Public Health And Clinical Skills

Question 1

What is public health?

Answer 1

Concerned with the health of populations,
focused on promoting wellbeing & prevention
considers the wider determinants of health

Question 2

Define public health

Answer 2

The art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organised efforts of society

Question 3

Name the public health values

Answer 3

Health as a right
Health equity
Empowerment
Inclusiveness

Question 4

What is health inequality?

Answer 4

Difference between people or groups of people that have been socially constructed and not due to differences in genetics or physiology, such as gender or age

Question 5

Define the inverse care law

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What are the three domains of public health?

Answer 6

Health improvement
Health protection
Healthcare public health

Question 7

Features of health improvement

Answer 7

Smoking cessation 
Public health nursing 
Weight management 
NHS health checks 
Substance misuse services 
Sexual health services 
Public mental health

Question 8

What is evidence based medicine

Answer 8

The process of turning clinical problems into questions and then systematically locating, appraising and using contemporaneous research findings as the basis for clinical decisions

Question 9

What are the features of healthcare public health ?

Answer 9

Prioritisation
Service design
Strategic direction and leadership
Needs assessment 
Support evidence bases decision making
Evaluations and research