PH: L1 Objectives

Can you define Public Health?

(Define other vocab in this lecture)

Can you compare & contrast health perspectives and approaches of public health and clinical prevention with clinical treatment?

Can you explain Upstream-Downstream model used in public health to understand impact of interventions on individual & community health outcomes?

Can you label the location of public health interventions (effective and lacking) & clinical treatment (effective and ineffective) on a figure showing relationship between health and natural history of disease?

Can you describe the “place-based” organization of social determinants of health with specific examples of factors included in each of the 5 domains?

Can you define Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and give examples of experiences classified as ACEs?

Can you explain how ACEs impact health outcomes throughout the lifespan?

Can you describe each of the 5 levels in Frieden’s Health Impact Pyramid?

Can you identify interventions for each level of Frieden’s Health Impact Pyramid?

Can you explain how the 5 Core Competency Areas of Public Health are used to protect and improve the health of a community?

Can you recognize what each of the 10 Essential Public Health Services includes?

Can you compare and contrast key features of 5 health behavior models presented in class?

Can you identify the 5 stages of the Transtheoretical Model of Change with examples of patient thinking about, planning to, and engaging in health promoting behaviors?

Can you define health promotion including strategies, role of education, and knowledge components of education?

Can you describe health promotion interventions using examples occurring at the individual, community, state and national, and global levels?