FMSC 280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-10: Gross Domestic Product, Gross National Income, Purchasing Power Parity
24 Feb 2016
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Health: state of physical/mental/social well being (not merely the absence of disease/infirmity) that stems from multiple factors provides target for systems to aim for as the work to promote improved health. Presence of social systems that facilitate health. Medicine: concerned with health of individuals; clinical health practitioners help individuals/families reach/maintain health by providing preventive/diagnostic/therapeutic health services (limited b/c health is so influenced by environmental factors) Public health: focuses on health of populations/entire world regions. Works to keep individuals safe/healthy by preventing illness/injuries/identifying and mitigating environmental hazards/promoting healthy behaviors/ensuring access to health services/providing health education (all at the population level) Identify problems in population and use that info to promote health/prevent disease. Identify risk factors/causal factors and create interventions to reduce exposure to risk factors/promote protective factors. Modifiable: characteristics that increase likehood of developing disease that can be altered (tovacco smoking/exercise habits) Unmodifiable: characteristics increasing likelihood of developing disease that.
