May 2009
Post date: Jan 26, 2010 1:15:37 AM
stopping disease before it starts
- or keeping it from getting worse.
- identifying Risk
screening
medically
diagnostics
Considerations
cost effective
sensitive
treatable
time efficient
risk to patient (non invasive)
nonmedically
questionnaire
med records -- Quality improvement
clinical interview
FH, ROS,
community outreach-education
public health (epi, research, populations
populations at risk
Why are they at risk (health Determinants)
Disparity
Difference in care. inequality
Difference in outcome.
inequity- opportunity
Classifications
gender, race, SES, age, education, geographic area, language spoken, sexual orientation, disability
Advocacy
identifying risky behavior
educating of correcting
Behavior Change
Education
media
community outreach
clinical interview
pt handouts
healthcare team. educators/ nutritionists/ pharmacists/ students/ etc.
schools