1070 POST MIDTERM WEEK 7-13 Flashcards
Define Public health
- Efforts of society to keep people healthy
- Combination of programs, services, and policies to protect and promote health
- Focus on whole populations
Describe the Core Functions of Public Health
S- health surveillance
H- health assessment of population
E- emergency management
D- disease and injury prevention
P- health promotion and policy development
P- health protection
Levels of prevention in health promotion
Primordial level- first level, uses upstream approach, it is addressing or ways to stop the risk of getting a disease. For example- healthy lifestyle choices, or tobacco stop campaign.
Primary level- just like primordial, uses upstream, it is preventing the risk of the disease and addressing the prevention for it. For example car seat safety, or immunization. Even if you still are at risk for these things, primary level reduces the effect.
Secondary level- screening for detection of disease and checking to see. For example cancer detection, mammogram.
Tertiary level- providing care to go back to optimal health like monitoring medication or rehabilitation
Quaternary level- this is where ethics come in. For example if there is a woman with domestic violence, you would not ask many questions to aggravate her even more.
Harm Reduction
Protecting health by reducing harm towards individuals engaging in high-risk activities associated with poor health outcomes.
Population Health Approach
Understand and improve the health of the entire population and do not focus on individuals but look at the root causes.
Describe the Population Health Promo model
HOW- strategies from the Ottawa charter
WHO- communities and populations
WHAT- SDOH
WHY- we want positive impact health
Describe each strategy from the Ottawa charter
Strengthen community action
Healthy public policy
Personal skills
Reorient health system
Supportive environments
Population Health Indicators
Smoking rates
Life expectancy
Accidents
Population Health Interventions
Smoking bans
Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of factors that determine health-related events in a population.
Example- mortality rates
Public Health Nursing
- District nurses
- Visited disadvantaged pregnant women providing nutritious meals
- Vulnerable populations
- Vaccines
What is Sexuality?
Encompasses sex, gender, identities, and roles, sexual orientation, pleasure, intimacy, and reproduction.
What is sexual health?
- A state of physical, mental, and emotional well-being related to sexuality
- Characterized by a positive and respectful approach to sexuality and sexual relationships
What is sexual health promotion?
Individuals achieve the ability to control and improve their sexual health
What are the stages of sexual development
- Childhood and infancy (EXPLORATION)
- Puberty in adolescents
- Adulthood
Elder adulthood
Sezxualitree
3 levels of sexuality
- intimacy
- relational
- cultural
Gender Identity
Our sense of being male or female
Gender Expression
The way we express our gender female or male by the way we dress, appearance, or behaviour
Biological Sex
Physical parts that make us male and female
Androgynous
Having both male and female characteristics
Intersex
A person born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not seem to fit the typical definition of female or male
Gender vs Sexuality
gender- biological, identity, expression
sexuality- attraction, identity, behaviour
Heterosexism
Foundation of homophobia and assuming that everyone is heterosexual and marginalizing people who are not
LGBTQ+ Cultural Competence for Nurses
Understand the far-reaching effects of social stigma and stress on the health of LGBTQ+ people, families and communities.
Understand how homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia intersects with other oppressions like racism and sexism
