Many factors that influence a person’s health are outside of the direct physician-patient relationship, even outside of the traditional health care system. What are some of these factors? How might the community better support the health of its members?
Ans) There are many factors that can predispose a population to increased or decreased utilization of health care services. They include:
(1) socio-economic status,
(2) physician supply,
(3) policies and beliefs of a nation,
(4) risk behaviours of a population, and
(5) health status
- Society must create and maintain the conditions under which members of the community can be healthy.
- The public health system focuses on prevention through population-based health promotion-those public services and interventions which protect entire populations from illness, disease, and injury-and protection.
Many factors that influence a person’s health are outside of the direct physician-patient relationship, even outside...
Many factors that influence a person’s health are outside of the direct physician-patient relationship, even outside of the traditional health care system. What are some of these factors? How might the community better support the health of its members?
The most powerful patient engagement motivator is the patient-physician relationship itself. When patients have been out of touch with their provider for some time, alerts about the need to see their doctor can engage patients and get them started down the road to better health. By leveraging the patient-physician relationship, providers can encourage patients to change their health behavior, and often produce the desired result. While patient engagement is essential to improving health outcomes, the lack of such engagement is...
What has changed the physician-patient relationship most since the middle of the 20th century? A. Health care costs B. Immigration C. Increased numbers of drugs available D. Diversification of types of providers
3. Several factors could influence the Healthy Communities and Cities process for Jonesville, including political support, leadership development, and community participation. As a community-oriented nurse, what could Nurse Robert do to facilitate leadership development? Chapter 20: Promoting Health through Healthy Communities and Cities Student Case Studies Robert T. is a community-oriented nurse and a member of the Jonesville Healthy City Committee. Also on the committee are the mayor, a hospital administrator, several ministers, an epidemiologist, and several other community leaders....
Which of the following can be described as social or environmental factors that influence health? A.) social influencers of health B.) social determinants of health C.) social causes of health D.) social sources of health What is the greatest of death among young adults? A.) Cancer B.) heart disease C.) Self-inflicted harm D.) car accidents Believing that you will never get hurt though you rock climb without safety gear is known as: A.) Optimism Bias B.) Confirmation Oppression C.) Bias...
This course has been chock full of information about the doctor-patient relationship and about many topics related to it. What is your specific take-away from this course? Some students respond to this question by saying they have learned to be medical advocates, and they use different texts to support their points Other students believe that they should not have to play such a substantial role in their own health care because they visit doctors who are supposed to be consummate...
Chapter 5, Population Health
Definition of population health and its focus
Describe the population health model
What
is seeks to explain and what does it analyze?
Influences outside the health care system that affect health
The five domains of the multiple determinants of health
Describe the medical model
Who
does it focus on?
What
does it explore?
Type
of model – reductionist
What
does it attempt to do?
How
does it frame risk factors?
Is
it reactive or proactive?
How...
Chapter 20: Promoting Health through Healthy Communities and Cities Student Case Studies Robert T. is a community-oriented nurse and a member of the Jonesville Healthy City Committee. Also on the committee are the mayor, a hospital administrator, several ministers, an epidemiologist, and several other community leaders. Through an initial community assessment, the Jonesville Healthy City Committee identified several areas of need. These areas include lack of health care access for the homeless and uninsured, lack of knowledge about health-promotion behaviors, and substance abuse...
Discuss several risk factors that may impact health outcomes for the vulnerable population in your case study. Identify one agency in your community that can assist this vulnerable group and assess this agency in terms of the 4 A's Discuss each of the A's separately to assess accessibility, acceptability, affordability, and availability for this population. the case study is "Senior with Dementia" This case study provides you with an opportunity to immerse yourself in the role of a community health...
The Valley Medical Clinic provides both preventive health and direct health care services to patients who live within an 80-mile distance in the surrounding rural areas, although it has placed more emphasis on curative rather than preventive services. Recently, the management of the clinic decided to increase emphasis on the delivery of preventive services to patients, offering a dedicated wellness clinic. The current clinic uses a basic electronic health record (EHR), it does not use technology for preventive care assessment,...