PS285 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Ecological Systems Theory, Whitehall Study, Coronary Artery Disease
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Macrosystems: political philosophy, social policy: systems form a nested set; the previous one inside the other, ecological systems theory assumes that human development can only be understood in reference to the structural ecosystems. Of key importance is the principle that it is the perceived environment and not the so called objective environment that affects human behavior and experience: chamberlain"s 4 lay person views on health: : presented by low ses people, sees health as involving only physical. Solitary view components of energy, lack of symptoms and a good diet. : held by some lower ses and some higher ses people, sees health as having both physical and mental aspects, which act in parallel and independently of each other elements as integrated together in an alliance. : held mainly by higher ses people, sees multiple aspects to health physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, social as interdependent, interconnected and in balance in health and out of balance in illness.
