Session 7 Flashcards
What is the definition of health?
The ability to adapt and to self manage in the face of social, physical and emotional challenge.
What is health promotion?
It is the process of enabling and empowering somebody to take control of and improve their own health.
What are the 5 domains of the Ottawa Charter of health promotion?
Build healthy public policy - joint working across sectors, recognising the role of public policy in health.
Creating supportive environments for health - the role of work and leisure, protecting the environment.
Strengthening community action for health - empowering communities and increasing access to opportunities.
Develop personal skills - provide access to information and education, enhance life skills and enable people to make choices.
Reorientate health services - focus more on health promotion, with a holistic view.
What are the social determinants for health?
Economic stability.
Health care access and quality.
Education access and quality.
Social and community context.
Neighbourhood and built environment.
What are the 6 pillars of lifestyle medicine?
Healthy eating.
Mental wellbeing.
Healthy relationships.
Sleep.
Minimising harmful substances.
Physical activity.
What is primary prevention?
Preventing the onset of illness - reduce the incidence and risk of new cases appearing to reduce their duration.
What is secondary prevention?
Early diagnosis - detecting and treating pre-symptomatic disease.
What is tertiary prevention?
Minimising the effects of an established disease and preventing complications.
What are universal approaches to health promotion, and an example?
Aims to reduce the risk across the whole population - it can have a bigger impact.
Such as sugar tax.
What are targeted approaches to health promotion, and an example?
Aims to identify those who are most at risk and help minimise the onset of disease in that population - can be tailored to the needs of a specific community.
Breastfeeding initiatives in young mothers.
What is patient activation of health?
The knowledge, skills and confidence an individual has in managing their own health and healthcare.
What is making every contact count?
Giving a brief, 30 seconds, information handout over a lifestyle or behavioural change.
What are the 3 domains available for health promotion?
Policy, legislation and systems changing.
What is motivational counselling?
A client-centred, directive method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving any queries or confusions.
What does motivational counselling involve?
Guiding the patient, rather than telling them.
Developing strategies to elicit the patient’s own motivation.
Listening and encouraging the patient to talk.
