SOC 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Prenatal Care, Protestant Work Ethic, The Who
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Illness behavior: activity undertaken by a person who feels ill for the purpose of defining that illness and seeking relief from it. Health behavior: activity undertaken by individuals for the purpose of maintaining or enhancing their health, preventing health problems or achieving a positive body image. The who divides the 20th century into the: medical era. The first half of the 20th century. The dominant approach to health was mass vaccination and the extensive use of antibiotics to combat infections: postmedical era. Physical well-being is threatened by social and environmental factors that cannot be directly improved by medicine. Members of the same social class generally share similar lifestyles. Lifestyles reflect the types and amounts of good and services one uses or consumes: contrast with marx, who distinguished classes by their relationship to the means of production. Lifestyle choices are influenced by one"s life chances, or socioeconomic circumstances.
