Health Sciences 1001A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Anomie Belle, Marc Lalonde
15 Jul 2015
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How do we measure health: epidemiology: study of incidence, prevalence, distribution, how to control disease, ex. influenza: Video: heart disease: 1 person dies every 7 seconds; high cholesterol, unhealthy food, inactive lifestyle, stress: heart disease, sleeping patterns, aboriginal > european: (hd)- obesity, tobacco, adult onset diabetes, immune disability. Current themes in sodh field: dramatic improvements in health status in canada since 1900: life expectancy, better treatment & inequalities exist esp. Aboriginals: understanding pathways by which sodh influence health: behavioural- individual; material/ structuralist- social but How do we know this: health & ill health are not distributed randomly, but vary according to economic & other social factors. Upstream: create environments that support health, understanding what is causing the problem, focus on prevention by modyfying social determinants of health. Lalonde report: marc lalonde: lawyer, advisor to prime-minister pearson & trudeau, health field can be broken into 4 broad elements: Ottawa charter: diagram: outcome of this meeting, 5 strategies to improve health:
