MOD 2- Lect 13-15 Flashcards
what are Causes of Causes
Individuals - any events characteristics or other entities that bring about a change for better or worse
downstream meaning
interventions operate at the proximal level eg treatment systems and disease management- lifestyle nutrition and smoking
Upstream meaning
interventions at macro level, government policies and international trade agreement- this CAN not be changed overnight
Dahlgren and WHitehead model (DWM) components
General socioeconomic cultural and environment conditions- living and working conditions
society and community network
Individual lifestyle factors
Decribe Level 1 of DWM
the individual
life values
learned behavior
Describe level 2 of DWM
Community ‘who you know’
influence friends - family
What are structural determinants of healthcare
social and physical environment conditions/ patterns (social determinants) that influence choices and opportunities available
What are Agency within healthcare
capacity of an individual to act intently and make free choices
What is individual healthcare
Clinicians deal with individuals aim to treat disease= restored health
What is population heath
concerned with groups of individuals and context of their environment
What is Causes of the problem
establishing casual relationship to provide evidence based practice
Determines the relationship of association between given exposure and disease outcomes in population
Can preventative action be before the cause is identified
YES
WHat is epidemiologies association with causal effect
suffient amount of studies which are diverse- limiting confounding and random error- to find the relationship between exposure and outcome
Describe Bradford hills framework ‘aid to thought’
- temporality
- strength of association
- consistency of A
- Biological gradient (dose response)
- Biological plausibility of A
- Specific of A
- Reversibility
Describe temporality
1st cause then disease- essential to establish causal relation
eg. smoking and lung deaths