Health education ...Ans Is...Focused on emphasizing the importance of risk factors
which contribute to development of disease, and specifically chronic disease. Also
focused on mandatory health measures and believed that educating the public about
health would ultimately improve people's health because it would influence them to be
more healthy
HP ...Ans Is...Developed because health education was not enough to improve the
health of the population. Therefore, the Lalonde Report, the Ottawa Charter for Health
Promotion, and the EPP Report were created in an attempt to improve the health of the
population by enforcing public policy and understanding broader concepts that influence
health and going beyond medical intervention
Population Health ...Ans Is...Began to look at all the individual & collective factors that
influence our health based on numerous determinants of health
Population HP ...Ans Is...Was designed to combine both population health and HP into
a common framework, which emerged as the population health promotion framework.
The population health promotion framework focuses on what we should take action on,
how we should do that and with whom we should do it with
Lalonde Report key elements ...Answer Is...Human biology, Environment, Lifestyle,
Health Care Organization
Ottawa Charter for HP ...Answer Is...Instrumental in HP movement, however, both the
Ottawa Charter & EPP Report set the stage for health promotion practice in Canada
/the world beyond by focusing on the broader social, economic, and environmental
determinants that influence health
Broad strategies to promote health ...Answer Is...To promote health 1-Advocate, 2-
Ensure the creation of conditions are favourable to health, 3- Enable Create supportive
environments, give ppl info & skills they require to make healthy choices, & 4- Mediate
Between groups to ensure the pursuit of health.
,Action areas to promote health ...Answer Is...Building healthy public policy, create
supportive environments, strengthen community action, develop personal skills, &
reorient health services
Population health ...Answer Is...A perspective that aims to improve health inequities
among groups of people by examining and acting upon a large range of factors and
conditions that contribute to health
Population Health Promotion Framework ...Answer Is...Encompasses WHY we should
take action (evidence based decision making), WHAT we should be taking action on
(SDOH), how to do so (action strategies), and WHO it should involve (levels of action).
Determinants of health in a Population Health Promotion Framework ...Answer
Is...shows how the model can be used to identify possibilities for influencing the various
determinants: Building upon the population health model, the WHO, WHAT & WITH
WHOM descriptors can be used to ID possibilities for influencing various determinants.
For governments to assess the health impacts of income support policy options, using
the Population Health Model: ...Answer Is...the WHO is identified as sectors, the WHAT
is identified as income & social status, the HOW is identified as healthy public policy.
e.g: Governments can assess the health impacts of income support policy options.
For industry to examine the effects of emerging technologies on working conditions and
to adopt health-enhancing options, using the Population Health Model: ...Answer Is...the
WHO is identified as sectors, the WHAT is identified as working conditions, the HOW is
identified as a healthy public policy. e.g: Industry can examine the effects of emerging
technologies on working conditions & can adopt health-enhancing options.
Health definition of HP by WHO ...Answer Is...WHO - A state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Health definition of HP by OC ...Answer Is...OC- A resource for everyday life which is a
positive concept, emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical
capacities
A new concept of health for HP ...Answer Is...This is another way of saying the
"discourse" of health promotion, which is the act of verbally promoting the importance of
health
Two ways HP is used ...Answer Is...As a discourse (the promotion of health); & as a
specialized field of intervention w/in public health (health promotion)
What is meant by discourse? ...Answer Is...Written or spoken communication as well as
the thought of underlying language
, The promotion of health vs health promotion ...Answer Is...Health promotion is a
specialized field of intervention that can be described by the science and art of enabling
people to change their lifestyle in order to achieve or move towards a state of optimal.
Whereas promotion of health is more subjective, in the sense that it is not scientifically
derived and is more encompassed by just being an advocate for healthy behaviours
(doesn't necessarily have a plan like health promotion)
Health ...Answer Is...refers to one's wellbeing and a state of complete physical, mental,
emotional, and social wellbeing.
Disease ...Answer Is...a discomfort of the body that is caused by a disorder of bodily
function.
Illness ...Answer Is...a subjective experience described by the loss of health.
Key concepts of health for health promotion ...Answer Is...SDOH, resilience, QoL,
empowerment, community development, multicultural, minorities, and indigenous
people, and health literacy
Describe the SDOH as they relate to population health ...Answer Is...Evidence suggests
the SDOH have a direct impact on the health inequalities and burden of disease in
populations, and are the best predictors of population health and lifestyle choices made
by individuals
HP vs Health Education ...Answer Is...Health education is any planned activity or
learning experience that is designed to predispose, enable and reinforce voluntary
behaviour change that leads to health in an individual or group of individuals. Health
promotion is a specialized field of intervention which can be described by the science
and art of enabling people to change their lifestyle in order to achieve or move towards
a state of optimal.
HP vs Disease prevention ...Answer Is...Health promotion is a specialized field of
intervention which can be described by the science and art of enabling people to
change their lifestyle in order to achieve or move towards a state of optimal. Whereas
disease prevention is a procedure through which individuals, particularly ppl @risk are
treated in order to prevent a disease from occurring.
3 levels of prevention ...Answer Is...Primary: occurs before any evidence of disease
which includes health education. It involves engaging in behaviours that improve one's
health and prevent the onset of disease, Secondary: involves early detection of disease
via screening and risk assessments, & Tertiary: focuses on early treatment and
management with the hopes of restoring health and then maintaining health
Measuring health: incidence vs prevalence ...Answer Is...Incidence is the risk of
development of a new illness during a specific time, whereas prevalence is the current
number of people that are suffering from an illness