Population Health Flashcards
What are the 3 principles for population health?
Health protection
Health promotion and disease prevention
Health and Care Public Health
What are some advantages of self-care?
Improved mental well-being
Increased agency and autonomy
Avoidance of stigma
Increased access to healthcare. For example, in low-resource countries, with vulnerable populations.
Epidemiology:
What is it?
What is prevalence?
What is incidence?
What is mortality?
The study of the pattern of disease occurrence in populations and the factors that influence these patterns.
Proportion of population with a disease or risk factor
The rate of occurrence of new cases during a time period (e.g. yr) expressed as a rate of cases per 1000 people per year
Deaths per 1000 of the population
Health protection:
What is primary and secondary prevention and give examples for each?
Stopping disease from happening in the first place:
- immunisation
- food hygiene
- water supply
- sexual health advice
Stopping more cases of the disease:
- treatment of case
- contacting tracing and advice about reducing risk
- needle exchanges
Health protection:
How would you control the spread of a communicable disease?
Reporting of cases or outbreaks - initiates action
Treatment of cases
Isolation / exclusion from work
Contact tracing – advice, prophylaxis, vaccination
Infection control during healthcare
