HLTB21H3 Lecture 3: Week 3 Lecture Notes
4 Feb 2011
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Health research week 3: models of health and illness. Imbalanced body temperate: disease burden, mental disability. Illnesses linked to socio-economic factors and factors outside their control: baxter (1983) most common mentioned causes: (infection; heredity; agents; Conceptualize health www. notesolution. com: who coordinates + illustrates health; policies for recommendations. Original model of health: absence of disease; bio-medical model of health; specific etiology; body as a machine; no recognition of the subjective experience of illness or disease; Psychological disturbances; scientific methods, objectivity, and physical and chemical data. New model of health: found out that health is more than absence of disease , evolved people in social contexts. I t"s a systems model and social model of health (1986) Social approach: healthy because of political, environmental, cultural, and social factors. Implications -discharge and treatments: changes are relevant for research (everyone wants to be healthy, health care professionals can use it www. notesolution. com.
