Nursing 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Health Literacy, Health Professional, Essential Medicines

• School: Western University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: Nursing 1070A/B
• Professor: Kim Jackson

Document Summary

World health organization defines health: (cid:862)a state of (cid:272)o(cid:373)plete physi(cid:272)al (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ial (cid:449)ell(cid:271)ei(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d (cid:374)ot (cid:373)e(cid:396)ely the a(cid:271)se(cid:374)(cid:272)e of disease o(cid:396) i(cid:374)fi(cid:396)(cid:373)ity(cid:863) (cid:894)1974(cid:895) Fish analogy, to reflect human existence, of how interacting linked we are in our environments. Humans belong to ecosystem that connects people, family, animals, and environment. Health is both a social and ecological phenomenon. A social and ecological phenomenon (how things work in an ecosystem relates to personal health) Left side: towards premature death, the treatment paradigm involves disability, symptoms, signs. Right side: towards high-level wellness involves awareness, education, growth. The major improvements in health are not due to the advances in technology and medicine. Researchers found that the sdoh is more influential then medical care itself. The reciprocal interactions between individuals and their environment. People bring personal experience, prior events that effect health, nutrition, stressors (good and bad)