HSS 2321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Theory Of Reasoned Action, Ecological Systems Theory, Urie Bronfenbrenner
24 Mar 2017
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Before 1970s: focus on the individual, biomedical perspective: human body, scientific approach, sole focus on biology, excludes the differences in the lives that different people live. Issue: victim blaming, fails to take in to account sdoh. Mid 1980s: growing critique of health promotion movement and the victim blaming that takes place. 1986: lead to the signing of the ottawa charter. 1994: population health approach endorsed by fpt health ministers, laid out strategies for population health (see ppt) 1990s onwards: tension between promotion and population health, population health arose from a critique of health promotion. What is population health: unifying force for entire spectrum of health care, overall goal is to maintain and improve the health of the entire population while. Includes prevention, promotion, diagnosis, treatment, and care addressing inequalities. Inputs: what you put into the intervention, materials and resources ex: funding, staff. Processes: carrying out the intervention and doing the work ex: free contraception.
