HLTC02H3 Lecture Notes - Osteoporosis, Germ Theory Of Disease, Equal Opportunity
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Hltc02h3 s: women and health, past and present. What should women do to support their health: advocate contraception policies, go visit doctors often, seek out other alternatives than biomedical approaches, raising awareness of women"s health issues such as: Heart disease (affected by ses which affects lifestyle behavior and therefore heart disease) Geared towards illness and disease rather than social and environment factors. Health concept: biomedical, absence of disease and/or disability. Defined in terms of disease categories and physiological risk factors. Principal strategies: surgical interventions, drug and other therapies. Misrepresentation of health in media: behavioural approach 1 (lifestyle, public health) Health concept: individualized, health as energy, functional ability, disease- preventing lifestyles. Leading health problems: defined in terms of behavioural risk factors: behavioural approach 2. Target: high risk groups, children and youth. General approach: invidualized elements of societal focus related to public policy. Actors: public health workers, illness, related advocacy groups, governments.
