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18 Cards in this Set
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Key issues related to Public Health |
- Sustainability of the current system - Equity for citizens - Accountability - Effect of healthcare reform |
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Five health intervention strategies |
1. Health promotion 2. Specific protection 3. Early case finding 4. Prompt treatment 5. Disease management and rehabilitation |
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Two general intervention strategies |
1. Health promotion 2. Specific protection |
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Health promotion: attempts to modify behaviors or reduce injury including factors |
- Nutrition counseling - Genetic counseling - Health education activities - Adequate housing - Workplace safety - Community development |
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Specific protection:provides individuals with resistance to factors or modify environments |
- Protective equipment - Immunizations - Regulatory controls |
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Early case finding and prompt treatment reduces individual pain and suffering and is less costly to the individual andsociety |
Early case finding: - Screening tests - Disease risk targeting - Periodic physical exams and age based screenings Prompt treatment: - Stop or eradicate disease - Limit disability - Prevent death |
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Rehabilitation and disease management return individuals that experienced a condition to maximum level of function |
- Physical therapy - Speech therapy - Medications |
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Primary prevention |
prevention of disease or injury through reducing exposure or risk factor levels |
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Secondary prevention |
Identification and control of disease in early stages |
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Tertiary prevention |
Prevent disability by restoring function to individuals after damage |
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3 levels of intervention |
- Long term care practice - Public health practice - Medical practice |
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Long term care |
special needs that require services in a specialized setting (retirement communities; also movement towards home and community settings) |
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Public health practice |
Primary responsibilities: - Health promotion - Specific protection - Most early case findings |
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Medical practice |
Provides services under the care of a physician |
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On the health care pyramid, what do the sizes of the tiers correspond to? |
The size of the population served |
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Acts as the first contactfor the basic health needs of individuals and families |
Primary care - Urgent care - Family physician or pediatrician |
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Specialized care for individuals referred by primary care facilities |
Secondary care - Urologist - Physiatrist |
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More specialized and technologically advanced settings for individuals referred by primary or secondary care facilities |
Tertiary care - Cardiac surgeon - Neurosurgeon |
