upstream vs. downstream

Question 1

What does the upstream approach focus on?

Answer 1

focuses on eliminating the factors that increase risk to a population’s health

Question 2

What does the downstream approach represent?

Answer 2

represents actions taken after a disease or injury has occurred

Question 3

What is the ecological model?

Answer 3

an upstream approach that looks at multiple determinants of health

Question 4

What is the conventional model?

Answer 4

a downstream approach that only addresses biological and behavioral bases for disease

Question 5

What SODH does the socioecological model include?

Answer 5

• social relations
• neighborhoods & communities
• institutions
• social/economic policies

Question 6

what kind of approach is the socioecological model?

Answer 6

upstream