BPK 140 Lecture 1: Chapter 1 Lecture Notes
5 Jan 2017
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Wellness: the way that you live your life (that positively improves your health) But, there are indicators of health: life expectancy, infant mortality rate. General trends: life expectancy has increased over the years, women tend to have a longer life expectancy than men. There is ofte(cid:374) (cid:373)ore tha(cid:374) o(cid:374)e reaso(cid:374) for (cid:862)(cid:449)hy,(cid:863) there is (cid:374)ot just o(cid:374)e si(cid:373)plisti(cid:272) a(cid:374)s(cid:449)er. Angola has the highest infant mortality rate in the world. (100/1000 infants) *note: hiv/aids is not included in the top 10 list: malignant neoplasms (cancer, diseases of heart (heart disease, cardiovascular diseases (stroke, chronic lower respiratory diseases, accidents (unintentional injuries, diabetes mellitus, alzhei(cid:373)er"s disease. Intentional self-harm: nephritis nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis (kidney disease) Medical/illness model (cid:862)if you"re (cid:374)ot si(cid:272)k, you"re healthy(cid:863: health is viewed as the absence of a disease. You go to the doctor when you have sign/symptoms of diseases.
