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Topic 1 - Health Priorities Flashcards

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Agencies responsible for collecting and processing health data

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Include the department of health and ageing, state teritory health agencies, the Australian bureau of statistics, the Australian institute of health and welfare and Medicare

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Health status

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Can be measured using positive aspects of health such as wellbeing and health determinants as well as negative aspects like illness and disease

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Health indicators

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Including life expectancy, mortality, morbidity and infant mortality are used to measure health status

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Epidemiology

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Is used to identify patterns of disease and inform Heath decision makers

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Injuries

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Are the major cause of death for people up to age 44 years

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Patterns of health

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Are significantly different for between males and females and between indigenous Australians and the rest of the Australians population

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Epidemiology role

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Informs us about patterns of disease within populations and groups, the benefit of interventions, the application of research findings and the performance of the health system

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Epidemiology info

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Can be used by a range of agencies including governments, doctors, educators and other health professionals

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The gap in infant mortality

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Has closed between the indigenous and non-indigenous rates in recent years

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ATSI

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Experience Lower health status as a result of higher levels of disability and lower quality life. Socioeconomic disadvantage, poor quality housing, unemployment and low educational attainment….poor standard of Health

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Exposure to risk factors

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Such as Tabacco use, alcohol consumption, illicit drug use, overweight and obesity, poor nutrition, physical inactivity and violence all contribute to the poor level of ATSI health

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Australian government

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Collects information about the health of the population to use as evidence for making decisions about how to set priorities and spend the budget

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Mortality

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The measure of the number of deaths in a giving population

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Morbidity

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The incidence of disease: the rage of sickness (specified in a community or group)

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Infant mortality

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The annual deaths per 1000 births (younger then aged 1)

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Life expectancy

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The number of years remaining in ones life

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Identifying health priority issues

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SCP123
Social justice principles, costs to individual, costs to community, prevalence of condition, potential or prevention and early intervention, priority population groups

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Groups experiencing health inequities

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ATSI, SED, people living in remote & rural areas, overseas born people, the aged, people with disabilities

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Sociocultural determinants of health

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Include: family, peers, media, religion, culture

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Socioeconomic determinants of health

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Include: employment, education and income

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Environmental determinants of health

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Include: geographical location and access to health services and technology

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Inequities exist in terms of…

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  1. The unequal distribution of some illnesses and conditions throughout a population (genders, different cultures)
  2. The injury impact on the health status of some groups due to social, economic, cultural, environmental factors such as income and availability of transport
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SED nature & extent

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Higher diabetes levels
Higher CVD levels 
Higher asthma 
Higher mental issues 
Higher smoking rates 
Less consumption of fruit & veg 
Higher obesity rates 
Higher physical inactivity 
Poorer education 
Less use of preventative measures
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Government roles in addressing health inequities- ATSI

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Office of ATSI - brings greater focus to delivery of mainstream health services provides grants over 200 organisations

National ATSI community controlled health - agency works with families, housing, communities to improve ATSI health

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Community roles in addressing health inequities- ATSI

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Agencies working to improve the health of ATSI, aims for stronger delivery of healthcare and ensuring sustainability, helps deliver holistic, comprehensive and culturally appropriate healthcare, large healthcare centres providing many trained staff ( for ATSI)

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Individual roles in addressing health of ATSI

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Strong focus in ATSI health services to provide and support as well as skills, particularly aboriginal mothers

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Preventable chronic disease, injury & mental health problems

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CVD, cancer (skin,lung,breast), diabetes type 1&2, respiratory disease, injury, mental health illnesses

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Th nature of CVD

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CVD has been identified as a health priority because it is a major health and economic burden on Australia. It is one of the leading causes of sickness and death

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Coronary heart disease

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The poor supply of blood to the muscular walls of the heart by its own blood supply vessels, the Coronary arteries

30
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Stroke

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The interruption of the supply of blood to the brain

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Major risk factors that can be reduced for CVD

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Smoking 
Raised blood fat levels 
High blood pressure 
Obesity and overweight conditions 
Abdominal obesity 
Physical inactivity
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Groups at risk of developing CVD

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Smokers 
Family history of CVD
People with high blood cholesterol levels
People with high fat diets 
People over the age of 65
People who are SED
33
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Nature and extent of cancer

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The uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal body cells. It involved a mutation and is believe to originate form a single cell whose genetic material has been ages by a foreign agent

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The extent of cancer in Australia

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The prevalence of cancer in Australia is increasing in both sexes. One in 3 males and one an 4 females will develop cancer before the age of 85

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The incidence of cancer

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Increasing incidence in both sexes, increases in prostate and breast cancer

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Ottawa charter 5 action areas

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Building healthy pub policy 
Crest supportive environment 
Strengthen community actions 
Develop personal skills 
Reorient health services
37
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Social justice principles

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Equity
Diversity
Supporting environment

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