Module 3 lecture part 1 Flashcards
What was covered in the IOM Report of 1988?
Articulated the mission, substance, and core function of PH
In the IOM Report of 1988, what was the PH mission?
“assuring conditions in which ppl can be healthy”
In the IOM Report of 1988, what was considered the substance of PH?
“organized community efforts aimed at the prevention of dz and the promotion of health”
According to the IOM Report of 1988, what is the governmental role?
To see that vital elements are in place and the mission is being adequately addressed
What are the core functions of PH?
Assessment
Policy development
Assurance
What does assessment call for?
Regularly and systematically collect, assemble, analyze, and make available information on the health of the community
What does policy development call for?
Serve the public interest in the development of comprehensive PH policies by promoting the use of the scientific knowledge based in decision-making about public health and by leading and developing PH policy.
What does assurance call for?
Assure their constituents that services necessary to achieve agreed on goals are provided either by encouraging actions, by requiring such action through regulation, or by providing services directly
What essential functions are part of assessment?
Monitor health status to identify and solve community health issues
Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
What essential functions are part of policy development?
Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
What essential functions are part of assurance?
Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
Link people with needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
Assure a competent PH and personal healthcare workforce
Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services.
What essential function is part of cross cutting?
Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
What is involved in monitoring health status?
Ongoing assessment of community health status
Identification of threats to health
Determination of health service needs
Attention to special high risk populations
Identification of community assets and resources
Interpretation and communication
Managing multisectoral information systems
What is involved in diagnosing and investigating?
Access to PH lab capabilities
Active Inf Dz and environmental surveillance activities
Technical and human resource capacity for thorough investigation of dz, outbreaks and patterns of dz, injury, health behaviors, and conditions
What is involved in inform, educate, and empower?
Community organization
Social marketing and targeted communication
Provision of accessible health information
Collaboration with health care providers on health messages and programs
Joint health education efforts with media, schools, churches, work sites, etc.
