NU1301 MCQ Flashcards
Name the biological determinants of health.
Genetics, physical illness, drugs, gender, birth, trauma.
Name the psychological determinants of health.
Personality, coping skills, health beliefs, cognitive skills.
What are social determinants of health as part of the biopsychosocial determinants.
Economics, housing, religion, work, social networks.
What is the biopsychosocial model of health?
The model of interconnection between biology, psychology and socio-economic factors and their roles in health and illness.
What are some health and wellbeing factors?
Physical, mental, emotional, social.
What is co-morbidity?
The presence of more than one disorder.
What is multimorbidity?
The presence of two or more long-term health conditions.
What is morbidity?
Having a disease or amount of disease within a population.
What is mortality?
Death, particularly on a large population scale. Relative number of deaths in a population.
What are some modifiable determinants of health?
Knowledge, skills, attitude, peers, religion, employment, education, income, geographical location (to a degree), access to health services and technology. The environment. Inactivity, smoking, drinking, inactivity.
What are some non-modifiable determinants of health?
Age, ethnicity, genetics and family history.
What is epidemiology?
Medicine pertaining to study the determinants, distribution and control of disease in populations.
What is demography?
The study of human populations, their size, composition and distribution across space. Birth, death, migration.
What is cultural competence?
Multi-cultural baseline of knowledge nurses can apply in practice.
What is culture?
The learned, shared, transmitted values, beliefs and norms, life practices of a particular group of people.
What are the themes of transcultural nursing?
Awareness of diversity, ability to care, non-judgemental openness and enhancing cultural competence.
Name the factors on the Dahlgren and Whitehead model in order from bottom to top.
Age, sex and constitutional factors.
Individual lifestyle choices.
Social and community networks.
Agriculture, education, work environment, living and working conditions, unemployment, water and sanitation, health care services, housing.
General socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions.
What are constitutional factors?
Genetic factors in health like age, gender, race, family history.
What is public health law?
Laws intended as health interventions that define powers, duties and boundaries of health agencies and systems. Also, laws that impact health but not enacted with population health in mind.
What are some measures for ill health prevention?
Behaviour change. Health education. Community development. Empowerment. Prevention and protection.
What is all our health?
A call to action to healthcare professionals working with patients and the population to prevent illness, protect health and promote wellbeing.
What is the policy document called by the department of health and social care (2019)?
Prevention is better than cure.
What are some local authority actions on prevention?
Early years work. Productive healthy ageing. Healthy places. Improved income for low waged. Good quality working opportunities.
When was the NHS founded?
5 July 1948