Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Infant Mortality, Stereotype, High Tech
8 Jan 2017
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Canada"s public health agency: 12 key determinants of health. Income and social status: education and literacy, social environments, personal health practices and coping skills, biology and genetic endowment, gender, social support networks, employment and working conditions, physical environments, healthy child development, health services, culture. Health: overall condition of a person"s body or mind and to the presence or absence of illness or injury: can be determined or in uenced by factors beyond control - Genes, age, health care system, child health care, family history. Wellness: expands our idea of health - refers to optimal health and vitality - to living life at its fullest: determined by the decisions you make about how you live. Involves making conscious decisions to control risk factors - A condition that increases a person"s chances of disease or injury. Bodies overall condition and absence of disease. Fitness level and ability to care for self. Make choices to avoid illness and injuries.
