HLTH 101 Chapter : Health Articles.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH 101
• Professor: Elaine Power

Document Summary

Anxiety can be a central issue affecting health. Traumatic events experienced in childhood can cause long lasting chemical changes in the brain and body. Adverse child experiences: higher scores on ace contribute to higher risks of disease and illness. Charity model: associated with voluntarism, localism, spiritual good and personal involvement. Justice model: associated with accountability, dignity, and equity, creation of rights. First nations child and family caring society of canada: argues that agencies assigned to help aboriginal children are underfunded, need to restore language, culture, and customs. Leads to poorer lives, crime violence, drug abuse. Environmental dispossession affects health determinants: balance, life control, education, material resources, social resources, environmental and cultural connections. Land is central to health and wellness of aboriginal societies: cultural stress, cultural loss. Forced into colonial laws, abandon traditional governing structures. Industrial development lead to reduce the purity of traditional foods and medicines. Increase of violence and change in lifestyle. Globalization can increase employment opportunities for women.