Learning Objectives

• Define ‘health promotion’ and outline of the role of health promotion in disease prevention
• Describe the importance of health literacy in health promotion
• Define the terms primary, secondary and tertiary prevention
• Compare and contrast ‘high risk’ and ‘population’ approaches to prevention
• Describe the ‘prevention paradox’
• Outline risk factors for different cancers
• Differentiate between screening and diagnosis
• Apply the WHO screening principles to determine the suitability of a screening program
• Analyse primary and secondary prevention strategies and identify appropriate application of these to different types of cancer (breast, colon, prostate, skin)
• Discuss broadly the complexity of screening using PSA testing
• Describe the key elements of risk management, define ‘risk’ and ‘hazard’ and describe the factors used to develop a risk matrix
• Use the RACGP ‘Red Book’ to identify appropriate evidence-based preventative activities for individual patients

Health Promotion

• what is health promotion (WHO definition)?
• in Australia, [%] of people have adequate vs high levels of health literacy?
• in terms of improving health literacy, doctors have a responsibility to?
• what are the 5 components of the Ottawa charter?
• why is health literacy important?