HTHSCI 2RR3- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 39 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Chapter 1 (pages 2-19): social determinants of health. Chapter 2 (pages 20-36): social structures, living conditions and health. The economic and social conditions that shape the health of individuals, communities, and jurisdictions as a whole. Whether an individual stays healthy or becomes ill (narrow) The extent to which a person possesses the physical, social, and personal resources to identify and achieve personal aspirations, satisfy needs, and cope with the environment. Quantity and quality of a variety of resources that a society makes available to its members. Studies demonstrate how the material and social circumstance to which people develop in are much more important to their health than so-called life-style choices . Health care more focused on individualized approaches based on biomedical and behavioural risks (i. e. instead of improving people"s living circumstances, state that living conditions are said to put them at risk for making unhealthy lifestyle choices)
