HRPR 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Health Equity, Peer Pressure, Social Learning Theory
22 Mar 2016
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Chapter 4 social and behavior sciences and public health: The development of social and behavior sciences in the 1800s and 1900s is closely connected with the development of public health. There is a link between social and behavior science and public health you must understand the key contributions that social sciences make to public health. As humans, we are constantly interacting with out surroundings. Those surroundings include social systems comprised of interactions we have with other people, institutions, communities, and policies. The relationship between individuals and social systems is reciprocal, meaning we influence our social systems and our social systems influence us. Socio-ecological models are often employed to gain an understanding of the various social influences on health as well as to assist in identifying points at which to intervene. Individual lifestyle factors: characteristics of the individual, including knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and personality trains as well as age, sex, hereditary factors.
