Public Health Basics
Conditions where people live, learn, work, and play that affect health.
Social determinants of health.
Uses open-ended questions, affirmations, reflections, and summaries
Motivational interviewing (OARS).
Population disproportionately impacted by incarceration.
Communities of color.
1st Priority during outreach
Safety.
Condition worsened by grief, isolation, or major life changes.
Depression.
Model with individual, interpersonal, community, and societal levels.
Ecological model.
Helping clients access services and navigate systems.
Care coordination.
Outreach that meets people where they are.
Street outreach.
Outreach that meets people where they are.
Street outreach.
Population disproportionately impacted by incarceration.
Build trust through empathy.
Policy restricting food stamps for certain drug convictions.
Prevention that stops disease before it starts.
Required to protect client privacy.
Confidentiality.
Correct response when witnessing drug use during outreach.
Move away calmly; do not intervene.
Correct response when witnessing drug use during outreach.
Move away calmly; do not intervene.
Chronic condition requiring medication continuity and lifestyle changes.
Diabetes.
Prevention that stops disease before it starts.
Primary prevention.
Restating what a client says to show understanding.
Reflection.
Trusted community members who influence others.
Key opinion leaders.
Trusted community members who influence others.
Key opinion leaders.
Helps clients set small, achievable goals.
Action planning.
Unfair, avoidable differences in health outcomes.
Health inequities.
Advocating for community needs at the policy level.
Advocacy.
What to do after a safety incident.
Document and debrief with a supervisor.
What to do after a safety incident.
Document and debrief with a supervisor.
Adapting care to a client’s cultural beliefs and values.
Cultural humility.