BPH 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Edward Jenner, Biostatistics, Health Policy
11 Sep 2019
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Social ecological model of health: relationship between factors. Example: childhood obesity: diet, physical activity, age, gender, parenting style, peer and sibling interactions, community characteristics, work hours, school lunch programs, socioeconomic status. Characteristics of public health: based in social justice, constantly changing agenda, different research comes out, available medical technology, have more knowledge, health is political, ground in science, primary goal: prevention, primary focus: population health/wellness. Social behavioral sciences: social, cultural, induvial behavior practice and how it affects the population. History: phase 1: health protection era (antiquity - 1830"s, disease occurrences, what we can do to stop spread of diseases, e. g the plague, hoe to stop the spread, quarantine, control individual behaviors and help the spread that way. James lind: citrus fruits to sailors-- wouldn"t get scurvy (vitamin d deficiency, edward jenner. Father of epidemiology: cholera outbreak in london, where/how people are getting sick.
