HSS 3101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Vitamin D Deficiency, Childrens Hospital, Insulin
4 Nov 2017
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Definition of health absence of disease or infirmity who: criticisms. Hard to define well-being : health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the. Includes complete , makes it hard for anyone to be healthy for a reasonable period of time. Defines health as state of being rather than capacity of resource: more holistic definition. The capacity of people to adapt to, respond to, or control life"s challenges and changes : who definition has been updated to be more holistic. Four pillars of health research: defined by the canada institute of health research, biomedical research, clinical research, health services and policy research, social, cultural, environmental, and population health research. The purpose of health research: 4 main categories. To describe, to explain, to predict, and to control. Health research milestones in canada: discovery of gene for cystic fibrosis (dr. tsui, hospital for sick children, toronto, 1989, polio vaccine (1952)
