Public Health Flashcards
(23 cards)
Dual Focus
Absence of disease + well-being
Organized effort + individual choice
Health indicators + health behaviors
World Health Organizations
Provides leadership Shapes research agenda Sets norms and standards Determines ethical policies Assesses health trends (sets up early warning system, documents impact of intervention, informs health policy and strategy)
Health Care
Assess current services, identify interventions, prioritize resources, inform/educate/empower people
Problems
Structural intervention
Lack of coordination between socioeconomic factors and healthcare
Healthcare market, health as a commodity
Public Health Law
Bioterrorism
Enforcement of prevention
Environment / zoning
Food Safety
Food labelling, hygiene, additives and pesticide residues
Food Safety in Australia
Heavy fines for serving unsafe food
Food Safety in China
Supermarkets cannot meet standards
Food Safety in EU
Mandatory legislation
Food Safety in US
FDA, pressure from public
Health Care Reform
Broaden coverage of population Expand healthcare providers Improve access to specialists Improve quality of healthcare Decrease cost of health care
US Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act
2010, decreased number of uninsured
Other Health Care Programs
UK NHS
Netherlands Risk Equalization Pool
Tobacco Control
Monitor, Protect, Offer help, Warn dangers, Enforce laws, Raise taxes
Philosophical Perspective
Right to Health
Who should pay
Control competition
Economic Perspective
Public (access, mandate, prevention) VS Private (overuse, quality, uninsured)
Medical Research Policy
Public vs private funding
Evidence based policy making
Intellectual property
Health Workforce
Doctor and nursing strategies
Foreign Policy
Global security, economic development, social justice
Health Professionals
Loan programs
Occupational stress / burnouts
Evidence based Medicine
Optimizing population and individual level decisions; pre-empt with randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled trials
Personalized Medicine
Diagnostic testing + prediction
Universalized Health Care Models
Compulsory insurance Single payer Tax-based Social health insurance Private insurance
