Week 1-4 Flashcards
brue (35 cards)
Main approaches to defining health according to Baum
Biomedical
Absence of Disease
Wellbeing Model
defined as the body operating as a machine
any breakdown means that the system isn’t healthy
Biomedical model
“if there is no disease then there is health”
absence of disease
diff contexts of life are taken into account
Health is about “wellbeing and life satisfaction”
Wellbeing model
set of signs and symptoms and medically diagnosed pathological abnormalities
Disease
Mainly concerned with how the individual experienced the disease
Illness
focuses on ppl’s behaviors and seeks to address the risk and lifestyle behaviors that are assessed with poor health
Behavioral approach to health
Focuses on wellbeing
Public approach to health
the circumstances in which people grow, live, work, and age, and the systems put in place to deal with illness
Social determinants of health
Public health def according to WHO
art of promoting health and preventing disease through the organized efforts of society
three core concepts (Ps) of public health
Protection
prevention
promotion
5 public health successes
Gun control
contained spread of HIV
Tobacco control
oral health
reduced road death
public health enabling functions
Governance
Advocacy
Capacity and information
key function for public health
Information
Process of integrating evidence to improve the health of target pop
evidence-based public health
science or study of morals
ethics
Standard of behavior actually held by a group of individuals
Morals
most common fields of ethics
Bioethics
clinical ethics
Research ethics
Public health ethics
Study of ethics related to advances in biology and medicine
Bioethics
Analysis of ethical issues in clinical practice
clinical ethics
Protection of research subjects
Research ethics
Practical decision making that supports the mandate of public health practice and policy
public health ethics
rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of difference or status
human rights
Core components of the right to health
Availability
Accessibility
Acceptability
Quality