PSY 2301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Reinforcement, Colorectal Cancer, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
12 Dec 2015
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Good health, or wellness, is a personal and collective achievement. Who defines health promotion as: the process ofenabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health (1986) Different perspectives: individual vs, medical practitioner v s, psychologist vs, media. Lalonde report called: a new perspective on the health of canadians . Identified two main health principles: the health-care system, prevention of health problems and promotion of good health. First modern government document in the western world to acknowledge that our emphasis upon a biomedical health care system is wrong! Patterns of diseases vs. preventable diseases: acute diseases (short diseases, makes you sick and then you move on) vs. preventable diseases, modifying health behaviours can lead to a 50% reduction in deaths. Benefits of modifying health behaviours: reduction in deaths due to lifestyle-related diseases, increased longevity (life expectancy, longer disease-free period (quality of life, reduced overall health care costs (- billion)
