Week 1 Community & Population Health

Question 1

Expanding OT community-based services helps with what four things?

Answer 1

1. Increases the visibility of OT
2. Increases consumer demand for those services
3. May lead to policy changes and leadership roles
4. Better addresses society issues

Question 2

History of Service in the Community

Answer 2

Consolation house: using occupations to enable return to productive living (garden, grass lawn, workshops)
Hull house: for individuals to become self-sufficient (workshop included baskets, needlework, rugs)

Question 3

Community health & interventions

Answer 3

-any combination of educational, social and environmental supports for behavior conducive to health
-may be directed towards individuals, families or groups, including a community

Question 4

Community

Answer 4

A specific group of people, often living in the same geographical area, who share a common culture, values and norms, are arranged in a social structure according to relationships, which the community has developed over a period of time

Question 5

Community-based practice

Answer 5

-A broad array of health related services provided in the community such as prevention and health promotion, acute and chronic medical care, habituation and rehab, direct and indirect service provision

Question 6

Health promotion & prevention

Answer 6

primary
secondary
tertiary

Question 7

Population

Answer 7

aggregate of people who may or may not know each other but share at least one common characteristic such as age, rave, ethnicity, gender, health habit or condition, geographic location, cultural identity, socioeconomic status of education level

Question 8

Population health

Answer 8

the health outcome of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group

Question 9

OTs perspective on well being includes…

Answer 9

satisfaction with participation in occupations and daily activities that enhance the quality of life

Question 10

Community Centered Practice Framework (CCPF)

Answer 10

Four components or phases
1. community identity
2. community occupations
3. community resources and barriers
4. participant enablement

Question 11

Retirement

Answer 11

-causes changes in daily occupations and schedules, changes in social relationships etc
- average age is 65 for men and 62 for women
- average age of retirement has increased over time (used to be 57)

Question 12

Goal of OT in retirement

Answer 12

determining aptitudes, developing interests and skills, and selecting appropriate vocational pursuits

Question 13

Changes in health status

Answer 13

-about 80% of older Americans have at lease one chronic health condition

Question 14

Relocating in later life

Answer 14

• moving and adapting
• choosing not to relocate and age in place
• move in with family
• move to ALF or long term care

Question 15

Practice areas for OTs working with older adults

Answer 15

Hospitals, acute rehab in-patient, home care, assisted living centers, skilled nursing facilities (SNF)