Community/Public Health Flashcards by Carrie Griffith

All Great Programs Must Be Strong Ideas
-Assessment
-Goals/Objectives (smaller)
-Management system
-Budget
-Support
-Implement

Program Planning

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-Identify Nutrition Problem
-Define parameters
-Collect data
-Analyze data
-Share results
-Set Priorities

Community Assessment Steps

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descriptive profile of a sample of participants at ONE point in time

Survey

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descriptive profile of a sample of participants thru CONTINUOUS monitoring

Surveillance

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-uniform food standards in Aus/NZ
-2002

Food Standards Code

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-develops and manages food standards for food (FSC)

-regulates food labels

-imported food

-food recalls

Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ)

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General Food Standards
Food Product Standards
Food safety Standards
Primary production standards

“chapters” new joint FSC

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labelling, food additives, residue, contaminants

Chapter 1 “general food standards”

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food specific (i,e. meat, alcoh, dairy) standards

Chapter 2 “food product standards”

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-protection of public health
-info relating to food so consumers make informed choices
-prevent misleading conducts

responsibilities of FSANZ

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-policy setting and approval for food regulations

-Australia new Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (ANZFRMC)

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FSANZ Nutrition Panel Calculator

helps calculate value for nutrition labels

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Energy, protein, carbs, sugar, fat/sat fat, sodium
&
nutrients assoc w claims made

Nutrition Label requirements

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additives, ingredients, might cause adverse reaction, storage requirements, supplier info, best before/use by

Additional food label requirements

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-different interpretations by states and territories
-amount of resources to enforce compliance

issues facing food standard code (FSC) enforcers

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factors that impact health and wellness of individuals

determinants of health

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lower life expectancy (younger than 75)
-high rates of chronic disease (malnutrition, obesity, CVD, type 2 diabetes, CKD and tooth decay, eye & ear)
-Low birth weights

Indigenous Stats

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born, grow, work, live and age conditions

social det of health

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low income, unemployment, inadequate housing, lack of education, no transport, high food costs, food/nutrition literacy

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Food insecurity causes in ATSI

campaign/strategy that aims to close the health and life expectency gap between ATSI ppl

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Closing the gap

Largest & most comprehensive health survey ever conducted in Australia

-nutrition, phys activity, chronic disease & nutrient biomarkers

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ABS-Australian Health Survey

smoking, alcohol, obesity, sedentary

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ATSI ppls health risks

funds high quality healthcare for aboriginal ppl

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Indigenous Australian’s Health Programme

primary health care service created and run by local aboriginal communities

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National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organization (NACCHO)

main policy doc for improving helath outcomes for aboriginal

National Aboriginal and Torres Straight Island Health Plan

-veg & legumes -fruit -grains -lean meats, fish, tofu -dairy -veg & grains highest

Daily 5 food groups

-saturated fat -added salt -added sugar -alcohol

Guidelines 3 "limit intake of foods"

Min number of recommended VEG serves/day (75 g)

Min number of recommended FRUIT serves/day (150 g)

Min number of recommended GRAINS serves/day

Min number of recommended MEAT/FISH/EGG/NUTS/TOFU serves/day

not essential or necessary part of healthy diet ex: sweets, processed meat, pies, fried food, soft drinks, alcohol

discretionary choices

-bad fats that increase risk of heart disease ex: butters, palm oil, cakes, processed meats, burgers, pizza, fried foods

saturated fats

2 standards drinks/day

current alcohol limit recc

FS/supply and trade ex: productive farming systems, productivity policies

food availability

FS/economic and physical access to food ex: cash crops, remote areas

food access

FS/how the body uses various nutrients in food ex: nutrition & food safety, diverse diets, adding value to food

Food Utilisation

FS/food being stable at all times ex: environmental, conflict, job loss

Food stability

iron, vit A and zinc

Common international deficiencies

care from a specialist -requires specific expertise

secondary care

specialized care in a hospital setting -requires specialized equipment ex: heart surgery, dialysis

tertiary care

enabling ppl to increase control over and improve health

health promotion

advocate, enable, mediate

basic health promotion strategies

broader, population-level focus vs. narrow focus, local-level

public vs. community nutrtion

-1986 -health promotion/prereqs of health charter

Ottawa Charter

quick, standardized way to compare similar packages foods -0.5-5

Health Star Ratings

-total energy -sat fat, sodium and sugar -protein, fruit veg and fibre

Health Star rating criteria

Community/Public Health Flashcards

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