week 8

Question 1

what economic determinants of health

Answer 1

access to economic resources and participation in the economy. Includes; income, employment and equity of distribute.

Question 2

whats political determinant of health

Answer 2

the decisions made by governments, organisations and employers which affect our living and working conditions. Includes; regulations, law and policies.

Question 3

whats Australian government health policies

Answer 3

medicare PBS

Question 4

whats state/ teriroty government policies

Answer 4

public hospitals
community health
ambulances

Question 5

whats local government polices

Answer 5

private hospitals

private practices

Question 6

whats NGOs polices

Answer 6

community health

Question 7

whats polices

Answer 7

actions developed by government and public authorities to address a given problem
Public
Private
Voluntary organisations

Question 8

whats the national health priority areas

Answer 8

1. athsma
2. Dementia
3. arthritis and musculoskeletal
4. Diabetes mellitus
5. Cancer control
6. Obesity
7. Mental health
8. Injury prevention and control
9. Cardiovascular

Question 9

whats the acronym for the national health priority areas

Answer 9

A DAD COMIC

Question 10

whats the public sector health policies

Answer 10

medicare 
Pharmacetual benefits scheme
Public hospitals
Private health insurance
Social security 
Taxations and income redistribution
Workplace
Housing
Transport
Environment
Laws and regulations eg traffic safety, tobacco

Question 11

whats the private sector health policies

Answer 11

business workplace: safety, working conditions
Product manufactures; food industry eg labelling, fat and salt content
Retailers; marketing and adverting eg junk foods to kids

Question 12

whats community and volunteers health policies

Answer 12

Sports clubs; protective equipment, trainers, alcohol consumption
Community centres: fees (access and social equity), childcare
School councils: healthy canteens, sun smart, bullying
Working with children checks

Question 13

whats a health policy

Answer 13

directly relates to health and the health. System eg. Patient nurse ratios, medicare rebates, PBS.

Question 14

whats a healthy public policy

Answer 14

can be any kind of policy inane sector which has a positive influence on health.
Eg policy to invest in bicycle pathways
All public policy influences health

Question 15

whats public health advocacy

Answer 15

influencing decisions makers who have the power to create healthy public policy. Involves practitioners and community members working together for change (that will impact on health).

Eg summer foundation

Question 16

who are policy decision makers

Answer 16

Public sector
civil society (the community)
Private sector (buisness

Question 17

whats liberal for

Answer 17

Economic rationalism
Market oriented economic policies eg reduced spending on social safety net/ welfare
Lower direct taxation(incomes, higher taxation (products)

FOR:
Greater cost efficiency, sound financial management
Minimal government intervention
Budget surplus is political positive

AGAINST:
Profit before people
Reduction in (public funded) health services
disadvantaged go first ( less political pressure)

Question 18

whats labor for

Answer 18

Privatisation
Privatisation of state owned industries and services eg trains, power, private health insurance.

FOR:
Reduced load on public system
Sharing financial burden of health

AGAINST
Standards not monitored by independent public authority
Growth in private sector health services
lack of ability to pay creates barriers of the poor
Private health care concentrated in cities.

Question 19

whats the aims of public health interventions

Answer 19

primary prevention
secondary prevention
tertiary prevetion

Question 20

whats primary prevention

Answer 20

preventing the disease from occurring, stage of disease: wellness, -
- examples; initiatives that prevent social isolation around elderly people, programs to teach child how to care for their teeth to prevent dental problems.

Question 21

whats secondary prevention

Answer 21

making early diagnosis and giving prompt and effective thaetment
Treatment to stop disease progress, shorten the duration of the lines and prevent complications from the disease process.
stage of disease: illness
Examples: screening fro complication that may arsise from diabetes, die modification from patients with cardiovascular disease

Question 22

whats the tertiary prevention

Answer 22

preventing longterm impairments or disabilites arising from disease and restoring or maintaining optimal physical and social functioning once the disease process has stabilised.
stage of disease: disability
Examples: actives rehabilitation following an injury, support for patients self help groups.

Question 23

whats a healthy public policy

Answer 23

a formal statement by an entity which conveys values and a commitment to action.
Made by an appropriate authority to describe important goals such as national health priorities .

Question 24

process of policy making

Answer 24

1. issue identification
2. policy formation
3. adoption
4. implemetnatin
5. policy evaluation

Question 25

whats the tell Kelly clarkson to drop tabacco sponorship campaign

Answer 25

Indonesia tobacco control measures is almost non existent

Indonesian youth offering cigarette give aways, tobacco packs, competitions and sign ups to kids as young as 8.

Question 26

whats the Saudi women 2 drive campaign

Answer 26

poor record of protecting womens human rights
Forced detention, rape and violence against women are illegal but many cases have received pitifully light disciplinary measures.
Against the law for women to drive a vechile
Women 2 drive a women activist movement have been working for change since 2011.
Uploading driving video by husbands supporting their case.
Videos taking down by authority
Women activist strategically using the global forum of the internet raise awareness an generate support for changes to laws.

Question 27

whats the highways, health and human rights Colombia womens sex strike campaign

Answer 27

unpaired road connection the town to rest of contra
Takes ten hours instead of 57 minutes
Woman died while giving birth on the highway because ambulance could not reach the hospital in time
Sex banned because it was unethical to bring children into the world if the town did not offer basic rights to survive.
Men began a hunger strike too
October 11 2011 authorities finally initiated work on construction of the new road.

Question 28

what haven’t indigenous community done

Answer 28

from stage two to three which involves a change from receding pandemics to lifestyle diseases.