Public Health and Health Promotion Flashcards
What is public health? (4 points)
Improving the population health
Making people healthy
Saving lives (preventing premature death)
Life expectancy
“Public Health is the science and art of preventing diseases, prolonging life and promoting health, through the organised efforts of society”
Who is responsible for public health? List all
All sectors of the society
Department of Health
Stakeholders
Government
Private sector
Non-government organisations
International organisations
Community
What is health? According to the WHO:
/ Physical
/ Social
/ Mental
/ Wellbeing
X mere absence of disease
X mere absence of infirmary
E.g patients w broken leg
- blind? = vision counselling
- drugs
- are they educate enough? = raising awareness
- workplace = safety
What is the definition of health promotion?
“Process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health”
Give enough info to make sure patient looks after themselves - can’t FORCE, only ADVISE
Patients ACTS in the right way when on their own
What are the TWO health determinants?
1) Person centred care (GPhC standard - look after a specific patient in a tailored way)
2) Holistic approaches (education/ emergency departments)
Complex interactions:
1) Individual
2) Lifestyles and behaviour
3) Physical, social and economic environment
How is public health dealt with?
3Ps:
1. Protection
2. Prevention
3. Promotion
- Protection
e.g. during the pandemic
- mandatory masks
- protect the workplace
- hospitals - adapt
- Prevention
- screening (e.g. for females)
- Covid vaccine
- Promotion
- exersice
- diet
How can the PPPs happen efficiently?
- Governance = ensuring that there are systems in place. e.g ramp into pharmacy for wheelchair user
- Advocacy = e.g. encourage flu vaccine - prevent patients from going to a&e - x1 for NHS costs £3,000
- Capacity
- Resources
- Information = promotion of health
What is ‘The Ottawa Charter’?
Provided goals and concepts of health promotion
In November 1986, International Conference aimed at health for All by 2000
What did the Ottawa Charter design?
5 Action Areas
3 Strategies
What are the 5 action areas? (The Ottawa Charter) POSSIBLE SAQ
- Build healthy public policy = Protect health, enable healthy choices
- Create supportive environments = Healthy choices related to where people live, work, learn and play
- Strengthen community action = Community efforts to improve health
Addressing health inequality - Reorient health services = Information, education and life
- Develop personal skills = Skills to make good healthy choices