Week 1 - Creating and maintaining a health community Flashcards
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”
is the definition of health defined by which organization in what year?
World Health Organization, 1946
“Health is a dynamic state of complete physical, mental, spiritual and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”
is the definition of health defined by which organization in what year?
World Health Organization, 1998
“A state of complete physical, emotional, social and cultural well-being of the person across the period of their life, enabling them to achieve their full potential as a human being. This also applies to the physical, social, emotional and cultural well being of their whole community. It is not merely the absence of disease, injury or disability.”
is the definition of health defined by which organization in what year?
Australian Nursing Federation, 2009
What are the 6 dimensions of Health?
- Physical
- Mental
- Emotional
- Spiritual
- Social-cultural
- Environmental
Find the missing term:
___ ___ exists in communities who share a sense of trust, engagement, participation and a sense of belonging.
Answer: Social Capital
Social Capital exists in communities who share a sense of trust, engagement, participation and a sense of belonging.
Find the missing term:
___ ___ is an accumulation of social health - wealth that draws people together.
Answer: Social Capital
Social Capital is an accumulation of social health - wealth that draws people together.
Trust and cooperation between groups with similar demographic or social characteristics is what type of social capital?
HINT: Starts with B
Bonding Social Capital
Relationships between groups who are dissimilar in social identity and power is what type of social capital?
(Murayama et al, 2012)
HINT: Starts with B
Bridging Social Capital
There are 10 social determinants of health, what are they?
- Biology, genetic characteristics
- Healthy Child Development
- Social support networks
- Education, literacy
- Employment and working conditions
- Social Environments
- Physical Environments
- Health practices, coping skills
- Health services, resources
- Gender, culture
The conditions in which people are born, live, work and age, including the health system and consist of a number of overlapping factors that determine health and well being is a (WHO, 2010) broad term describing what?
Social Determinants of health
Policy decisions surrounding income, equity of access to resources and the distribution of power and wealth is defined as what term?
Social Justice
Find the missing term:
__ __ is the fair distribution of society’s benefits, responsibilities and their consequences.
Answer: Social Justice
Social Justice is the fair distribution of society’s benefits, responsibilities and their consequences.
Find the missing term:
__ is the most modifiable determinant of health.
Income
Social gradient is described as what?
Those on lower incomes have higher rates of morbidity (illness) and mortality (death) than those on higher incomes?
- Living within environmental limits
- Ensuring a strong, healthy, just society
- Achieving a sustainable economy
- Using sound science responsibly
- promoting good governance
are 5 principles of __ __
Principles of sustainable development
Evidence-based health promotion in partnership with community members to achieve social justice is the role of who?
Health Professionals
There are 5 Primary health care principles, what are these?
- Access Equity
- Appropriate technology
- Health Promotion
- Intersectoral collaboration
- Cultural sensitivity, cultural safety
- Empowerment, Health literacy, community participation
There are 3 types of Primary Health care, what are these?
- Selective primary health care
- Comprehensive primary health care
- Primary Care
“Health promotion initiatives aimed at certain groups or specific issues” is what type of primary health care?
Selective Primary Health Care
“Health promotion initiatives aimed at health and wellness for the whole community” is what type of primary health care?
Comprehensive primary health care
“Initial decisions on managing health issues e.g. general practice decisions about managing chronic conditions” is what type of primary health care?
Primary Care
There are 3 Levels of prevention, what are these?
- Primary (First or immediate line of care to maintain health and wellbeing)
- Secondary - (Treating and limiting illness or injury)
- Teritary - Rehabilitative or restorative actions
the following are what standards of practice for what health professional?
- Thinks critically and analyses nursing practice
- Engages in therapeutic and professional relationships
- Maintains the capability for pratcie
- Comprehensively conducts assessments
- develops a plan for nursing practice
- Provides, safe, appropriate and responsive quality nursing practice
- Evaluates outcomes to inform nursing practice
The Registered Nurse Standards for Practice
- Legal and professional practice
- Midwifery knowledge and practice
- Midwifery as primary health care
- Reflective and ethical practice
Are competency standards for what health professional?
National Competency standards for the Midwife
There are 5 National Health Priority Areas (as of 1996), what are these?
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Mental Health
- Injury Prevention and control
- Cancer Control
- Cardiovascular health
There are 8 Millennium development goals (MDGs) which were developed in 2000, agreed to be achieved by 2015. What were these?
- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Improve maternal health
- Combat HIV, aids, malaria and other diseases
- Ensure environmental sustainability
- Develop global partnership for development
