Key Terms
Course
Public Health in Pharmacy Practice: A Casebook, 2nd Edition
Author
Natalie DiPietro Mager, PharmD, PhD, MPH; Leslie Ochs, PharmD, PhD, MSPH Topic: Health Promotion / Disease Prevention
Coordinated by
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Approach
Future-oriented. Goals are set at the start of each decade and tracked over the following 10 years.
Most current edition
Healthy People 2030.
KEY CHANGES
2020 TO 2030
Reason for reduction
Focus attention on highest-priority issues; reduce overlap; apply higher data standards.
Health Literacy
A New Definition
Personal health literacy
An individual's ability to find, understand, and use health information and services.
Organizational health literacy
The responsibility of pharmacies, pharmacy organizations, and healthcare systems to provide health information and servi
Definition
Health equity means everyone has a fair opportunity to attain their full health potential.
Micro level
Interventions at the individual or local level. Example: a pharmacist administering a vaccine or counseling a patient on
Macro level
Changes at the population level. Individual micro-level interventions "roll up" to create macro-level impact.
Purpose
Provide direction on the nation's most pressing public health challenges; promote health and prevent disease through mea
LHI purpose
Identify the highest-priority public health issues across the lifespan; measure overall national health; motivate action