Interpersonal Skills
The ability to recognise, understand and manage one's own emotions and recognise/respond appropriately to the emotions of others.
What is emotional intelligence?
A process that enables communities to work together to identify and address issues affecting their health and wellbeing.
What is community development?
The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in populations.
What is epidemiology?
This national framework provides direction for improving the prevention and management of chronic conditions in Australia.
What is the National Strategic Framework for Chronic Conditions?
This is the stage of a health inquiry where the issue or topic is identified and focus questions are developed.
What is planning?
This leadership style involves the leader making decisions with little or no input from group members.
What is Autocratic Leadership?
This involves increasing people's ability to have control over decisions affecting their lives.
What is empowerment?
This measure refers to the number of new cases of a disease or condition occurring in a population during a specified period.
What is incidence?
Provides guidance for people developing and implementing policies, strategies, actions and services to reduce the impact of chronic conditions in Australia
What is the purpose of the National Strategic Framework for Chronic Conditions?
During a health inquiry, information should be gathered from sources that are trustworthy, accurate and appropriate. These are known as these types of sources.
What is a credible/reliable source?
This component of emotional intelligence involves recognising your own emotions, strengths and limitations.
What is self-awareness?
Community members are asked for their opinions, but final decision-making remains with others.
What is consultation?
Vaccinations, healthy eating programs, health education, hygiene and anti-smoking campaigns are examples of this.
What is primary prevention?
Refers to the redistribution of funds and redirection of policy to better look after disadvantaged people groups.
What is addressing disadvantage?
This part of a health inquiry involves examining epidemiological data to identify patterns, changes and differences over time or between population groups.
What is identifying trends?
A leader asks team members for ideas, encourages discussion and involves the group in making the final decision.
What is democratic leadership?
Involves individuals acting collectively to gain greater influence and control over the determinants of health and the quality of life in their community
What is community empowerment?
Rehabilitation, ongoing treatment and self-management programs for people already living with chronic disease are examples of this.
What is tertiary intervention?
The program/intervention/iniataive is meeting the needs of the community in both the short term and the long term.
What is sustainability?
When investigating a health issue, these questions help narrow the inquiry and determine what information needs to be collected.
What are focus questions?
A leader changes their approach depending on the needs of the group and the circumstances—for example, democratic during planning but more directive in an emergency.
What is situational/flexible leadership?
Rather than simply being informed or consulted, community members share decision-making power and have genuine influence over the initiative.
What is supporting community interest?
The measure of the impact of disease and injury on a population, measured by the years of healthy life lost due to premature death and living with illness or disability.
What is burden of disease?
To address emerging threats to health new forms of action are needed. This offers a vision and focus for health promotion into the next century.
What is Jakarta Declaration?
A clear, concise description of the issue that is going to be explored and will focus the researcher at the beginning, and keeps the inquiry on track.
What is a problem statement?