Public Health and Disease Prevention
Health Promotion: Public Health
1) The Concept of Public Health
Public health, a vital component of the healthcare system, is defined as the organized efforts of a community to achieve and maintain optimal health for its members. It involves various activities, including health promotion, advocacy, environmental sanitation, food hygiene, and actions focused on both individuals and the collective population. Public health also encompasses health restoration through primary and hospital care. These
Read MoreThe Impact of Meat Consumption and the Mediterranean Diet
1. How Does Meat Consumption Affect Rainforests?
Rainforests are often cut down to create space for cattle farms, which supply meat for human consumption.
2. Why Is Excessive Meat Consumption Harmful?
Consuming too much meat can lead to diseases that cause thousands of deaths annually. It also negatively impacts the environment.
3. Arguments Used by Meat Producers to Defend Themselves (Two Examples)
- Most people already consume less meat than they should.
- Reducing meat consumption would have minimal impact.
Hospital Organization and Planning: A Comprehensive Guide
Hospital Organization and Planning
1. Structural and Functional Organization of a Hospital
Review Points:
- Ensure proper functionality
- Address points ‘a’ through ‘d’
2. Demographic Indicators of a City/Town
- Birth Rate: Number of live births per 1,000 people per year.
- Mortality Rate: Number of deaths per 1,000 people per year.
- Fertility Rate: Average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime.
3. Health Status Indicators of a Community
- Refer to points ‘a’ through ‘c’
4. Meeting Organizational Goals
Read MoreSpirituality, Religion, and Death: Exploring the Experiences of Families Facing Chronic Illness
1. Spirituality Set?
Spirituality could be defined as a human propensity to seek meaning in life through concepts that go beyond the tangible: a sense of connection to something greater than yourself, which may or may not include formal religious participation.
It has to do with the deeper sense that life is not complete alone. It is the search for the mystery of human existence.
2. Define Religion?
Religion is used more in the direction of institutionalization, though it is a space for the
Methods of Dietary Intake and Food Habits Examination
Methods of Examination of Dietary Intake and Food Habits (Nutritional Monitoring)
Background:
– Food consumption can be assessed at individual, household, or national levels through the use of surveys.
– The resulting data may be expressed in terms of nutrients and/or types of food.
– The method selected for dietary assessment in research depends on the purpose of the assessment, the available funding, and the burden it is appropriate to impose on the respondents and the study.
Commonly used methods
Dietary Recommendations and Nutritional Standards
Dietary Reference Intake (DRI)
Definition
It is a system of nutritional recommendations that provides several different types of reference values (recommendations).
Types of DRIs
- Estimated Average Requirements (EAR): Expected to satisfy the needs of 50% of the people in that age group.
- Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDAs): The daily dietary intake level of a nutrient considered sufficient to meet the requirements of nearly all (97-98%) healthy individuals in each life stage and gender group. Approximately