SOC263H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Health Care, Structural Level

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25 Nov 2013
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A state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease/infirmity. It is a general sense of well being in elements of life: mental health. Psychological state of someone functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioural adjustment. More than the absence of mental illness. Having a mental health problem can negatively impact you and those around you. A study with 2 visions: brain chemistry (biology of brain) vs psychosocial (personal and past social stresses). Increase in number of mental health patients means there"s something wrong with the overall society: mortality rate. The number of deaths occurring in a given population at risk during a specified time period. Normally deaths per 1000"s persons per month/per year: morbidity. Individual level determinants of health: lifestyle behaviour & choices , diet and nutrition, exercise, substance abuse, structural level determinants of health: a. socio-economic status b.

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