Health Sciences 2700A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Biomedical Model, Puberty, Literature Review

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 2700A/B
• Professor: Treena Orchard

Document Summary

Health, childhood & adolescence the construction of ideas through the example of dis-ability. Continuum childhood: early (3-8), middle (9-11), others include people 12-24. Culturally constructed-health: western biomedical model is a powerful driver in our understanding of what is and (cid:449)hat is (cid:374)ot (cid:862)health(cid:863) Quantitative (e. g. biomedical, epidemiological: lab fixed or stable setting; testing hypotheses; biomedical materials, surveys la(cid:396)ge sa(cid:373)ples(cid:859) mc o(cid:396) g(cid:396)adie(cid:374)t (cid:395)uestio(cid:374) desig(cid:374, aims determine prevalence or incidence; distribution of aliment/population. It is also how the body is understood in relation to social ideas, representations and individual capacities. Methods: research: turkey, approx 13% of the population has a disability, semi structured interviews (purposive, snowball sampling, use of membership lists to recruit, thematic analysis of the data and 5 key themes emerged as most important. Objectives: explore the development of and challenges associated with sexuality, identity, and self- image among adolescent/youth with physical disabilities.