequality

Answer 8

• people living in deprived areas.
• inequalities by ethnicity.

Question 9

multimorbidity=

Answer 9

if a person has more than one long term health condition.

Question 10

Social determinants can be the reason behind certain lifestyle choices. Explain.

Answer 10

• smoking- stress
• poor diet- lack of money.

Question 11

Housing has a big impact on health. Explain.

Answer 11

• access to green space is good
• air and noise pollution
• affordability of area and affordability of health food.
• security
• damp and mould
• overcrowding

Question 12

factors associated with good health

Answer 12

• friends and family.
• money and resources
• housing
• education
• food
• surroundings
• work
  -transport.

Question 13

What can pharmacist do about public health?

Answer 13

• educate on healthy lifestyle
• encourage good habits
• raise awareness
• signpost to services- social prescribing (connecting patients to non-clinical services to improve physical/mental health)
• encourage people to have vaccinations
• support people as they begin to make healthy changes.

Question 14

How can pharmacists reduce health inequality?

Answer 14

They are close to people- they are accessible. Deprived areas have access to pharmacists.

Question 15

3 domains of public health=

Answer 15

1. health promotion = enable people to improve their health
2. health protection = preventing harms
3. healthcare public health = ensuring health services are the best they can possibly be.