Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Infant Mortality, Railway Correspondence And Travel Society, Public Health
20 Apr 2018
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Review in motion: describe the dimensions of wellness, describe the influence of gender, ethnicity, income, disability, family history, and. Identify major health problems in canada today environment on health: explain the importance of personal decision making and behaviour change in achieving wellness. List some available sources of health info and explain how to think critically about them: describe the steps in creating a behaviour-management plan to change a health-related behaviour. 12 factors that influence the health of individuals and groups. Income and social status: education and literacy, social environment, personal health and coping skills, genetics and biology, gender, culture, child development, social support, employment and working conditions, physical environments. Sex nonmoditfiable- age and family, modifiable- smoking, drinking, exercising, eating right a vehicle for achieving wellness- you must play an active role in the dimensions of wellness. Representative sample characteristics that define men and women. Roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women.
