Overview of healthcare Flashcards
What is the definition of health?
A state of complete physical, mental and social well being, not merely the absence of disease or injury.
What does the Ottawa Charter describe as the conditions and resources needed for health?
Peace Shelter Education Food Income Stable ecosystem Sustainable resources Social justice and equality
What is a health system?
Any organisation, people or actions whose primary intent is to promote, restore and maintain health. Protects against health threats and the financial consequences of ill health, providing fair and equal access.
What are the 3 P’s of public health?
Prevention of disease, Prolonging of life and Promoting health
What are the aims of public health within a community?
To improve health by changing inequalities and lifestyles, improve services by planning and ensuring equity and promoting health against infectious diseases or environmental hazards.
What is the difference between individual and population healthcare?
The needs and resources are focused either to the individual or population.
Individual care focuses on pt’s rights. Population care focuses equity and social justice.
What is the sequence of health care continuum?
Primary prevention —> Secondary prevention—> Tertiary prevention —> End of life care
Why are healthcare requirements changing?
Due to ageing population, increased population size, increased life expectancy, increased prevalence of chronic illnesses due to more RF and decreased mortality in life threatening conditions.
Supply, demand and expectations are changing alongside advancements.
What is the current health care model based on and why is this better than previous models?
Now based on the integration of health and social care. Previously focused on disease-based care with seperations between health and social, physical and mental which created vulnerability.
What are the key points of the Health and Social Care Act 2012?
Allows clinicians to decide which services are needed in their population to focus on public health and quality of care. It increases Pt involvement. Allows non-NHS services to be used for the Pt’s best interests.
What are the 4 main priorities of health care?
Prevention
Patient empowerment
Quality of care
Engaging communities
How are the priorities being achieved?
Through multidisciplinary community providers that are primary and secondary care combined, with specialist centres in one place and modern services and support.
What factors contribute to prevention?
Housing Lifestyle Health incentives Environmental improvements Checks and screening Sex, drug and alcohol services Research Child measurement programme
What factors contribute to quality of care?
Pt safety
Clinical effectiveness
Pt experience
What factors will improve public health?
Increasing healthy life expectancy
Reducing differences in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy between communities
