2021
Summary CHL-32806
PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE
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Knowledge clip: Definition of Public Health .................................................................................................. 2
Knowledge clip: Public Health Cycle .............................................................................................................. 2
Chapter 1: Evolution of epidemiology in society ........................................................................................... 4
Chapter 3: Public health cycle as framework for public health professionals............................................. 10
Chapter 4: Seven epidemiological steps in the public health cycle ............................................................. 12
Knowledge clip: The DIKW Hierarchy .......................................................................................................... 18
Knowledge clip: Public Health Monitoring .................................................................................................. 19
Knowledge clip: Reviews.............................................................................................................................. 20
Knowledge clip: Needs assessment ............................................................................................................. 21
Chapter 5: Conduct a needs assessment: from data to information .......................................................... 22
Chapter 6: Support priority setting: from information to knowledge and policy support .......................... 29
Knowledge clip: Determinants of health ..................................................................................................... 36
Chapter 2: Public health: an arena for policy, practice and research.......................................................... 38
Chapter 13: An epidemiologist in policyland ............................................................................................... 46
Knowledge clip: Formulate aims and objectives ......................................................................................... 55
Knowledge clip: Logic model ....................................................................................................................... 56
Chapter 7: Formulate aims and objectives .................................................................................................. 58
Chapter 8: Construct a logic model ............................................................................................................. 62
Knowledge clip: evaluation plan .................................................................................................................. 69
Knowledge clip: evaluation plan – part 2 design ......................................................................................... 71
Chapter 9: Develop an evaluation plan ....................................................................................................... 73
Training module Quasi experimental designs ............................................................................................. 84
Knowledge clip: Quality control ................................................................................................................... 88
Chapter 10: Perform quality control ............................................................................................................ 90
Knowledge clip: Assessing cost and effect................................................................................................... 99
Knowledge clip: Framing an economic evaluation .................................................................................... 101
Knowledge clip: Types of economic evaluation ......................................................................................... 102
Knowledge clip: Integration of evaluation findings ................................................................................... 104
Chapter 11: Analyse processes and outcomes .......................................................................................... 108
Knowledge clip: Communication essentials .............................................................................................. 117
Powerpoint: Select interventions .............................................................................................................. 119
Chapter 14: Health promotion................................................................................................................... 122
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, Knowledge clip: Definition of Public Health
Definition of public health
“The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the
organized efforts of society” C.E.A. Winslow, 1920
What is health?
… preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health
In this sentence you see 3 definitions of health. Other definitions are:
- Absence of illness
- A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being (WHO, 1948)
- Ability to adapt and self manage in the face of social, physical, and emotional challenges
(Huber et al., 2011)
o This is named positive health. It is gaining more and more attention.
What are the organized efforts of society?
You can think of:
- Ministery of Health, Welfare and Sports
- World Health Organization
- GGD Amsterdam
- Albert Heijn
- St. Joseph’s Health Care London
- FrieslandCampina
Science and art
“The public health professional needs to work academically but needs to be a civil engineer”
Oxford handbook of Public Health Practice, 2020
Art refers to craft here.
Knowledge clip: Public Health Cycle
Three work cycles
- Research
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