Core 1 syllabus Flashcards
1
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Measuring health status
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- Role of epidemiology
- Measures of epidemiology (Mortality, infant mortality, morbidity, life expectancy)
2
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Identifying priority health issues
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- Social justice principles
- Priority population groups
- Prevalence of condition
- Potential for prevention and early intervention
- Costs to the individual and community
3
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Groups experiencing health inequities
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- ATSIs
- socioeconomically disadvantaged people
- People in rural and remote areas
- Overseas born people
- the elderly
- people with disabilities
4
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High levels of preventable chronic disease, injury and mental health problems
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- Cardiovascular disease
- Cancer (skin, lung, breast)
- Diabetes
- Respiratory disease
- Injury
- Mental health problems and illnesses
5
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A growing and ageing population
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- Healthy ageing
- increased population living with chronic disease and disability
- Demand for health services and workforce shortages
- Availability of carers and volunteers
6
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Health care in Australia
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- Range and type of health care facilities and services
- responsibility for health facilities and services
- equity of access to health facilities and services
- Health care expenditure versus expenditure on early intervention and prevention
- impact of emerging new treatments and technologies on health care e.g. cost and access, benefits of early detection
- health insurance: medicare and private
7
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Complementary and alternative health care approaches
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- Reasons for growth of complementary and alternative health products and services
- Range of products and services available
- How to make informed consumer choices
8
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Health promotion based on the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter
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- Levels of responsibility for health promotion
- The benefits of partnerships in health promotion e.g. government sector, non - government agencies and the local community
- How health promotion based on the Ottawa Charter promotes social justice
- The Ottawa Charter in action
