BPK 140- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 36 pages long!)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Biomedical Physio & Kines
• Course: BPK 140
• Professor: Stephen Brown

Document Summary

1. 1 what is health: populations large groups of people, examples, whole countries, prison inmates, elderly women living alone, people with hiv infection. Individual"s health depends on: genetic potential, personal health behaviours, broader socio-economic factors, environmental factors, population"s health is a composite of, the health of the individuals who comprise the population, broader structural factors. Infectious disease, childhood illness, and maternity-related causes account for about 70% of deaths in sub- Saharan africa region: global imr fell by more than half from 1990 to 2010. 2: chronic disease such as cancer are increasing globally, tobacco use is a rising threat, blamed for almost six million deaths annually, diabetes spreading quickly. Important because the framework a person uses and the perspective they adopt, influences their: Illness model views health as the absence of disease: when one develops signs or symptoms of disease, doctors and/or other practitioners begin treatment to try to cure the disease.