NURS 4250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Population Health, Health Promotion, Systems Theory
19 Jan 2017
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Health is defined as the absence of illness. Being able to make a difference in your own life. Health for all take it seriously in relation to lifestyle. Many things are left behind such as those people who have less money, who are less inclined etc. Government started to (early to mid 80s) develop policy papers in not just acute care, but also community involvement. Big thing in this is the accessibility of services. For health promotion purposes to prevent disease. These programs were based on the biomedical model. 2003 document looked primarily at the health care services, for wellness, mental health and rehab. But still scientific based, however not enough local knowledge. Population health aiming to provide services to groups in communities. Went from the individual to having services to looking how to get equity for various groups. Need to look at northern canada food is expensive as well.
