Public Health and human factors Flashcards
What are the BMI categories for underweight, normal, overweight and obese?
Underweight= <20 Normal= 20–>25 Overweight= 25–>30 Obese= >30
What is the significance of a) barrell shape b) pyramid shape in a population pyramid graph
A) barell shows baby boom and later will pose problem of an ageing population
B) pyramid shows less old and more young
Define incidence
Number of NEW cases diagnosed/ number of people at risk of getting it
(Over a period of time)
Define prevelance
Number of cases at a point in time/ number of people at risk of getting disease
(Snap shot)
What is the swiss cheese model
Every safety net has a fault and if these errors in a system align then can cause harm
What does a system contain?
Tools and tech (laptop) Task (job) Organisation (nhs) Internal environment (office) External environment (GMC) People (doctors)
What are some non technical skills
Cognigtive; situational awareness, decision making, task management
Social; teamwork, communication, coping with fatigue
Personal resource; managing stress, coping with fatigue
Describe the health belief model
All percieved factors;
- Susceptibility; how likely to get it
- Severity; consequences of having it
- Benefits; worth acting on
- Barriers; cost of taking action
- Cues to action; causes of a change to happen
What is the theory of planned behaviour?
Behavioural intention
Attitude
Subjective norm
Percieved behavioural control
What is the cyclic phases of changing behaviour? CRAMP
Action Maintenance Relapse Contemplation (precontemplation) Preparation
