HLTH202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medicalization, Etiology, Germ Theory Of Disease

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH202
• Professor: Melody Morton Ninomiya

Document Summary

Second definition: points out that health is dynamic, and it is moving and shifting and is not static. Fourth definition of health: we may assume someone is healthy because of how they look, but truth is a disable person may be more internally healthy than a person who physically looks healthy. Health is a state of complete so this is inconsistent because people are not always completely fine. A person could be physically fit but mentally ill. Who definition provides a more medicalization in their definition. Absoluteness of the word complete + nature of the disease is changing. Infectious diseases have not been the driving factor in mortality. Rather the primary risk factors associated with mortality include: cancer, cvd, diabetes. These are also often considered behavioural and modifiable (smoking, alcohol use, diet, and physical inactivity) Cancer, and cvd have gone down over the years (phac) definition: Its more about your ability to reach things you want to do in life.