LESSON 4 Flashcards
(35 cards)
What is the aim of Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Aim: To advance knowledge of public health measures and implement the most effective strategies for health promotion.
What is the goal of Public Health Education and Health Promotion
Goal: Strengthen public health infrastructure and systems.
What is the purpose of Public Health Education and Health Promotion (3)
Purpose:
• Help individuals make better health choices
• Help health professionals more effectively engage in evidence-based practices
• Help societies protect and promote population health
through programming and policy initiatives
Is a combination of the biological, environmental, psychological, physical and medical sciences.
Public Health Promotion
Health promotion is crucial to public health because… (4)
•It improves the health status of individuals, families, communities and populations
• It enhances the quality of life for populations
• It reduces premature deaths
• It reduces costs incurred by individuals, employers, families, insurance companies, medical facilities, communities, state, and the nation as a whole
Development and implementation of educational campaigns land programs that are designed to promote healthy environments, habits and behaviors
Public Health Education
The work of public health educators may be focused on any number of public health issues such as: (9)
•Disease prevention
• Emotional/mental health
•Environmental health
• First aid
• Human growth and development
• Nutrition and eating issues
• Safety and disaster preparedness
• Sexual health
• Substance abuse preventions
This is about providing health information and knowledge to individuals and communities and providing skills to enable individuals to adopt healthy behaviors voluntarily.
Health education
This takes a more comprehensive approach to promoting health by involving various players and focusing on multisectoral approaches.
Health promotion
What is in Lalonde’s Health Field Concept / Health Field Model?
Health
Human Biology
Environment
Lifestyle
Healthcare organization
(Health Field Model)
all aspects of health, physical and mental, developed within the human body as influenced by genetic make-up;
Biology
(Health Field Model)
all matters related to health external to the human body, over which the individual has little or no control, including the physical and social environment,
Environmental
(Health Field Model)
the aggregation of personal decisions (i.e. over which the individual has control) that can be said to contribute to, or cause, illness or death
Lifestyle
(Health Field Model)
includes medical practice, nursing, hospitals, nursing homes, medical drugs, public health services, paramedic services,
dental treatment and other health services
Health care organization
This is a comprehensive and flexible framework for designing community health improvement strategies. It can be used by a single organization or by multiple community stakeholders to design initiatives that address community needs in a collaborative context.
Community Health Impact Model
Who proposed PRECEDE-PROCEED Model
Lawrence W. Green
When was PRECEDE-PROCEED Model proposed
1974
Provides comprehensive structure for assessing health and quality of life needs, and for designing, implementing and evaluating health promotion and other public health programs to meet those needs
PRECEDE-PROCEED Model
What are the two parts of PRECEDE-PROCEED Model
(1) PRECEDE
(2) PROCEED
“educational diagnosis”
PRECEDE
“ecological diagnosis”
PROCEED
What does PRECEDE stand for?
Predisposing, Reinforcing, Enabling, Constructs in Educational Diagnosis and Evaluation
What does PROCEED stand for?
Policy, Regulatory, and Organizational Constructs in Educational and Environmental Development
The PRECEDE-PROCEED Model consists of:
4 planning phases
1 implementation phase
3 evaluation phases