Health Sciences 1002A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Gross National Happiness, Human Capital, World Health Organization
27 Aug 2018
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Lecture #19: sdoh and possibilities for a better. Bending of the arc is not on the nal exam. Makeup screening today at hsb40 from 6-8. Medical perspective, problems are based on the individual. Behavioural perspective starts to look at environmental factors but privatizes health: neo liberal way of thinking about responsibility in our society. People value the present more than the future. We don"t evaluate bene ts of an action on the present and the future in the same way. We experience bene ts we can access immediately in an exaggerated form. Typical top 10 tips for health: don"t smoke. If you can"t, cut down: follow a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and vegetable, keep physically active, manage stress by for example, talking things through and making time to relax. If you drink alcohol, do so in moderation: cover up in the sun, and protect children from sunburn, practise safer sex, take up cancer-screening opportunities.
