NSE 31A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Community Practice, Frankfurt School, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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Theory week 1: introduction to community, health and community. Who definition: a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, not just the absence of disease. Intersecting determinants: personal, family, social structure, environment (air pollution = birth defects), historical factors, media. Systems perspective (a subdiscourse is the social determinants of health: key determinants: income, education, gender. Ability to obtain quality education, food, and housing. Lalonde report: interplay of biology, lifestyle, environment, health care systems determine health of canadians: father of the social determinants of health. The danger of using a community rhetoric is offloading work to a group people. What makes a community healthy: building community capacity: identify strengths and reinforce them. Think about: there can be more social support in disadvantaged communities, social support, environment, economic factors, access to resources, opportunities for engagement. It is important to create conditions for seamless transitions between where people live and where they access care.
