Public Health Flashcards
What is Health definition?
A state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or imfirmity
What is Public Health?
The health of populations
What does Public Health focus on?
Promoting wellbeing and prevention
The wider determinants of health
What is equality?
Providing everybody with the same supports and assuming that everyone benefits from the same supports
What is Equity?
Everyone getting the support they need
What is Justice?
The cause for the need of the support has been addressed so support is not required
What is the Inverse Care Law?
The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served
Definiton for Health Inequality
Differences between people or groups of people that have been socially constructed (not due to difference in genetics or physiology)
The 3 Domains of Public Health
Health Improvement
Health Protection
Healthcare Public Health
How can Health Improvement take place?
Sexual health services
Substance misuse services
Weight management
Smoking cessation (stopping)
How can Health Protection happen?
Vaccinations
Healthcare Public Health
Needs Strategic direction and leadership
Evaluation and research
Prioritisation
Service Design
Needs assessment
What is Evidence Based Medicine?
Process of turning clinical problems into questions and systematically finding, appraising and using research findings as basis for clinical decisions.
What does PICO stand for?
Population
Intervention
Control
Outcome
What is the PICO framework used for?
Formulating an answerable and searchable clinical question?
PICO Example
Is formula or breastfeeding better for a baby?
P - Babies
I - Formula
C - Breastfeeding
O - Better for health?
What is the BioPsychoSocial model?
A model that considers how a persons Biology, Psychology and sociology/social conditions affect their health/illness
Why is the Biopsychosocial model important in modern medicine?
It looks at all the biological, psychological and social factors that affect health
So not only focuses on the physical illness
How do behavioural factors contribute to health and disease?
Lack of exercise
Poor nutrition
Risky behaviours
How do Psychological factors contribute to health and disease?
Stress
Depression
Hopelessness
A person thinking they are not capable of stopping smoking
How do social factors contribute to health and disease?
Poverty
Unequal access to healthcare and support
Lack of education
Stigmas
Racism
