[HLSC 2P49] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (43 pages long)
30 Mar 2017
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Woman 70lbs (anorexia), refuses to eat more than 3 crackers a day. Woman (300lbs) and daughter only et high fat sugary foods. 12 year old smokes first cigarette at party- impress friends. Man wears seat belt after witnessing crash. Man has 1000 sex partners rarely wear condoms- has aids. Why study health and behaviour (or why is it needed?) Interesting: e. g. , number of health and behaviour websites and magazines. Changing pattern of illness make health and behaviour important: less mortality from acute disorders in industrial, western world (e. g. , Tb: more mortality from chronic illnesses (heart disease, cancer) 10% of gdp) improvement: 219 billion on health care spending in canada (2015; about, cutting costs stressed, so (cid:498)promotion and prevention(cid:499, because so large, help design (cid:498)user friendly(cid:499) systems. Understand model, view from (cid:498)system theory(cid:499: smaller (cid:498)micro-level(cid:499) processes nested in larger (cid:498)macro-level(cid:499) processes.
