PSYC 412 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Socioeconomic Status, Health Promotion
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Behaviors undertaken by people to enhance or maintain their health. Sleeping 7-8 hours a night, not smoking, eating breakfast each day, having no more than 1-2 alcoholic drinks each day, getting regular exercise, not eating between meals, being no more than 10% overweight. Primary prevention targets the population at large. Health promotion and addressing risk factors, social, and genetic factors. Secondary and tertiary prevention focus on people at risk for or who currently have an identified health problem. A) screening of at risk indv, control of risk factors and early intervention. B) rehab, preventing complications and improving quality of life) Socio-economic status: income (the money that comes in), wealth (the money you get to keep), occupation, community (access to food, access to jobs, access to healthcare, insurance), education, access to transportation employment/unemployed. Stressors, social support, access to healthcare, physical environment. Provides the structure and substance of nested settings. Physical/material culture (e. g. dress, food, roads, tools, machines)
