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Public Health
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- 1Public HealthA state of complete mental, physical and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease
- 2Primary Prevention (pre-disease)Aims to reduce both the incidence and prevalence of a disease before it occurs
e.g. sun protection - 3Secondary Prevention (latent disease)Early detection
The situation after a disease has started to occur but before the person has noticed something is wrong. Goal is to find and treat the disease
e.g. diabetes - 4Tertiary Prevention (Symptomatic)Reducing the complications of someone who already has a disease
e.g. rehabilitation after heart disease - 5Primordial Prevention (4th stage)Actions and measures to prevent the emergence of risk factors in the form of environmental, economic, social and cultural pattern of living
- 6High Risk StrategyAims to provide preventative care to individuals at high risk of a disease. World Health Organisation recommends using in conjunction with population strategy
- 7Population StrategyDirected at the whole population or subgroups, regardless of their individual risk level of a disease. World Health Organisation recommends using in conjunction with 'high risk' strategy
- 8Successful prevention depends upon...-Knowledge of causation and the determinants
-An Unverständnis of the dynamics of transmission
-Identification of risk factors and groups
-preventative, early detection or treatment measures
-System for delivering those measures
-Continuous monitoring and evaluation for further development - 9Disease BurdenThe impact of diseases, injuries and risk factors as measured by financial cost, mortality etc. Overall burden is measured as gap between ideal health and current health
- 10DALYDisability-adjusted life years- number of years lost due to a disease
- 11___ and __ help to explain health related behaviours and their determinantsTheories and models. They can also help guide the development of interventions to influence and change determinants and health-related behaviours
- 12TheoryA set of related concepts, definitions and assumptions about relations between concepts that allow understanding events or situations in a systematic way
- 13Theories need to go beyond __ ______The individual
- 14Integrative TheoriesHelp to understand how socioeconomic factors interact with individual factors in determining health
e.g. Reserve Capacity Model - 15Theories such as Social Cognitive Theory assume...Health-related behaviour is both shaped by the individual and the social environment of the individual. We learn our behaviours through watching others (social learning). These can understand and potentially modify the effects of interpersonal networks
- 16Functioning of Social Systems TheoriesOn the level of organisations and society. Consider factors that impact on change of institutions, organisations of communities.
e.g. Diffusions of Innovations Theory - 17At the level of the individual, changes involve...behaviour or lifestyle factors to reduce risk factors
- 18At the organisational level, changes...Require the introduction of particular programs or services, chances in policies or regulations, or roles of the personnel
- 19At a community wide level, chances involve...Use of the media and changes in governmental policies and legislation
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