Population and health outcomes

Question 1

what is population health

Answer 1

the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group.

Question 2

issues targetted by health promotion

Answer 2

• road safety
• healthy eating
• UV exposure

Question 3

what are the reasons why road safety, healthy eating and UV exposure are often a focus of health promotion?

Answer 3

• they contribute significantly to premature years of life lost and lived with disease in australia, therefore increasing australia’s overall burden of disease.
• they are associated with significant social and economic costs in australia, such as work absenteesium and healthcare costs.

Question 4

applying the ottawa charter to population health

Answer 4

• build healthy public policy; ideas are provided for organisations and workplaces to increase physical activity and promote healthy eating, and these can be adopted as organisation or workplace policies. If more employees are being physically active, they are more likely ot be maintaing a healthy body weight, promoting physical health and wellbeing in australia.

Question 5

what does the health outcomes mean

Answer 5

health outcomes =
dimensions of H and Wb
or
health status terms