Week 4-Week 7 Flashcards
Significant factors affecting health in an individual (5 a’S)
- Availability
- Accessibility
- Acceptability
- Affordability
- Appropriateness
4 most prevalent illnesses affecting health of individuals
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Chronic Respiratory Disease
- Diabetes
- Cancer
Two risk factors associated with illness AND disease is:
socioeconomic status and unemployment/lack of employment - this leads to increased illness in less privileged.
The role of the Practice Nurse includes
Provide support to GP’s,
Lifestyle Program creator and implementer,
Provide Specialist Clinics,
Support Allied Health in their roles for Practice Centres
What has been identified as the greatest contributing factor of death in Australians?
Disease
Socioeconomic status
In the absence of disease, the biggest contributor of death in disadvantaged communities is
Suicide
What are the three most recognised outcomes for the success of the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program by Mental Health - Primary Health Care Nurses
Reductions in symptoms or improved coping,
Improved relationships,
Enhanced community participation
Heart disease and stroke are the number one cause of death in Australia. Prevention and early intervention is key to reducing this statistic. Only 1.3% of the Australian budget is spent on prevention. What percentage (%) of their budget do New Zealand, Canada and Finland spend on prevention?
6%
If socioeconomic status is a major contributing factor to PHC in Australia, which one of the 5 A’s is most likely linked to this issue in public health?
Affordability
What is Australia’s ‘Health tracker’ system
Released in 2017, Australia’s ‘Health Tracker’ identifies Socioeconomic Status and tracks health risk factors, disease and premature death by socioeconomic status.
Using this system, the health team developedhealth targets and indicatorsbased on theWorld Health Organisation’s 2025 targetsto improve health around the globe.
How much of the Australian health budgetis spent on prevention
1.6%
The initials HIA stands for what and what is the role
Health Impact Assessment
To contribute to policy-making in bills and State Legislation.
What do the authors of Emerging Global Health Issues: A Nurses role recommend Nurses can do to contribute to addressing Global Health Issues?
become active in communities, professional organisations and policy making
What was the call for action recommending nurses do in “Promoting Cardiovascular Health Worldwide” to address the increasing prevalence of this disease in global health
Create roles in nursing practice, research and advocacy relevant to CVD and stroke prevention
TRUE OR FALSE
Global Health in Nurses are employed to contribute to policy making through research and development via Ministries of Health or the WHO or the United Nations. In these contributions, the two nurses in the “Pathways to Global Health Nursing” emphasise being patient advocates as the basis for their contributions to improving Global Health
True