Section 1 Flashcards
Global heath
Field of academic study, research and applied practice that seeks to improve pop health world wide
P in “Paces”
Population
A in “Paces”
Action
C in “Paces”
Cooperation
E in “Paces”
Equity
Health Equity
Present when everyone has an equal opportunity to be as healthy as possible
S in “Paces”
Security
WHO
Written in 1948 defines “health” as a state of complete physical mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infinity
Determinants of health
Biological behavioral social and enviormental political and other factor that influence the health status of individuals and populations
Intervention
Prevention is better than cure
System thinking
Identifying the underlying causes of complex problems so that sustainable solutions can be developed and implemented
Prevention science
When preventive health interventions are working to improve health status how successful they are in those populations how fast they can be scaled up for wide spread implementations
Implementation science
Scientific study of how to increase uptake of evidence based practice and policies after effective interventions have been identified
Three level of preventions that together capture full range of health
Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary Prevention
Primary Prevention
Protective actions that help keep an adverse health event from ever occurring