NURS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Health Literacy, Drug Packaging, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion
20 Oct 2016
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The primary factors that shape the health of canadians are not medical treatments or lifestyle choices but rather the living conditions they experience. These conditions have to come be known as the social determinants of health. Contribute individually to health (enhance or inhibit) Where a person lives matters since both natural and built environments influence health. It creates the context for determinants of health such as income, employment, social networks and personal behaviours. Some behaviours can contribute to good health. Other behaviours can have detrimental health effects. Behaviours are influenced by the social and economic environments where individuals work, live and learn. Well-educated equates to a better job, higher income, greater health literacy, a wider understanding of the implicated of unhealthy behaviour: health literacy: using knowledge about health, as simple as reading and understanding a prescription bottle. Canadians with lower levels of education often experience poorer health outcomes, including reduced life expectancy and higher rates of infant mortality.
