BPK 140 Lecture Notes - Health Belief Model, Cardiovascular Disease, Occupational Safety And Health
3 Oct 2012
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Week 1: defining health, promoting healthy behaviour change, and evaluating health. Health defined as the opposite of illness, absence of disease and/or disability. When patient returns to neutral state, intervention is stopped. Doctor is viewed as all-knowing; patient is dependent on doctor. Compare and contrast the wellness model and the risk factor model of health. Risk factor model: mortality (& morbidity?) rates linked to various risk factors, variables that are associated with increased risk of developing a disease -> focus on proactive prevention. Wellness (holistic) model: combine both treatment and prevention from medical and risk factor models, but also considers additional factors that affect health, such as social, mental, occupational, emotional , environmental, and spiritual health. Name and briefly describe the seven dimensions of health. Physical health: body functioning, susceptibility to disease or disorders, also ability for daily functioning (e. g. getting out of bed, off the toilet)
