Public health Flashcards
What is population perspective?
The population perspective is a preventive approach that targets the broad distribution of diseases and health determinants in a defined population.
When considering the population perspective, what should be addressed?
- Diagnosis + treatment
-Causes of ill health
-Policies and strategic plans
-Commission services
What are the 4 determinants of health?
- genes
- Environment (physical, social,economic)
- Lifestyle
4.Healthcare
What is Equity?
What is fair and just
What is equality?
Concerned with equal shares
What is horizontal equity and give an example?
Equal treatment for equal need- individuals with pneumonia should be treated equally
What is vertical equity and give an example?
Unequal treatment for unequal need - Areas with poorer health need higher expenditure on health services
- Individuals with common cold vs pneumonia need unequal treatment
What are the different forms of health equity?
- Equal expenditure for equal need
- Equal access for equal need
3.Equal health
4.Equal utilisation for equal need - Equal healthcare outcome for equal need
What are the dimensions of health equity?
Spatial - geographical
social- age, gender, ethnicity, class
What factors should be considered when examining health equity?
- supply of healthcare
2.Access to healthcare
3.Utilisation of healthcare
4.Healthcare outcomes - Health status
6.Resource allocation - Wider determinants of health
What are the wider determinants of health?
- diet
- smoking
- Healthcare seeking behaviour
4.Socioeconomic and physical environment
How is health equity assessed?
Typically assess inequality then judge if unequitable BUT equality may not be equitable
What are the 3 domains of public health?
- Health improvement
- Health protection
3.Healthcare
What is health improvement?
Societal interventions aimed at preventing disease, promoting health and reducing inequalities.
- housing
-education
-lifestyle
-employment
-family/community
What is health protection?
Concerned with the measure to control infectious disease risks and environmental hazards
- infectious disease
-radiation
-chemical/poisons
-emergency response
-environmental health hazard
What is healthcare?
Concerned with the organisation, and delivery of safe high quality services for prevention, treatment and care
- clinical effectiveness
-audit and evaluation
-clinical governance
-efficiency
-service planning
-equity
What are the levels of public health?
- individual
- community
- Ecological
What is health psychology?
Health psychology emphasises the role of psychological factors in the cause, progression and consequences of health and illness
- promotes healthy behaviour and prevents illness
What are the 3 health behaviours?
- health behaviour
- illness behaviour
- sick role behaviour
What is health behaviour?
Behaviour that aims to prevent disease
What is illness behaviour?
Behaviour that aims to seek remedy
What is sick role behaviour?
Any activity aimed to get well
What are two other behaviours that health behaviours are defined as?
- Health damaging/ impairing - smoking
- Health promoting - exercise
What are the top two reasons for absence from work?
Musculoskeletal issues
Depressive disorders