MEDI2022 : MEDI2043 GLOBAL AND COMMUNITY MEDICINE 3 SEMESTER 1 YEAR 2 MBBS UQ

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Social organisation of health care 2 interdisciplinary. Module aims: key steps of the public health approach used to solve a public health problem, mortality, morbidity and disability in australia, health, illness and disease, the relevance of public health methods and perspectives for community medicine practice. Community health: public health services emphasizing preventative medicine and epidemiology for members of a given community or region. Public health: the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts of society. Population health: overall health assessment in populations and design of appropriate interventions. Medicine is a social science, and politics nothing but medicine at a larger scale . Human health & disease are the embodiment of the successes and failures of society as a whole, and the one way to improve health and reduce disease is by changing society. Focus on determinants of health and primary prevention. Concern for improvement of the health of disadvantaged groups (equity)

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