identifying priority population groups
Social justice principle
Priority population groups
Prevalence of condition
Potential for change
Cost to the community and individuals
measures of epidemiology
life expectancy
mortality
infant mortality
morbidity
groups experiencing heal...
identifying priority population groups - ANSWER- Social justice principle
Priority population groups
Prevalence of condition
Potential for change
Cost to the community and individuals
measures of epidemiology - ANSWER- life expectancy
mortality
infant mortality
morbidity
groups experiencing health inequities - ANSWER- ATSI
Rural and Remote
Overseas born
People with a disability
Elderly
SED
social justice principles - ANSWER- equity
diversity
supportive environments
health status - ANSWER- describes the current state of health of an individual,
group or population.
epidemiology - ANSWER- study of the patterns and causes of health and disease
in populations and how to apply this study to improve health
prevalence - ANSWER- number of existing cases of a condition
, incidence - ANSWER- number of new cases of a condition
key focuses of epidemiology - ANSWER- occurence
distribution
determinants
prevention and control measures
Limitations of epidemiology - ANSWER- reasons
reliability of information
how to spend and balance funds
doesnt take into account social factors eg location, SES
mortality - ANSWER- refers to death
morbidity - ANSWER- refers to rate of illness and disease (indicators eg
hospitals, doctor visits, health surveys)
infant mortality - ANSWER- refers to the number of deaths that occur during the
first year of life
life expectancy - ANSWER- number of years a person can expect to live ag birth
(males = 79.3, females = 83.9)
ATSI nature and extent - ANSWER- lower life expectancy (m=-12, F=-10)
2 x ^ mortality rates
infant mortality 2 x ^
disability levels 2 x ^
assault deaths 6 x ^
7 x more likely to die from diabetes
people in rural and remote areas nature and extent - ANSWER- 34% live in R+R
areas
mortality rates increase woth remoteness
2.9 x ^ deaths under 65
improvements in CVD amd Cancer (m= 3%, f= 2% decline)
Priority health areas - ANSWER- CVD
Cancer
Diabetes
Respiratory diseases
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