HLTH101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Horsepower

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH101
• Professor: Diane Williams

Document Summary

Biomedical definition = state of normal function that can be disrupted from time to time by disease. > gene, sex, age, socio-economic status, policies in ur country. Reductionist: abnormal structures or functions of cells, organs, and systems. Clinical course of disease - pre and post disease stages. The variable that increases the probability of disease. Clicker question: know the stages, know the main killers. Know the concept => proximal, distal , intermediate determinants. [clicker question topic= type of determinants of health] Health behaviour, physical environments, employment and income, education and food security. Health care systems, educational systems, community infrastructure, resources and capacities, environmental stewardship and cultural continuity. Distal determinants of health (global) colonialism, racism and social exclusion, and self-determination. correlation between low economic status-> life course perspective of cardiovascular disease. Conclusion-lower the social economic position more the likelihood of cardio vascular disease. Risk factors and determinants are correlational but not casual.