Test 1 Flashcards
Plan and implement programs to keep employees
healthy and to maintain safe work environments. Examples of worksite settings include large corporations, providers for organized groups of smaller industries, and other business and industrial firms
Worksite Employment Sites
Develop and implement preventive and
rehabilitative health education programs in hospitals, H.M.O.s, acute care clinics, and long term care facilities. Examples include consumer workshops on the use of medical services, pre-natal and childbirth classes, cardiac rehabilitation and life-adjustment groups, and screening for health conditions.
Medical Services
Design curricula and teach health education in the
public and private schools. A subject matter teaching credential from the state’s Department of Education is required.
School Employment Sites
1979
Surgeon General’s Report
Brought to light the consequences of smoking
1980 Report
Promoting Health, Preventing Diseases
-Called for improvements in health status, risk reduction, and public awareness
Purpose is to advance the health sciences and health education
IOM
Programs started in 1970
IOM
OSHA
EPA
Where did hospitals begin?
Near temples
Approach with more automation to achieve max output and minimum strain, where rules guide behavior
Scientific Approach
A lot of moving pieces put together to make a whole
System Approach
The 7 Interconnected systems of the systems approach
planning, staffing, organizing, directing, coordinating, reporting and budgeting
Approach that allows input from employees and is encouraged by labor unions
Humanistic Approach
Approach that needs a combination of multiple theories that will work in a particular instance
Contingency Approach
How often does a health department need to do CHNA
Every 5 years
How often does a hospital need to do a CHNA
3 years
