BPK 140 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Mortality Rate, Life Expectancy, Canada
20 Nov 2018
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Think about your health, and the health of your family/friends and society. Model = emphasizes prevention of ill health and promotion of purposeful living rather than treatment (way to represent a concept) State = how you are rather than a process. Mechanistic model = focuses on the disorder rather than the person. Physician is responsible for your health (through treatment) Medical model of health = absence of disease. Newer perspective = enabling people to increase control over and to improve health (ex; empowerment, identification of risk factors, etc. ) Main causes of mortality in population to known risk factors (increase of likelihood of disease) Health care provider level: awareness and impart knowledge of risk factors. Environment: both internal and external environment (social factors, personal health behaviours, environment, etc. ) Chances = our genetic makeup (sex, age, early childhood experiences) Circumstances = ex: our neighbourhood, work environment, our community members, colleagues and our natural environment.
