Public Health 1 Flashcards
What are the signs/symptoms of alcohol withdrawal?
- tremors
- seizures
- hallucinations
- increased HR & BP
How many units is recommended average per week?
Man - 28
Woman - 21
How much pure alcohol (ethanol) per unit?
10ml/8g of ethanol
Define ‘health’
Complete physical, mental and social wellbeing
Incidence
Number of new cases in certain period of time
Prevalence
Number of existing cases in certain period of time
What lifestyle changes can be made to prevent CHD?
SNAP
Smoking
Nutrition
Alcohol
Physical activity
List some benefits of screening
- prevent suffering
- early treatment beneficial and cost effective
- improves patient satisfaction
List some negatives of screening
- damage from false results
- no personal choice
- has detrimental affects on healthy people (asymptomatic)
What increases the risk of pandemics
- international travel
- large population
- increased crowding
What decreases risk of pandemics
Population health improved
Interdependence between countries
What is cage a test for and what does it stand for?
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
Define adherence
Acknowledges importance of patient beliefs
What are the four principles of ethics
1 autonomy
2 beneficence
3 non-maleficence
4 Justice
What is meant by autonomy
Patients ability to make their own decision
What is meant by beneficence
Doing right thing to benefit others
What is meant by non-maleficence?
Preventing harm and causing no harm
What is meant by justice?
Being fair
Utilitarianism ?
Act to maximise good
- action evaluated purely based on consequences
Maximise wellbeing and minimise suffering
Deontology ?
Judges an action on features of the action itself - does it comply with ‘rules’ (motive more important than action)
Virtue ethics?
Person rather than action based - looks at virtue or moral character of a person eater than action/consequences
What are the 5 focal virtues?
Compassion, conscientiousness, trustworthiness, integrity and discernment
Remember: Cats Can’t Tickle Itchy Dinosaurs
Risk = ?
Incidence/population
Relative risk =?
Risk of event in exposed group/risk in non-exposed group
