weeks 5-10 Flashcards
burh (27 cards)
factor or characteristic that brings a change in health
health determinant
type of health determinant that are innate like sex and genetics
Biological determinant
type of health determinant that focuses on the mind as well as social connections
Psychological determinant
type of health determinant that focuses on the environment
environmental determinant
type of health determinant that focuses on policies at different levels of government that affects individual and population health
Political determinants
type of health determinant that focuses on social factors that affect health
Social Determinants
AKA the “cause of the cause”
Social determinants of health
10 key social determinants of health (name 5 at least)
Social gradient
stress
early life
social exclusion
work
unemployment
social support
addiction
food
transport
determinants that occur at the macro level and include global forces and policies
Upstream determinants
Determinants that are immediate such as health begaviors
Midstream determinants
Determinants that occur at the micro level such as genetics
Downstream determinants
refers to the avoidance and/or reduction of potential harm from exposure to hazards through organized efforts
Health protection
Domains of health protection
Communicable disease control
Emergency preparedness, resilience, and response
Environmental public health
the problem of treating the high risk patients rather than taking care of the moderate patients to reduce the high risk patients
Prevention paradox
The process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants
health promotion
In the dahlgren and whitehead model, which layers does health promotion include
The outer three layers:
Socioeconomic status and environmental determinants
Living and working conditions
Social community networks
Main pillars of health promotion
Transforming Policy Orientation
Creating the will to act
Building capacity for transformative governance
provides a strong foundation to foster further heath promotion
Ottawa charter
Four enabling functions of public health
Governance
Advocacy
Information
Capacity
about the way a country or state makes its decision in making public health
Governance
used to refer to decisions taken by those with responsibility for a given policy area
Policy
involves actions and decisions focusing on the health system and health services
Health policy
focuses on public contribution of policies in other sectors to public health
Health in all policies
Changes in policy made by the suggestions of the masses
Advocacy