HLST 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Forces, Eqt, Junk Food
1 Mar 2018
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Class 3: different approaches to health and wellness. Guiding concept: curative figure out what the disease and fix it, absence of disease eliminating diseases and problems. Principal health concerns: diabetes seen as a deviation from the norm, conditions from a medical perspective and how they show an imbalance in the person. Principal strategies: vaccinations, quarantine, screening for risk factors. Target groups: high risk individuals, people at risk of diabetes, heart attack. Actors: doctors, nurses, heath professionals, physiotherapist, ots. Guiding concepts: disease prevention encourage people to change behaviour to prevent disease to increase wellness. Principal health concerns: chronic diseases, education and warning around what happens if you smoke, drink, eat unhealthy. Principal strategies: health education, social marketing, advocacy for public policies sporting lifestyle choices. Target: high risk groups, children and youth, general population. Individualized, elements of societal focus as related to public policy: public health workers, illness-related advocacy groups, governments.
