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Keywords in the definition of POH
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prevent/control dental disease
promoting dental health community over individual education of public research |
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What is public health equivalent to individual clinical practice on following terms:
examination diagnosis treatment planning informed consent appropriate mix of care, cure and prevention payment evaluation |
assessment of need
analysis of data programme planning ethics and planning approval programme implmentation types of finance appraisal and review |
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What are the two areas of public health that are most relevant to the practice of clinical dentistry?
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epidemiology of oral disease (disease trends)
Preventin and oral health promotion |
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What are the two criteria for a public health problem?
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widespread actual or potential cause of morbidity or mortality
perception on the part of the public, govenment or public health authorities that the condition is a public health problem |
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What are the current issues in POH?
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access to care
inequalities in oral health targeted or pupulation based preventive strategies water fluoridation |
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What are the periods of phases in the evolution of public health?
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Phase1 1840 to 1880
Phase2 1880 to 1930 Phase3 1930 to 1974 Phase4 1974 to current |
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Phase 1 is chracterised by...
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industralization and rapid urbanisation leading to desperate living conditions for the poor
John Snow's Cholera study (1875) |
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Phase 2 is characterised by...
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Intro to population prevention due to advances in bacteriology, vaccines, personal hygiene, penicillin
disappearance of major infectious disease |
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Phase 3 is characterised by...
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medical facilities shifting focus to hospitals, less emphasis on public health
Biomedical Model of Health developed Therapeutic phase |
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Phase 4 is characterised by...
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New Public Health phase
Awareness of limitations to biomedical model of health Shift towards public health approaches |
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What kind of health care system has UK developed?
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NHS 1948 which is based on biomedical model and it is a failure
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What kind of health system has US adopted in terms of oral health?
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Based on free market. First country to employ dentists in public health sector 1919
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