Public Health II - lectures

10.3. Types of Prevention. Health Risk Assessment.

ANNOTATION

Lost health can be restored medically.

But:

•Creation of health, health protection and health promotion in some ways exceeds the capacity of clinical medicine.

•The basis for the protection and promotion of health is a health risk assessment process built on a scientific basis.

•Principles of health risk assessment are very useful not only in public health, but also in a clinical practice.

AIMS OF THE LECTURE

After attending and studying the lecture you will be able to:

PART 1 - Types of prevention

define the term "health" and name the main principles of Constitution of the World Health Organisation
explain the difference between health promotion and health protection
describe the types of prevention with the particular examples
provide an examples of seleted health campaigns and initiatives worldwide

PART 2 - Health risk assessment (HRA)

understand the basic terms used in health risk assessment and prevention
describe the basic concepts and principles of health risk assessment
explain how different types of data from in vivo/animal, epidemiological and in vitro studies as well as exposure data are used in risk assessment
assess the relevance and reliability of data used in risk assessment

OUTLINE OF THE LECTURE

Principles of Constitution of the World Health Organization.Definition of health. The Global Health Observatory
Health promotion
Health protection
Natural history of the disease, types of prevention
WHO/Europe Health Days, campaigns and initiatives
Health Risk Assessment, 4 steps
Epidemiology within health risk assessment, types of bias

Types of prevention. Health risk assessment

Recommended study materials

Conducting a Human Health Risk Assessment

The textbook which you already know.

Self-quiz

Want to test how you understand the topic of prevention and HRA? Try the following self-quiz .