PUBHLTH 1 Midterm: publichealth1fall2016lecturenotes
Document Summary
Look at reading worksheet on canvas course website. Physical state; well being; bmi; not being dead. Community empowerment; access and control to things that impact their well being. Police department (black lives matter) makes a big difference. Context matters to our health, survival, well being. Health is state of complete, physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity as definite by the world health organization. Shift in burden of disease in rise of chronic diseases. Public health is upstream;source, where flow comes from. Prevents disease and injury; warns that bridge is broken. Medicine goes downstream; go with the flow. Tries to save people who have already fallen into the river. Literature review 1 page outline question and 5 references (due on tuesday. Social determinants of health-look at what leads to diseases. Looking at the gap at what leads us to a better model of health. Research, people who work in a lab.
