AFMC Primer on Population Health
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Part 1 - Theory: Thinking About Health
Chapter 1 Concepts of Health and Illness
Chapter 2 Determinants of Health and Health Inequities
| Health inequalities | |
| Basic concepts: causes, risk factors and determinants | |
| Risk factors | |
| Determinants of Health | |
| Health Behaviours | |
| Self-test questions | |
| References |
Chapter 3 Cultural Competence and Communication
| Cultural awareness, sensitivity, and safety | |
| The relevance of culture for health | |
| Categories of culture | |
| Indigenous people’s health in Canada | |
| Self-test questions | |
| References |
Chapter 4: Basic Concepts in Prevention, Surveillance, and Health Promotion
| Natural history of disease | |
| The stages of prevention | |
| Implementing prevention, health protection and health promotion | |
| Self-test questions | |
| References |
Part 2 - Methods: Studying Health
Chapter 5 Assessing Evidence and Information
Chapter 6 Methods: Measuring Health
Chapter 7: Applications of Research Methods in Surveillance and Programme Evaluation
Part 3 - Practice: Improving Health
Chapter 8 Illness Prevention and Health Promotion
Chapter 9 Screening
Chapter 10 Identifying Hazards and Communicating Risks
| Identifying environmental problems | |
| Reducing risk | |
| Occupational hazards | |
| Risk Management | |
| Risk Communication | |
| Self-test questions | |
| References |
Chapter 11 Infectious Disease Control
Chapter 12 The Organization of Health Services in Canada
Chapter 13 Assessing and Improving Health Care Quality
| Patient safety | |
| Adverse drug events | |
| Quality in health care | |
| Approaches to managing quality | |
| Investigating quality | |
| Improving quality of care | |
| Self-test questions | |
| References |
Chapter 14 Decision-making: Policies and Ethics in Health Care and Public Health
