1.Health Care System
All persons,
institutions, and
processes
supporting diagnosis
and treatment of
health problems and
2. Variation Among Nations' Health Care Systems - Definitions of health
for legitimized
problems
patients by ap-
(e.g. obesity)providers.
propriate
-Diagnosis & treatment models
-Social position, training, and
au- thority of healers
3. What is health? - Complete physical, mental,
and social well-being
-NOT just absence of
disease or infirmity (WHO)
4. Determinants of Health - Genetic inheritance
-Health behavior
-Physical environment
-Social environment
5. Health Behavior Behavior that attects health,
usu- ally negatively, and are
the most common target for
health im- provement
ettorts
6. Smoking, alcohol/drug abuse, diet, exercise Health Behaviors
7. Implicated in leading causes of death in the Unit- Heart disease, cancer,
stroke, res-
ed States
,8. Health behaviors piratory diseases, etc.
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the most common target of
health improvement ettorts
9. Social determinants - Education Access & Quality
-Health Care Access & Quality
-Neighborhood & Built
Environ- ment
-Social & Community Context
-Economic Stability
10. Main goals of health care as a determinant - Restore health
-Prevent worsening of problems
11. Late in causal chain leading to illness cause of chronic illnesses
12. Levels of Prevention - Primary
-Secondary
-Tertiary
13. Primary Eliminate risk factors to prevent
onset (least focused on now)
14. Secondary Early detection & treatment and
re-
store pre-onset health status
15. Tertiary Prevent further exacerbation of
health problem
16. U.S. Health Care System - Complex and unique among
na- tions
-Highly decentralized &
fragment- ed
-Mix of private and public