SOC102H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Coronary Artery Disease, Health Equity, Occupational Stress
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Health problems (e. g. , widespread sickness, crime, death) are a costly consequence of inequalities. Many factors influence people"s health: genetic predispositions, which are probably activated by environmental factors, biological aging (e. g. , decline physically, sicken before we die) There is probably nothing more that canadians care about more than good health. People lose more person-years of healthy life through preventable causes than they do through infectious or degenerative diseases: public health measures are the best way to guarantee canadians remain healthy. Three main ways to increase the likelihood of a long, healthy life. Good health requires both a sound mind and a sound body because the mind and body are connected (e. g. , an illness in one is likely to harm the other) Good health requires both good mental health and good physical health. The present-day conception of health is best enunciated by the world health organization (who: health a state of general well-being, not merely an absence of illness.
