Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Biomedical Model, Margaret Mead, The Who
26 Oct 2016
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Health, childhood & adolescence: the construction of ideas through the. Knowledge about health, childhood, and adolescence exist: Differs substantially by theoretical and methodological orientation: example: how we think these things work" and how we investigate them. Ideas about disability" will be used to flesh these ideas out. The who also tells us that health is: a resource for everyday life and is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources as well as physical capabilities. , a fundamental human right. Much more murky and complicated than we might first think: illustrates the power of definitions of health to include and exclude. Childhood is the time for children to be in school and at play, to grow strong and confident with the love and encouragement of their family and an extended community of caring adults. It is a precious time in which children should live free from fear, safe from violence and protected from abuse and exploitation (unicef).
