PUBH1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Erectile Dysfunction, Health Literacy, Health Equity
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Perspective that ph takes: health as social contruct. Social models of health locate people in social contexts. Understand ill health as process of interaction between people & environments. There are 6 key features of social model. Individual health enabled or inhibited by social context. Health is political (influenced by provision of services & resources ) Biomedicine & medical science help explain some parts of health, but not everything. Need to address societal factors that impede fair distribution of benefits & burdens. Un formed 1945 (after atrocities of wwii) to promote international co-operation. As outlines in universal declaration of human rights they specifically prohibit. The right to health as outlines in article 12 of the covenant on economic, social and cultural rights - is part of the international bill of. Of particular relevance to public health article 12 of the covenant outlines:
