Lecture 31- Health Promotion and Education

Ultimate goal of a population health approach

prevention (more cost effective)

Predicted cost increase in 2032 and 2050

cost will increase but disproportionately for older propulations

Health promotion

the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health; moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions

Health education

strategies to promote optical eye health, prevent vision impairment, improve health literacy and provide people the ability and skills they need to manage vision impairment and rehab

Stakeholders in health promotion

government, business, employers, public, health care providers, etc. (public and private)

Public/Private Partnerships

occur when the government works together with the private sector to jointly provide certain goods or services to attain a shared goal

Ohio's Aging Eye Public Private Partnership

supported by Ohio Department of Aging to develop a strategic plan of action to address issues relating to vision care public policy, vision care services, vision education, and vision research

Primary Care

provision of integrated accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing sustained partnership with patients, and practicing in the context of family and community

4 broad categories of scope of primary care

Acute care, Chronic care, Prevention and early detection, coordination of referrals

UHC early detection data

optometrists find a lot of systemic diseases before other providers will find (diabetes, MS, etc.)

Coordination of referrals

primary care clinician coordinates referrals to and from other clinicians and provides advice and education to patients who are referred for further evaluation or treatment.

NEHEP

works to try to inform public that comprehensive eye care is important and has a number of toolkits; also has apps to help people better understand the impact of vision loss

NDEP

national diabetes education program; has information about vision health

2020EyeExam Initiative

from AOA; infographics for social media and broader dissemination

Prevent Blindness

resources and fact sheets to help educate patients and health educators; also have toolkits

Save Our Sight

Ohio Department of Health; funds from driver's license renewals to fund multiple projects such as Realeyes, Play Hard don't Blink, Pediatric Vision Screenings, and Ohio Amblyope Registry

Aging Eye Public Private Partnership

infographics and fact sheets that can be used to help educate a wide range of stakeholders; primarily on aging population, age-related eye diseases, and low vision