HST209H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Multidisciplinary Approach, Safe Sex, Blackboard
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Office hours: tuesdays 2-3:30, or by appointment. How do we improve health and healthcare. Critical perspectives on health and health care. Staying alive: critical perspectives on health, illness and health care (2nd ed) The misconception that if i am not physiologically sick then i am healthy. Bodily fluid contact with somebody who is hiv positive. Addressing education, stigma and access in the community. No smoking zones to minimize the damage and encouragement. We need to reduce on screen smoking; glorification of smoking. Increase the labels on the cigarette boxes (effects) Coping mechanism to emotional issues/stress/medical issues etc. More police, rules and restrictions increase for licensing. Socio-economic factors; lower group afford this vs. more expensive fresh foods. What are the things that determining these health issues. Looking at broader factors and how we can change those. Political power (what does and does not happen when it comes to health) 50% of what makes you sick is your life.
