HLTH 323 Study Guide - Final Guide: Risk Perception, Human Behavior, Asthma
22 Dec 2016
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Describe and discuss the social ecological framework, providing examples of how it could be used to explain getting a flu shot for seasonal influenza. Structure: definition of ecology what does it include. Ecology is defined as the study of the relationships among organisms with their environment. Social ecology is a framework or set of theoretical principles that help understand the dynamic interrelations among various personal and environmental factors. Example of introducing walking trails and bike paths what does this demonstrate. This demonstrates how rather subtle changes in ecological systems trigger events that influence health and quality of life ecological sub-syste(cid:373)s do(cid:374)(cid:859)t operate i(cid:374) isolatio(cid:374) fro(cid:373) one another. Interdisciplinary approach is necessary interdisciplinary: multiple levels of influence. The model considers the interplay between the individual, dyadic, organizational, community, society, and policy levels and the fact that they all overlap as factors at one level and influence factors at another level. Flu shot for seasonal influenza example: individual level - education.
