Health Sciences 2250A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Needs Assessment, Rheumatic Fever, Coronary Circulation
18 Sep 2018
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Lecture 3 note health-related issues and behaviours & obesity. All kinds of things come together to determine people"s health (lots of things are out of their control: for permanent health behaviour change to take place, person must be motivated and ready. September 17th, 2018: we want the gym to be as packed during exam season and the holidays, as it is on. That shows real behavioural change: people have to be motivated and ready for the change. If we do that, we actually negatively impact the relationship with the people we"re working with. Process of health promotion: understanding community and engaging target population, we immediately partner with the people we want to help. If we"re creating a health promotion program, it has to be something that people have expressed interest in and feel proud claiming ownership over. Health-related issues and behaviours (what are we trying to promote, what are we trying to prevent?)
