Public Health Flashcards
Describe health illness disease and wellbeing
Health-abcense of disease
Illness -sickness deviation from the normal health
Disease - interruption of the normal structure of of any part organ or system whose prognosis is not well known
Wellbeing-positive sate experienced by the individuals and societies
Changing concept about health
1- biomedical concept
Normally it was when an individual was free of doses was healthy but now it is broken down to a human body being a machine and doctors repairing the machine
2-ecologically concept
A hypothesis health viewed as a dynamic equilibrium between man and his environment
In rslrion to society, community, relationship,
3- psychosocial concept
New developments show that health is not only a biomedical phenomenon but is influenced by social psychological cultural economic and political factors
4- holistic concept
All sectors of society have an effect on health
The emphasis is on the promotion and protection of health
Examples determinant of health
Determinants= things that determines health
1= general scocioconomic cultural environmental conditions
2- social community networks
3- individual lifestyle factors
Difference between health indicator and
Determinants of health
Health indicators are specific measures used to describe the health status of a population and track changes over time.
Determinants of health are the broad range of factors that impact health outcomes, encompassing biological, behavioral, social, environmental, and healthcare-related elements.
Summarize protection prevention promotion concepts in Medicine and public health
Public health focuses on the solutions of the health problems identified major health issues using demography epidemiology and biostastical. Methods
Goal to protect and improve health
Types of prevention
Primordial= to avoid the emergence and establishment of the social economic and cultural patterns of living that are known to contribute to an elevated risk of disease
Primary =limits the incidence of disease
Secondary= reduce the frequency of disease in the population detecting the disease early
Tertiary =reduce the progress or complication of established disease( reduction of disease complication s
Quaternary
Define healthcare and health services
Healthcare= services provided to Individuals or communities by agents of the health services or professions to restore health
Health service
Services that are performed by the healthcare professional or under their direction for restoring health
Types of health services
Preventive. Individual/ environment oriented
Curative= primary/ secondary/ tertiary
Rehabilitation=medical/ social
$$$$Alma- ata condference primary health care
Essential health care
First level of contact of individuals
The family and community with national health system bringing health care sloe to people and their live and work
8 indispensable basic health services can be applied in daily life
Education
Nutrition
Safe water and sanitation
Maternal child and family planning
Immunization
Endemic diseases
Treatment of common dieases
Essential drugs
General rules for public heskth implantations
6 step evaluation in public health implementation
If tits nesscery
Which one is chisen intervention
And when can it be implemented
List and differentiate between demographically age life periods may predispose vulnerability in healthcare
A life course approach to health
A life course approach to health aims to ensure people’s well being at all ages by addressing people’s needs and the human right to health in their life
List the vulnerable and prioritized groups in healthcare
Mother child
School health
Immigrant health
Elderly health
Mental healrh
Disabled health
Common chronic diseases
Under risk groups
Occupational health
Equality and equity
Equality= being equal in status right and or opportunities means giving same health opportunities to every persons
Equity= wether a service or programme is judged as fair someone bakt to acces or benefit from what it needs
