FMSC 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Promotion, Infant Mortality, Public Health

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Family Science
• Course: FMSC 110
• Professor: Yassaman Vafai

Document Summary

The state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the state of not being sick. Interdisciplinary field: populations, health disparities what happens to your health not based on your biology or biological factors, vulnerable populations socioeconomically disadvantaged, racial minorities, uninsured, those with disabilities or special needs topical health. Life course perspective look at individuals and populations from when they are born to when they die, and look at certain aspects that may improve your health or make it worse. Social ecological model individual interpersonal organizational community public policy. Mch is one of the biggest indicators of the overall society infant mortality: maternal mortality, preterm birth. Mch shapes the trajectory of health for populations.