HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cardiac Arrhythmia, High-Density Lipoprotein, Framingham Heart Study
17 Sep 2016
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Contribute to turning our issues for the better by engaging in critical analysis: demonstrate an understanding of both personal health of canadian society. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. (official record of the world health organization, 1948) It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver (mahatma gandhi) Health is a many splendored thing (mental, social, biological, spiritual, emotional) Social determinants of health: factors that influence the health of individuals and groups. Risk factors: conditions that increase a person"s chance of developing disease or of being injured. Health promotion: the process of enabling people to optimize their health. Wellness: process through which a person strives to reach his/her potential in each of the health categories. The wellness continuum: the concept of wellness includes vitality in six interrelated dimensions, all of which contribute to overall wellness.
