INDH1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Prenatal Diagnosis, Health Belief Model, Environmental Health
3 Aug 2018
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Knowledge+attitudes+skills+environment=behaviour: values (what is important to us), attitudes (positive or negative feeling we have)& beliefs(what we believe is true, motivation to change, readiness to change, confidence to change, social and environmental determinants which act as: Population health is the study of health and disease in defined populations. It is interested in why some people are healthy are why some are not. It aims to reduce incidence of preventable mortality and morbidity national public health initiatives, promotion of healthy lifestyles, and approaches covering disease prevention, health screening and immunization. Aim to prevent illness and reduce need for downstream services. Public health focuses on t prevention, promotion and protection rather than treatment: on populations rather than individuals, and on factors and behaviours that affect health and cause illness and injury. 1st level of contact the indi, fam and communities have with the health care system. It supports notion tat everyone has the right to affordable, accessible and appropriate health care.
