HLTA02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Nayak (Title), Methylphenidate, Salutogenesis
16 Oct 2017
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Ecology: study o interactions among organisms and they environment . Ecological model of health dates back to 1970s, urie bronfenbrenner. Health = the ability of an organism to maintain balance with environment; relative freedom from pain and disability. Environments: chemical, biologic, physical, built, natural and socioeconomic environments combine to create conditions that strongly in uence the health of individuals and populations. Complex web of causation: more than speci c aetiology. Emphasis is on integration and inter-relatedness; nested hierarchy person- family-community-ecosytem-society-planetary levels. Environments affect everyone (shared common public good) Proposed by paul crutzen - atmospheric chemist and nobel laureate. Anthropo (human) + cence (suf x describing epouch in geological time) Earth"s most recent geologic pme period characterized by human- in uence (anthropogenic) Based on overwhelming global evidence that atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic, biospheric and other earth system processes are now altered by humans.
