Public Health Frameworks

Question 1

Define public health

Answer 1

Process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health.

Question 2

Role of Pharmacy in promoting and supporting behaviour change

Answer 2

1. Education and counselling
2. Monitoring or follow up
3. Referring
4. Screening st risk or high risk patients (for targeted health promotion and health education)

Question 3

Examples of

Individual behavioural change strategies:

Answer 3

Education, information
Building skills

Question 4

Examples of

Community based strategies:

Answer 4

Interventions in the community

Empowering the community

Resources of the community

Question 5

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Answer 5

1. Develop personal skills
2. Strengthen community actions
3. Create supportive environments
4. Build health public policy
5. Reorient health services

Question 6

The 3 health promotion strategies = a healthy society

Answer 6

Advocate = individual and social actions (political commitment, policy support, social systems)

Mediate = individuals, community (public and private sectors)

Enable = activities, partnerships with individuals, communities (empowered, mobilised)