HLTA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sport Utility Vehicle, Scientific Method, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion
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Biomedical: sees illness as a result of biological or physiological problems, freedom from pain, defect, absence of disease, injury, treat bacterial infection with antibiotics. Critiques: excludes environmental factors, or social influences. Behavioural: our decision to do certain behaviours that have an impact on our health, how our choices in life impact health and may lead to problems. If you were weari(cid:374)g a hel(cid:373)et, it would(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge the fa(cid:272)t that you were hit (cid:271)y a suv that was driving in your lane: assumes that only individual behaviour impacts health. Socio-environmental: broad factors that shape individual health matter, social interactions can impact health. Income is a factor that impacts health outcomes.
