Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Safe Sex, Infant Mortality, Determinant
25 Nov 2016
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Key concepts: social system, individualism, path of least resistance, perspective on health. Lifestyle as a determinant of health: lifestyle explanations of health are dominate in north america, western societies, social factors better predictors of health than individual behaviours/lifestyles. Ideology of individualism: lifestyle explanations rooted in ideology of individualism, ideology: set of beliefs, roots in enlightenment. Trends within canada: drastic declines in infant mortality(im) rates since 30s, but big regional differences ex. Top 10 list (picard: learn rst aid/ cpr. Alternative top 10 list (picard: learn to make friends and keep them. Competing perspective on health: on what produces. Where is the problem: in individuals, social conditions and systems. Solution: treat individuals: modify individual behaviours, change social conditions to promote health for entire groups and pop. Depend on position of viewer(point of view) Depends on relationships between viewer and whats being viewed.
