Promoting Health and Wellbeing Flashcards
ADGs guideline 1
Achieve and maintain a healthy weight, be physically active, and choose nutritious foods and drinks to meet your energy needs
ADGs guideline 2
Enjoy a variety of nutritious foods from the five food groups everyday
ADGs guideline 3
Limit intake of foods containing saturated fat, added salt, added sugars and alcohol
ADGs guideline 4
Encourage, support and promote breastfeeding
ADGs guideline 5
Care for your food, prepare and store it safely
Define public health
Refers to the ways the Government monitor, regulate and promote health and wellbeing to help prevent illness in Australia
Define health promotion
Processes that enable people to increase control over improving their health in Australia e.g. campaigns such as cigarette packets
Define old public health
Actions taken by the Government that focused on changing the physical environments to prevent the spread of diseases
Old public health - policies
Quarantine laws
Food quality legislation
Housing building codes
Workplace regulations
Community immunisation policies
Old public health - practices
Provision of clean water
Improved sanitation
Improved birthing practices
Define new public health (social model of health)
An approach that expands the traditional focus on individual behaviour and considers the physical, sociocultural and political environment impacts on health
Define sanitation
Removal of human waste from the environment
Old public health policies & practices
Better quality housing and fewer slums
Better quality food and nutrition
Introduction of quarantine laws
Safer working conditions
More hygienic birthday practices
Provision of antenatal and infant welfare services
Mass immunisation programs
What is the biomedical model of health
Focuses on the physical and biological science of disease and illness. It is a medical model practiced by doctors and health professionals, associated with the diagnosis, treatment and curing of diseases.
Features of the biomedical approach
Relies on technology to diagnose, treat and cure
Relies on services provided by doctors, health professionals, hospitals, etc.
Focuses on the needs of an individual health instead of the whole population
Examples of the biomedical model
Stitches to assist the healing of a cut
Chemotherapy to treat cancer
MRI scanners to detect conditions
Stethoscope to listen for irregular sounds generated internally by the heart, lungs and intestinal tract
Strengths of biomedical model
Advancements in medical technology and research
Enables many common diseases/illnesses to be effectively treated
Extends life expectancy
Improves quality of life through treatment and cures or assists people to live with disease/disability
Limitations of biomedical model
Relies on health professionals and technology
Costly tertiary education for students in the medical field
Not every condition can be treated as some may be hereditary/genetics
More focused on individuals separately and not the mass health of a population
Differentiate between the biomedical and social model of health
The biomedical model of health focuses on the physical or biological aspects of disease and illness and involves diagnosing and treating illnesses/conditions once symptoms are present, as an individual focus
The social model of health considers the role that factors such as socioeconomic status, access to healthcare and social connectedness play in preventing diseases and illnesses. The model adopts a population or community development as policies, education and health promotion activities are key aspects in promoting health and wellbeing
Medicare levy
An additional 2 per cent tax placed on the taxable income of most taxpayers. Those with low incomes or with specific circumstances may be exempt from paying the levy.
We need our healthcare system to be S.A.F.E
Sustainability
Access
Funding
Equity
Sustainability
Relates to the capacity of the health system to provide a workforce and infrastructure (e.g. facilities & equipment), and to be innovative and responsive to emerging needs through interventions (e.g. research and monitoring) now and in the future
Funding
Relates to the financial resources that are provided to keep the health system adequately staffed and resourced, so a high level of care is available to those who need it
Ottawa charter definition of ‘health promotion’
Enabling people to take control over, and to improve their health
Three strategies for health promotion (AEM)
Advocate
Enable
Mediate
Principles of social model of health
Involves intersectoral collaboration
Addresses the broader determinants of health
Empowers individuals and communities
Acts to enable access to healthcare
Acts to reduce social inequities
Involves intersectoral collaboration
Intersectoral collaboration within stakeholders (government, non-government, public sector, private sector
Addresses the broader factors/determinants of health
Addresses determinants outside the control of the health system such as gender, culture, race, ethnicity, SES, geographical location and physical environment
Empowers individuals and communities
Empowering individuals and communities by building their health knowledge and skills so that they can make positive changes to their health and wellbeing
Acts to enable access to healthcare
Providing access to healthcare means it must be readily available to all (e.g. considering culture, gender, etc) while also being simple to interpret and comprehend
Acts to reduce social inequities
Addressing sociocultural factors such as gender, culture, race, SES, access to healthcare, social exclusion and the physical environment
What is tobacco smoking
Refers to the process of burning tobacco and inhaling the smoke produced
Why is smoking targeted for health promotion in Australia
Burden of disease associated with smoking can be prevented
Leading preventable cause of poor health in Australia
