week 8 Flashcards
what economic determinants of health
access to economic resources and participation in the economy. Includes; income, employment and equity of distribute.
whats political determinant of health
the decisions made by governments, organisations and employers which affect our living and working conditions. Includes; regulations, law and policies.
whats Australian government health policies
medicare PBS
whats state/ teriroty government policies
public hospitals
community health
ambulances
whats local government polices
private hospitals
private practices
whats NGOs polices
community health
whats polices
actions developed by government and public authorities to address a given problem
Public
Private
Voluntary organisations
whats the national health priority areas
- athsma
- Dementia
- arthritis and musculoskeletal
- Diabetes mellitus
- Cancer control
- Obesity
- Mental health
- Injury prevention and control
- Cardiovascular
whats the acronym for the national health priority areas
A DAD COMIC
whats the public sector health policies
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
whats the private sector health policies
business workplace: safety, working conditions
Product manufactures; food industry eg labelling, fat and salt content
Retailers; marketing and adverting eg junk foods to kids
whats community and volunteers health policies
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
whats a health policy
directly relates to health and the health. System eg. Patient nurse ratios, medicare rebates, PBS.
whats a healthy public policy
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
whats public health advocacy
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
who are policy decision makers
Public sector civil society (the community) Private sector (buisness
whats liberal for
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)
whats labor for
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.
whats the aims of public health interventions
primary prevention
secondary prevention
tertiary prevetion
whats primary prevention
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.
whats secondary prevention
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
whats the tertiary prevention
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.
whats a healthy public policy
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 .
process of policy making
- issue identification
- policy formation
- adoption
- implemetnatin
- policy evaluation
whats the tell Kelly clarkson to drop tabacco sponorship campaign
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.
whats the Saudi women 2 drive campaign
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.
whats the highways, health and human rights Colombia womens sex strike campaign
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.
what haven’t indigenous community done
from stage two to three which involves a change from receding pandemics to lifestyle diseases.
