ANT335Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Methylmercury, Menopause, Seat Belt
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Distinct way of doing things appose to the other ways. Health promotion vs other ways of promoting health. How we think about health changes how we look for solutions for health problems. Why does income inequality lead to poorer health for populations. Why that focus on population health was a problem- case study. Hard-core conceptualization of population health was a problem. How do we investigate health issues from those different paradigms. How might they change how we look at health etc. The sorts of questions we ask about research is different from the different. Personal choice is a misnomer ( a wrong or inaccurate name or designation) Definitions of health shape how health is improved (or not) Biomedical model: health as the absence of illness/disease. Examples: cvd, cancer, hiv/aids, stroke, obesity, and diabetes. Behavioural model: health as a result of lifestyle choices. Examples: smoking, poor eating, physical inactivity, substance abuse, and poor coping skills.
