Public Health Flashcards
What are the 4 domains of the health belief model?
Perceived susceptibility
Perceived severity
Perceived benefits
Perceived barriers
What are the stages of change/trans-theoretical model?
Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Preparation
Action
Maintenance
Relapse
What 3 factors influence an individual’s intention to change their behaviour (Theory of Planned Behaviour)?
Attitudes towards the behaviour
Subjective norm
Perceived behavioural control (internal and external factors that can influence perception)
What are the three domains of public health?
Health promotion = Societal interventions aimed at preventing disease
Health protection = Measures to control infectious disease
Improving health services = Organisation and safe delivery of high quality services
What is equity?
Healthcare is delivered relative to the healthcare need
What are the two types of equity?
Horizontal equity
Vertical equity
What is horizontal equity?
Equal treatment for equal need –> Those with the same disease should be treated equally
What is vertical equity?
Unequal treatment for different need
Eg. more treatment for pneumonia vs simple cold
What is the medical model of disability?
The problem is the disabled person
What is the social model of disability?
The problem is the disabling world
Opposes the medical model of disability
What is a never event error?
A serious, largely preventable patient safety incident that should not have happened if available preventable measures had been implemented
What is a skill-based error?
An error due to the lack of capabilities of the medical staff
What is a sloth error?
Where an error is made due to laziness
What is a fixation error?
Where a mistake is made because the investigations are tailored towards the most likely diagnosis without allowing for differential diagnoses
What is an error of commission?
A medical error where the wrong steps are taken, resulting in inappropriate increased risk of adverse effects related to care –> E.g. prescribing wrong antibiotics
What is an error of omission?
A medical error where appropriate steps are not taken, resulting in inappropriately increased risk of adverse effects related to care –> E.g. not doing a CT head on a stroke patient