MOD 2. 16-18 Flashcards
Describe population mass strategy
- aims at everyone in the population
- aims to decrease health risk and improve health of all population
- aimed at common diseases or widespread cause
Describe High risk strategy
targets individuals who are high risk
intervention is matched to individuals concern
What are the advantages of population mass strategy
behaviorally appropriate
benefits whole population
addresses causes
what are the disadvantages of population mass strategy
poor motivation
small benefit to people
population are exposed to the downstream of the strategy
What is the advantages of the high risk strategy
appropriate to individual
individual motivation
cost effective
favorable benefit to risk ratio
Disadvantages of high risk strategy
cost of identifying individual, need to identify individuals
temporary effect
limited potential
behaviorally inappropriate
What is health promotion
act on determinants of wellbeing and health
enables and empowers individuals to control and improve their own health
Involves whole population in every day context
Describe what the Ottawa charter acknowledges for health promotion
health is a right for everyone
requires both individual and collective responsibility
opportunity should be equally available
what are the structures that are involved in the Ottawa charter
Enable/ Advocate/ Mediate
-strengthen community action/ develop personal skills
Create supportive environments
reorient health services
Building healthy public policy
State and Describe the 3 basic strategies
- ENABLe
Ottawa charter
- individual level strategy
- providing skills and supportive environment
State and Describe the 3 basic strategies
- Advocate
create favorable systems level strategy
promoting health focusing on achieving equity in health
State and Describe 3 basic strategies
- Mediate
bring people together a strategy that joins up individuals group and systems
describe disease prevention
disease focus
look at a disease and find ways to prevent it
Describe primary prevention strategies
limit the occurrence of the disease by controlling specific causes and risk factors- eg. immunisations
Describe secondary prevention strategies
reduce the more serious consequences of disease
eg: screening women age 45-69 for breast cancer
describe tertiary prevention of the disease
reduce the progress of complications of established disease
eg: burn patients
Describe Health protection
Focus on environmental hazard actions: rish/hazard management monitoring Risk communication occupational health eg safety regulation on work sites
Describe the focus and actions of disease prevention
focus: disease
action: prevents incidence, prevalence, risk factors or impact
eg: immunisation