Health Sciences 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Food Security, Big Umbrella, Standard-Definition Television
2 Nov 2015
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The session will cover six major concepts that are integral to health promotion: Health promotion: health, health promotion, social determinants of health, empowerment, health literacy, quality of life. What definition you use is determined by who you are, etc. Academic definition looks at biological, psychological and social aspects. Native american definition: living in total harmony with nature and having the ability to survive under exceedingly difficult circumstances. Ottawa charter definition: a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities . Who definition: health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity . All relate to integration of human organisms condition, wellbeing and functioning. Health is equivalent to healthiness and is related to concepts of resilience and capacity. Health as a concept within health promotion, related to concepts of resilience and capacity,
