HSCI 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Prenatal Care, Infant Mortality
14 Jul 2016
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Greenwood m, leeuw s, lindsay nm, reading c (eds. ) Lalonde report: (see pages 8, 14, 16-18, 31-38, 57) Self-imposed risk (attitude: cause of death (age 5-35) Due to human factors( carelessness, impaired driving despair and self- imposed risks) Hospital morbidity: hospital morbidity: sickness requiring hospitalization, non-hospital morbidity: treatment was give outside hospital, untreated morbidity: sickness that is self-treating or undetected morbidity. Environmental risk: physical and social, contamination of drinking water, sewage from a substantial proportion. Closure: urbanization, physical and mental health, crowding, working conditions, rapid social change. Environment problem create risks which are far greater threat to health than any present inadequacy of health care system. Includes matters related to health which are external to the human body and over which the individuals has little or no control. Cannot ensure foods, drugs ,cosmetics, devices, water supply are safe and uncontaminated. Bad personal decision and habits crate self-imposed risks. Quantity, quality, arrangement, nature and relationships of people: medical practice, nursing, hospitals.
