PPHC 01: Health – What is health care?

Question 1

What is health?

Answer 1

• state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
• measure of our body’s efficiency and overall well-being

Question 2

What is the health triangle?

Answer 2

provides a measure of the different aspects of health

• each side of the triangle is equivalent, signifying that each aspect of health is equally important

Question 3

What are the 3 components of the health triangle?

Answer 3

• physical health
• mental health
• social health

Question 4

What is the physical health component of the health triangle?

Answer 4

deals with body’s ability to function

• physical activity/exercise
• nutrition
• weight management
• sleep
• alcohol and drugs

Question 5

What is the mental health component of the health triangle?

Answer 5

deals with how we think, feel, and cope with daily life

• learning – development of skills, behaviours, and knowledge
• stress – body’s reaction to any change that requires an adjustment or response (distress – negative reaction to stress)
• mental illnesses – refer to mental health problems that are diagnosed and treated by mental health professionals and includes depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, eating disorders, schizophrenia, and personality disorders

Question 6

What is the social health component of the health triangle?

Answer 6

deals with the way we react with people within our environment

• family relationships
• peer relationships
• public health

Question 7

What is public health?

Answer 7

art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts of society

Question 8

What are some of the top public health priorities in Canada?

Answer 8

• obesity
• cardiovascular disease
• diabetes
• COVID-19
• opioid crisis

Question 9

What is epidemiology?

Answer 9

study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the applications of this study to the control of health problems

Question 10

What is health care?

Answer 10

refers to chemicals (ie. drugs), biologicals (ie. immune modulators), devices (ie. artificial knee), and services (ie. physiotherapy care) used by people to improve their health

Question 11

What are the 5 types of health care?

Answer 11

• diagnosis
• treatment
• health promotion
• rehabilitation
• palliative

Question 12

What is health promotion?

Answer 12

process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health – consider health triangle

Question 13

What is disease prevention?

Answer 13

process through which individuals, particularly those with risk factors for a disease, are treated in order to prevent a disease from occurring

Question 14

What is rehabilitation?

Answer 14

process that can help individuals get back, keep, or improve abilities (physical, mental)

Question 15

What is palliative care?

Answer 15

process for supporting individuals with serious illness

Question 16

What is primary health care?

Answer 16

first contact with health care system

• may involve: diagnosis, treatment, health promotion, disease prevention
• primary care providers (ie. family physicians, community pharmacists) deal with broad range of physical, psychological, and social problems

Question 17

What is secondary health care?

Answer 17

mainly involves specialist care (ie. rheumatologist, cardiologist, oncologist)

• may involve: diagnosis, treatment
• need referral from primary care provider for care

Question 18

What is tertiary health care (specialized consultative health care)?

Answer 18

involves advanced medical investigation and treatment that usually, but not always, involves inpatient care (ie. hospital admission)

• need referral from primary or secondary health care
• pediatric rheumatology program at BC Children’s Hospital
• cancer treatment at BC Cancer Agency
• coronary artery bypass surgery at St. Paul’s Hospital