PSYC 2151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Occupational Safety And Health, Chronic Condition, Psychologies
13 Oct 2016
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Acute disorders: short term illnesses or viral or bacterial illnesses used to be the major cause of illness and death in canada. Chronic illness: slow developing diseases, long-term, and usually managed are now the main contributors to disability and death. Chronic illness has psychological and social causes, and the psychological issues usually arise out of chronic disease and require individual and family support adjustment. A population health approach considers a variety of individual and social factors and how they interact and influence our health. There are some key determinants of health, such as education, gender, social and physical environments described in your text book and at this federal government health agency website. There are advances in gene research, informed decision making, carriers of illness, prolong live versus quality of life decisions. The study of the frequency, distribution and causes of infectious and non infectious disease based on the physical and social environment.
