Public Health Flashcards
Define public health
Art and science of preventing disease, improving quality of life and promoting health
What are the public health values?
Health as a right
Health equity
Empowerment
Inclusiveness
Can you give examples of groups that would be considered in inclusiveness?
(not inclusive) Covid-19 patients Homeless BAME Refugees + immigrants
What factors can determine health?
(not inclusive)
Cultural influences Living/work conditions
Social influences Education
Age Unemployment status
Gender Health care services
Lifestyle choices
What’s the difference of equality, equity and justice?
Equality: benefiting everyone from the same support
Equity: giving everyone supports that individuals need
Justice: removing the cause of inequality
Can you think of any health inequalities in the UK?
Black women>White die in pregnancy/childbirth
> 5% blood donors from BAME
South Asian have 40% higher mortality from CHD
Black African/Caribbean 8x than white more likely to subject to community treatment orders
BAME 2x likely mortality risk from Covid-19
Consent rates for organ donors at BAME communities
What are the 3 public health domains?
Health improvement
Health protection
Healthcare public health
What are some improvements to health that we can consider?
Public health nursing Smoking cessation Public mental health Sexual health services Substance misuse services NHS health checks Weight management
Why would some people be hesitant about a new vaccine?
New vaccine Scared of side effects Lack of knowledge Distrust in NHS or healthcare services Prefers idea of herd immunity Autonomy and personal freedom Opposes their beliefs/religion
Suggest some solutions for vaccine hesitancy.
Ask doctors of BAME communities to inform about the vaccine
Social media to inform the younger generations
More simpler education to help people be more aware of what, why, how about the vaccine.
Make the vaccines more available for everyone
Try to build and establish confidence in communities
Explain the risks to patients and its comparison to other scenarios (birth control pills, smoking, contracting Covid-19)
What is evidence based medicine?
Turning clinical problems into questions then systemically locating, appraising and using the research as a factor for clinical decisions.
Give the 3 factors that contribute to evidence based medicine.
Clinical judgement
Relevant scientific evidence
Patients’ values and preferences
