Public/ Population Health

Question 1

Define population health

Answer 1

• is an approach
• improves health of an entire population
• reduces health inquities amoung population groups
• Looks at broader range of factors

Question 2

Define Public Health

Answer 2

• an orgaized effort
• Keeps people healthy, prevents injury, illness and premature death
• Combo of programs, services and policies

Question 3

what are the tasks of population and public health dieteticans

Answer 3

• provide nutrition expertise to stakeholders and community to implement and evaluate services
• Tailor programs to different populations based on nutritional priorites
• target systems and structures that influence food choice
• public sectors areas forcuse on canadas food guide and regulations of food labels
• work with government and schools to induce food change systems

Question 4

what are some core knowledge and skills populic health dieticians need

Answer 4

• program planning and coalition building
• have interventions that meet communities needs and prioities
• Be policy and advocacy experts
• be proactive and creative

Question 5

what are some practice settings of population health dieticians

Answer 5

• primary care network
• food and beverage industry
• provincial and federal governement
• Heath systems (IE alberta health services)
• health organizations such as diabetes canada
• NGO
• Private practice

Question 6

How do we make the healthy choice the easy choice

Answer 6

by changing the food enviroment (physical, social, economic, policy) that people live in

Question 7

What is the goal in the population health approach

Answer 7

• maintain and improve the health status of the whole population
• reduce health inequities between population groups
• Measured using health indicators

Question 8

Define health surveillance

Answer 8

ongoing, systematic collection, analysisi and interpretatio of health related data essential to planning, implementation and evaluation of public health practice

Question 9

What is the population health model

Answer 9

It’s the who, what and how of the model

Question 10

What is the “who” of the population health model

Answer 10

• who you plan to target the specicifc strategy at
• individual, family, community, sector/system, society

Question 11

what is the “what” of the population health model

Answer 11

• what specifically are you targetting
• Health serives, health child development, biology and genetics, physical environment, working conditions, educations, social support networks, and income and social status

Question 12

What is the how of the pupulation health model

Answer 12

• strengthen community action
• Build healthy public policy
• create supportive environments
• develop personal skills
• reorient health services

Question 13

define proportinate universalism

Answer 13

• balances targetted and universal population health perspectives
• recognizes that across the health gradient, programs, services and policies must include a ranfge of responses to address differene levels of disadvantage with in the population. Opposed to soley targetting the least disadvantages group

Question 14

What is the socialecological model

Answer 14

looks at change on the different levels
- such as structures and systems, community, institution and organizations, interpersonal and indidivduals

Question 15

Describe the policy cycle

Answer 15

1. Figure the problem or issue that needs to be addressed and look at the evidence to inform policy
2. Policy formation - look at legislative, regulatory or programmatic stratgies to address the problem
3. Policy implementation - policy is adopted and implemented
4. Policy evaluation - did the policy address the problem

Question 16

define social justice

Answer 16

• its a concept and process that priorities fair distribution of a society’s benefit, burden and power
• combination of bearing responsibility and accountability to respond