HSCI 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Consumerism, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Medical Sociology
7 Sep 2016
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Summary: health is a social construction, the difference between a sociological understanding of health and wellness and one based on. Biological determinism": the cultural bases of health consciousness", the scope of traditional medical sociology and efforts to transform the field into health sociology, the development of health sociology in canada. Salutogenic model of health: focus on factors that support human health rather than the disease themselves. Good health is a continuous process that can evolve into wellness. Wellness: an inclusive concept that incorporates not only good health but also quality of life and satisfaction with general living conditions. Social science tries to understand how the structures of society, social roles, norms, institutions, influence individual, subjective behaviour, and, in turn, how the totality of social behavior serves to reproduce the reality that is society. For humans, the pursuit of health is more than just a drive for survival.
