PH 265 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Gross National Income, Global Health, Biopsychosocial Model
20 Jan 2020
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The cdc conducts an annual survey of over 400,000 americans called the behavioral risk. This survey asks questions like whether your smoke cigarettes, use seat belts, exercise, eat vegetables, etc. The first question they ask is: how would you rate your general health today? and the response options are excellent, very good, good, fair, and poor. After the survey is conducted, epidemiologists analyze the data. Within the year after the survey, those who answered fair or poor are the most likely to have died. The most accurate definition of health is the concept of the biopsychosocial model. 1946: who formed as part of the un. The who provided this definition of health: health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity . The emphasis on well-being in this definition points to the reality that all humans are more than just their corporeal bodies.
