PSY 808 Study Guide - Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Health Care In The United States, Health Equity

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 808
• Professor: Kelly Mc Shane

Document Summary

National health indicators: unequal access to healthcare & unhealthy life styles. &ppl up to 26 can continue to be covered by their parents insurance policies: all citizens must have health insurance/willing to pay a fee as a penalty for being out of compliance. Adherence and compliance: issue of patient/consumer doing as instructed, functional support may help a patient to be more compliant. Community psychology and health system: comm intervention programs should incorporate sociocultural contexts, build off of comm strengths, emphasize adaption of healthy behaviour styles, seek change at comm level & target comm rather than indvs for intervention.