Health Promotion Flashcards
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Public Health
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- Improving the population health
- Making people healthy
- Saving lives - prevent premature death
- Life expectancy
- preventing diseases, prolonging life and promoting health, through the organised efforts of society
2
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Who is responsible for public health?
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- All sectors of the society
- Department of Health
- Stakeholders
- Government
- Private sector
- Non-government organisations
- International organisations
- community
3
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Health Promotion
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- Process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health
4
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According to WHO what is health?
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- Physical
- Social
- Mental
- Wellbeing
- Not just absence of disease and infimary
5
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Health Determinants
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- Person centred care - tailored to the patient
- Holistic approaches - concider everything
6
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Complex interactions
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- Individual
- Lifestyles and behaviour
- Physical, social and economic environment
7
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Aim of The Ottawa Charter
November 1986
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International Conference aimed at health for All by 2000
8
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5 Action areas of The Ottawa Charter
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- Protect health, enable healthy choices
- Healthy choices related to where people live, work, learn and play
- Community efforts to improve health
- Addressing health inequality
- Information, education and life skills to make good healthy choice
9
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3 Strategies The Ottawa Charter
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- Advocate by putting systems in
place - Mediate: individuals and organisations
- Enable: work in partnerships and empower individuals
10
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How do you achieve public health?
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- Protection - Face mask & antibactierial gel and ventilation & hospital with testing
- Prevention - Covid vaccine and healthcare screening
- Promotion - Exercise and eating healthy (types of exercise for cardiovascular
11
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Governance
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- Having systems in place to ensure accessibility and saftey
- SOPs
12
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Advocacy
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- Encourage people to do certain things
- Asthmatic enabling them to get flu vaccine
13
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Capacity
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- Funding the study of pharmacists so more people can get the care thats required
