Public Health And Biopsychosocial Model

Question 1

What is the biopsychosocial model of medicine?

Answer 1

Psychological- cognition, emotion, behaviour
Biological- physiology, genetics, pathogens
Social- Social class, employment, social support

Question 2

Biomedical vs biopsychosocial approach

Answer 2

Biomedical only looks at illness in terms of biological and physiological processes, treatment only physical. Better mortality rates.
Biopsychosocial looks holistically not just physical.

Question 3

What is evidenced based medicine?

Answer 3

Turning clinical problems into questions, then systematically locating and appraising and use research findings as basis to make decisions.

Question 4

How do inequalities affect obesity?

Answer 4

Higher in black African
Higher in low income places (less education,cheaper food)

Question 5

Health problems associated with obesity?

Answer 5

Heart disease
Type 2 diabetes Mellitus
Stroke

Question 6

What is public health?

Answer 6

Art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organised efforts of society.

Question 7

What are the 3 domains of public health with examples?

Answer 7

Health improvement- smoking cessation, MH
Health protection- infectious diseases, screening, vaccines
Public health- prioritisation, needs assessment, service design

Question 8

Features of public health?

Answer 8

Primary prevention- before people get the disease
Secondary prevention- people at risk or start getting symptoms
Tertiary prevention- reducing impact of ongoing illness or injury, managing symptoms.

Question 9

Examples of the different types of preventions?

Answer 9

Primary- campaigns and ads, immunisations, safe habits eg safe sex, info before get disease
Secondary- specific advice, screening, exercise programmes
Tertiary- manage symptoms with drugs and support groups, rehab.

Question 10

What does PICO stand for?

Answer 10

Patient
Intervention
Comparator
Outcome

Question 11

What’s the definition of health inequality?

Answer 11

Differences between people or groups that have been socially constructed, not due to genetics or physiology such as gender or age

Question 12

What’s the inverse care law?

Answer 12

The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population served