HLTH 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Patient Education, Individual And Group Rights, Paradigm Shift
22 Nov 2017
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Objectivity vs. subjectivity: advocacy role (advocate, vigor, passion (subjectivity, address social determinants, eliminate disparities/inequalities, practitioner role (scientist, rigor, dispassionate (objectivity, scientific method, high risk focus. Type iii error = a type of bias: getting the right answer to the wrong question, unit of focus is different, assumption about the causal pathway is different. It leads up to : ask questions that orient us to find answers in a particular place that fits in a particular framework, paradigm shift: when one world view is replaced with another. Illicit use of drugs: risk factor: the presence of a factor increases the likelihood or rick that someone will develop a particular disease. Interventions have an impact: tail 2: need to shift from a singular focus on individuals to places and social position, focus on bio behavioral risk factors, upstream: healthy policy that supports communities, require legislation, go beyond individual.
