Consumer Health
The ability to gather, process and understand basic health information and apply this to make informed decisions about health.
What is health literacy?
Health loss to society due to disease or injury that remains after treatment, rehabilitation or prevention efforts.
What is burden of disease?
The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.
What is health promotion?
They act as a type of internal repair system in the body.
What are stem cells?
Something that controls or affects what happens in a particular situation.
What is a determinant?
An intervention where organisers work with people in the community to make the decision together about what will occur.
What is deciding together?
Moral principles that govern a persons behaviour.
What are ethics?
The impact prenatal and infant health may have on adult life.
What is early life?
Identifies the values, needs and aspirations of residents and members for the benefit of all involved.
What is community development?
When a product or brand gains exposure apparently incidentally?
What is product placement?
Factors occurring externally to the person, often out of their control.
What are environmental determinants?
Provides guidance for people developing and implementing policies, strategies, actions and services to reduce the impact of chronic conditions in Australia OR To instigate/improve the prevention & management of chronic conditions. To promote healthier lives for Australians.
What is the purpose of the national strategic framework for chronic conditions?
Patients work with health professionals to prepare a detailed disease management plan.
What is care planning?
Focuses on an individual's genetic and biological make up and their health and safety practices as a cause of their health problems.
What are biomedical determinants?
Utilises the gifts, talents, skills, knowledge and resources that the community already possesses.
What is Valuing local culture, knowledge, skills and resources?