GGR353H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Biomedical Model, Stress Management, Population Health
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Determinants of health v health models and health outcomes. Bio-psychosocial (bps) model of health and illness: biological(body) + psychological(mind) + sociological(social) = health outcomes v video: application of bps for managing chronic pain. Need to understand the biological base, psychological factors, and social factors that relate to illness. Prevention: if we construct social environment we can prevent people from exposing to illness. Biomedical model of pain pain killers, psychological factors that contribute to pain (people s feeling) is easily ignored. If health practitioners trained to deliver stress management, patients would be better off v health outcomes. Health status: mortality, sick days, symptoms, survival periods, er visits. Psychological factors: discomfort, perceived health v generic health outcomes. Clinical markers specific symptoms impact of disease-specific problems generic functioning, well-being and evaluation v developments. Focused on prediction and risk management for avoiding health and disease outcome v trends in health outcomes. Positive measures of health - well-being, ability, comfort, and quality of life.
