HLSC 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Cancer Society, Cardiovascular Disease, Prostate Cancer
26 Jul 2016
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Managing time to do all readings each week. Clean up garbage and plant trees in blighted neighbourhoods in community. Generations of people have viewed health simply as the absence of disease. That view largely prevails today; the word health typically refers to the overall condition of a person"s body or mind and to the presence or absence of illness or injury. It is important to not become obsessed with our health as that, in itself, can be unhealthy. Ottawa charter for health promotions underscores the important distinction that health is resource for living, not the objective of living. Wellness is a relatively new concept that expands our idea of health. These factors, place this man at a higher-than-average risk for developing prostate cancer himself: social determinants of health: factors that influence the health of individuals and groups. Wellness is largely determined by the decisions you make about how you live.
