HST209H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Universal Health Care, Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Health Education
10 Apr 2020
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How this article presents health (analyze how people might perceive health) Make an argument on the best approach to address a health issue based on their respective approach. **in many cases, people know of the right thing to do. *** must engage in other reasons which allows the change of behaviour. Areas where income gaps are larger, population health tends to be lower. Aka canada actually doesn"t actually have universal healthcare. Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (who, 1948) Resource for everyday life with fundamental requirements: peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable eco-system, sustainable resource (ottawa, charter 1986) Some people who lack those fundamental requirements tend to have poorer health; i. e. aboriginal individuals on reserves, homeless people. Our definitions of health shape how health is improved (or not) Importance to question our assumptions and biases towards health.
