New Public Health (SMOH) Flashcards
what is the New Public Model of Health (SMOH)
direclty focuses effort towards addressing the sociocult, eco, enviro detrerminants of health to ⬆️ h+wb
characteristics of the SMOH
- targets lifestyle diseases eg. T2DM, obesity, CVD
- pop based approach
- recognises the role of sociocult,eco,enviro factors on health
- focuses on behav change thru educ + health promo
- cheaper than BIOM
Pros of SMOH
- prevents disease by promo of good H+WB thru educ
-focuses on vuln pop groups eg. ⬇️ses, regional
-inexpensive comp to BIOM
-education passed on generationally
Cons of SMOH
- X cure every condition
- X promote devel of tech or medical knowledge
-health promo may be ignored
PRINCIPLES OF THE SMOH
(I,D,E,A,R)
I- involves Intersectoral collaboration
D- addresses the braoder Deteterminants of health
E- Empowers individ + comms
A- acts to enable Access to h/c
R- acts to Reduce social inequals
involves Intersectoral collaboration (I)
coordinated action from GOV + the priv sector working together towards improvements in health
address the broader Detriments of health (D)
in order for health to improve the sociocult, eco,enviro factors that impact on the body + human behav need to be addressed
Empowers indiv and comms (E)
educate ppl w the skills and knowledge to make healthy decisioms + involve them in decision making abt own health
acts to enable Access to h/c (A)
ensuring h/c is accessible + avaliable according to ppls need
acts to Reduce soical inequals (R)
⬇️ barriers of gender, cult, race, SES, unemployment, housing, locatoin to achieve equal w in the h/c syst.