IMED1004 Study Guide + Questions with
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Provides a structure for reporting on the performance of the Australian health system
at the national level- covering health status, determinants of health and health system
performance. - ANSWER What is the National Health and Performance Framework?
- Primary Health Care: Local GPs that are able to refer patients to specialists.
- Secondary Care: Specialists that admit patients to hospitals and prescribe specific
treatment.
- Hospitals- Public and Private, sometimes called 'tertiary care'. - ANSWER The main
types of services in the Australian healthcare system:
- Cardiovascular: mostly hospital admitted patient services.
- Oral health. - ANSWER 2 examples of disease groups that attract the most spending.
- Best research evidence: Valid/clinically relevant research.
- Clinical Expertise: Ability to use clinical skills & past experience.
- Patient values: Unique preferences, concerns, & expectations. - ANSWER Elements of
Evidence Based Practice:
1. Ask the right question.
2. Search for the best current evidence.
3. Critically appraise evidence- validity, impact & applicability.
4. Apply evidence to patient care.
5. Audit/evaluate your performance with this patient. - ANSWER List the steps to using
evidence based practice.
,- RMNCH- Reproductive, maternal, newborn & child health.
- HIV.
- Malaria.
- Tuberculosis.
- Neglected Tropical Diseases. - ANSWER What are the 5 main areas of intervention
- 1: End Poverty: 836 million people still live in poverty today, 1 in 5 people living
in developing regions live on <$1.25 a day.
- 2: Zero Hunger:1 in 9 people today are undernourished, 1 in 4 children suffer
stunted growth.
- 3: Good health and well being: Maternal mortality has fallen 50% since 1990,
measles vaccines have averted nearly 15.6 million deaths since 2000.
- 4: Ensure Quality Education: 103 million youth lack basic literacy skills, >60%
women, ~50% out of school children live in conflict affected areas.
- 5: Achieve gender equality: 2/3 of countries in developing regions have
achieved gender equality in primary education, oceania, ssA & Western Asia, girls
still face barriers entering primary and secondary school.
- 6: Access to clean water and sanitation for all: 1.8 billion people globally use faecally
contaminated drinking water sources, water scarcity affects >40% of the world's
population an - ANSWER Describe 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The combined burden of traditional communicable diseases and NCDs in a population.
- ANSWER What is the double burden of disease?
1. 15% decline in mortality rate from 1988-2015.
, 2. Smoking during pregnancy declined (54%-46%) from 2006-14.
3. 13% decline in low birthweight rate between 2000-14. - ANSWER Give 3 examples of
improvements in regards to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
- 2.3* burden of disease in 2011.
- 42% of Indigenous Australians 15+ smoked. (14/15).
- 2014- 10.5% of babies were born with low birthweight. - ANSWER Give 3 examples
of concerns in regards to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
- Diarrhoeal diseases.
- Pneumonia.
- Malaria and INsecticide-treated nets.
- Childhood immunisations and vaccines and polio.
- Micronutrient supplementation.
- Maternal Health.
- Neglected tropical diseases.
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Provides a structure for reporting on the performance of the Australian health system
at the national level- covering health status, determinants of health and health system
performance. - ANSWER What is the National Health and Performance Framework?
- Primary Health Care: Local GPs that are able to refer patients to specialists.
- Secondary Care: Specialists that admit patients to hospitals and prescribe specific
treatment.
- Hospitals- Public and Private, sometimes called 'tertiary care'. - ANSWER The main
types of services in the Australian healthcare system:
- Cardiovascular: mostly hospital admitted patient services.
- Oral health. - ANSWER 2 examples of disease groups that attract the most spending.
- Best research evidence: Valid/clinically relevant research.
- Clinical Expertise: Ability to use clinical skills & past experience.
- Patient values: Unique preferences, concerns, & expectations. - ANSWER Elements of
Evidence Based Practice:
1. Ask the right question.
2. Search for the best current evidence.
3. Critically appraise evidence- validity, impact & applicability.
4. Apply evidence to patient care.
5. Audit/evaluate your performance with this patient. - ANSWER List the steps to using
evidence based practice.
,- RMNCH- Reproductive, maternal, newborn & child health.
- HIV.
- Malaria.
- Tuberculosis.
- Neglected Tropical Diseases. - ANSWER What are the 5 main areas of intervention
- 1: End Poverty: 836 million people still live in poverty today, 1 in 5 people living
in developing regions live on <$1.25 a day.
- 2: Zero Hunger:1 in 9 people today are undernourished, 1 in 4 children suffer
stunted growth.
- 3: Good health and well being: Maternal mortality has fallen 50% since 1990,
measles vaccines have averted nearly 15.6 million deaths since 2000.
- 4: Ensure Quality Education: 103 million youth lack basic literacy skills, >60%
women, ~50% out of school children live in conflict affected areas.
- 5: Achieve gender equality: 2/3 of countries in developing regions have
achieved gender equality in primary education, oceania, ssA & Western Asia, girls
still face barriers entering primary and secondary school.
- 6: Access to clean water and sanitation for all: 1.8 billion people globally use faecally
contaminated drinking water sources, water scarcity affects >40% of the world's
population an - ANSWER Describe 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals.
The combined burden of traditional communicable diseases and NCDs in a population.
- ANSWER What is the double burden of disease?
1. 15% decline in mortality rate from 1988-2015.
, 2. Smoking during pregnancy declined (54%-46%) from 2006-14.
3. 13% decline in low birthweight rate between 2000-14. - ANSWER Give 3 examples of
improvements in regards to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
- 2.3* burden of disease in 2011.
- 42% of Indigenous Australians 15+ smoked. (14/15).
- 2014- 10.5% of babies were born with low birthweight. - ANSWER Give 3 examples
of concerns in regards to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health.
- Diarrhoeal diseases.
- Pneumonia.
- Malaria and INsecticide-treated nets.
- Childhood immunisations and vaccines and polio.
- Micronutrient supplementation.
- Maternal Health.
- Neglected tropical diseases.
