HSCI 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Health Promotion, Social Environment, Rudolf Virchow
16 Jun 2016
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Interesting how race can play a role in health african-american live shorter lives than normal american. Traditional health promotion: most common biomedical model, pathogenesis-origins of disease, personal factors, contemporary. Alternative health promotion: upstream approach, emphasize social determinants, salutogenesis-origins of positive health, structural factors. Personal determinants: individual level: lay beliefs, self-health management. Coping skills: bio & genetic endowment, health protective behaviour. Where do you live: healthcare and social services. 12 determinants according to public health agency of canada*** on exam. Income and social status: social support networks, education and literacy, employment/working conditions, social environments, physical environments, personal health practices & coping skills, health child development, biology and genetics, health services, gender, culture. Relative importance of health determinants: how to measure how much each determinant impacts health, its never just one determinant, jason example why did he break his arm why was he playing in that area. Why is he living in this dangerous area: primary, secondary.
