Module 4 lecture part 1 Flashcards
How are interventions, programs, and services different?
Interventions: in a variety of forms including programs, statutes, regs, and policies
Programs: collections of activities that have common objectives
-Provide the framework for describing the scope and content of PH practice and for cataloging PH expenditures
Services: one aspect of programs
How do orgs generally develop budgets and track expenditures?
On a program-by-program basis
Programs and their component processes are sometimes called _____ if they serve and benefit certain target individuals or grps
Services
What is the basis of categorization of PH programs/services
Broad outcomes
Level of prevention
Intervention strategy
Practice domain: PH or medical care
Target pop: individuals or pops
What is PH responsible for in terms of practice domains?
Health promotion and specific protection
What is shared by PH and primary medical care?
Early case finding and tx
Who are the targets of health promotion and specific protection programs?
Communities or high risk grps
Who are the targets of early case finding and tx?
Individuals or specific grps
What are the broad outcomes?
Prevent epidemics and spread of dz
Protect against environmental hazards
Prevent injuries
Promote and encourage healthy behaviors
Respond to disasters and assist communities in recovery
Assure the quality, accessibility, and accountability of health svcs
Where are these broad outcomes identified?
Public Health in America 1994
What’s the pop’s dz status for primary prevention?
Susceptible
What are the effects of primary prevention?
Reduced dz incidence
What is the pop’s dz status during secondary prevention?
Asymptomatic
What are the effects of secondary prevention?
Reduced prevalence/consequences
What is the pop’s dz status for tertiary prevention?
Symptomatic
