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FlashCards por emma.cooper, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por emma.cooper
aproximadamente 10 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| What is the role of epidemiology? | Epidemiology is the study of disease in groups or populations, through the collection of data and information to identify patterns and causes. |
| What are the measures of epidemiology? | Infant Mortality: number of deaths in the first years of life per 1000 live births Mortality: the number of deaths for a given cause in a given population over a set time period Morbidity: the rate, distribution and trends of illness, disease and injury in a given population Life Expectancy: an estimate of the number of years a person can expect to live at any particular age |
| How do we identify priority health issues? | -Social justice principles -Priority population groups -Prevalence of a condition -Potential for prevention and early intervention -Costs to the individual and community |
| What are the priority issues for improving Australia's health? | -Groups experiencing health inequities ATSI, Elderly - High levels of preventable chronic disease, injury and mental health problems CVD, Cancer, Diabetes -A growing and aging population |
| What role do health care facilities and services play in achieving better health for all Australians? | -Health Care in Australia -Complementary and Alternative Health Care Approaches |
| What is involved in health care in Australia? | -Range and types of services -Responsibility for services -Equity of access to services -Health care expenditure vs expenditure on early intervention and prevention -Impact of emerging technologies and treatments -Health insurance: Medicare and private |
| What is involved in assessing complementary and alternative health care approaches? | -Reasons for growth -Range of products -How to make informed consumer choices |
| What are the action areas of the Ottawa Charter? | Dead Cats Smell Really Bad -Developing personal skills -Creating supportive environments -Strengthening community action -Reorientating health services -Building healthy public policy |
| How is health promotion based on the five action areas of the Ottawa Charter? | -Levels of responsibility for health promotion -The benefits of partnerships in health promotion, e.g. gov sector, non-gov agencies, local community -Promotion of social justice principles based on Ottawa Charter -Ottawa Charter in action |
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