CAS PS 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Health Equity, Ecological Systems Theory, Biopsychosocial Model
31 Jan 2020
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System theory and social ecology model: family systems, kazak article, case study. Healthcare system: patient references, cost of healthcare, healthcare reform, revisit qi and ce models, population health. Health disparities: social determinants of health, factors that contribute to health disparities. Differentiate among levels of influence in the social ecology model (microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, chronosystem) and explain reciprocal influences among these systems. Define the main tenets of systems theory and apply these tenets to families, including giving examples of family functioning (mcmaster model) Identify basic trends in the us population health compared to other nations and reasons for the. Define health disparities and social determinants of health . Identify factors that contribute to health disparities, including those at the level of the individual, community and healthcare system. Ecological systems theory: children develop biologically, socially and cognitively within a complex system of relationships and are influenced by multiple levels of their surrounding environment. Proximal to distal levels of influence on development.
