HLTHAGE 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Toothpaste, Photovoice, Indium
16 Oct 2018
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Health studies examine the varied impacts and factors that affect health, illness and the world of medicine and health care, examples; Social, cultural political, economic, institutional/professional and personal facts that impact health and illness. Social factors;the current situation in the norms values and beliefs. Cultural: how do we experience health? views on ethics? inclusivity with consent. Political;conditions for social- policies with health care, what is available and accessible. Professional/institutional;factors and variables that have an impact on society (if there a conflict with administers is hinders their job) Personal; we all define health in different ways, some people have positive or negative healths, we experience health through our families our friends, etc. Health and/or medical sociology - how health and illness are defined. Health geography- the study of places and spaces. Health psychology- factors in stress and health, coping, cognitively processes and understand. Medical anthropology- past history and trying to understand how health nd wellness has progressed over time.
