GGRB28H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Diabetes Mellitus Type 1, Fibromyalgia, Scientific Method
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Sample test question: compare and contrast the four models of health discussed this term. Make sure you clearly define each model and its underlying assumptions: legionnaires is like a very sever pneumonia. Definitions of health 4 models of health bhws. Bio-medical model: absence of disease, body is a machine that needs to be fixed when broken, promotes treatment not prevention, measured by its absence e. g. disease/death rates. Social determinants of health: age, sex, and constitutional factors -> you can"t change, social community networks, those who have higher education tend to have better health. Culture: income and social status, social support networks, education and literacy, employment/working conditions, social environments, physical environment, personal health practices and coping skills, health child development, biology and genetic endowment. Illness: subjective experience of the person (e. g. feeling tired) Disease: diagnosis of medically recognized symptoms (chronic fatigue syndrome) Illness and disease may or may not be associated. Sometimes we have symptoms of illness withut a medical diagnosis.
