Public Health 1

Question 1

What are the signs/symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?

Answer 1

• tremors
• seizures
• hallucinations
• increased HR & BP

Question 2

How many units is recommended average per week?

Answer 2

Man - 28

Woman - 21

Question 3

How much pure alcohol (ethanol) per unit?

Answer 3

10ml/8g of ethanol

Question 4

Define ‘health’

Answer 4

Complete physical, mental and social wellbeing

Question 5

Incidence

Answer 5

Number of new cases in certain period of time

Question 6

Prevalence

Answer 6

Number of existing cases in certain period of time

Question 7

What lifestyle changes can be made to prevent CHD?

Answer 7

SNAP

Smoking
Nutrition
Alcohol
Physical activity

Question 8

List some benefits of screening

Answer 8

• prevent suffering
• early treatment beneficial and cost effective
• improves patient satisfaction

Question 9

List some negatives of screening

Answer 9

• damage from false results
• no personal choice
• has detrimental affects on healthy people (asymptomatic)

Question 10

What increases the risk of pandemics

Answer 10

• international travel
• large population
• increased crowding

Question 11

What decreases risk of pandemics

Answer 11

Population health improved

Interdependence between countries

Question 12

What is cage a test for and what does it stand for?

Answer 12

It’s a test for alcohol dependency.

C- cut down? Do you think you should?
A- angry when people tell you to cut down
G- guilty about the amount you drink
E- eye opener, drink when first thing in morning

Question 13

Define adherence

Answer 13

Acknowledges importance of patient beliefs

Question 14

What are the four principles of ethics

Answer 14

1 autonomy
2 beneficence
3 non-maleficence
4 Justice

Question 15

What is meant by autonomy

Answer 15

Patients ability to make their own decision

Question 16

What is meant by beneficence

Answer 16

Doing right thing to benefit others

Question 17

What is meant by non-maleficence?

Answer 17

Preventing harm and causing no harm

Question 18

What is meant by justice?

Answer 18

Being fair

Question 19

Utilitarianism ?

Answer 19

Act to maximise good
- action evaluated purely based on consequences

Maximise wellbeing and minimise suffering

Question 20

Deontology ?

Answer 20

Judges an action on features of the action itself - does it comply with ‘rules’ (motive more important than action)

Question 21

Virtue ethics?

Answer 21

Person rather than action based - looks at virtue or moral character of a person eater than action/consequences

Question 22

What are the 5 focal virtues?

Answer 22

Compassion, conscientiousness, trustworthiness, integrity and discernment

Remember: Cats Can’t Tickle Itchy Dinosaurs

Question 23

Risk = ?

Answer 23

Incidence/population

Question 24

Relative risk =?

Answer 24

Risk of event in exposed group/risk in non-exposed group

Question 25

Absolute risk = ?

Answer 25

Risk in exposed group - risk in unexposed group