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29 Cards in this Set
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What is the biomedical definition of health?
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state of normal function that can be disrupted from time to time by disease
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What is the WHO definition of health?
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physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
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Define wellness
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optimal health and vitality or living life to the fullest; health promo is a vehicle to achieving wellness
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What was the first movement towards viewing health as a resource?
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The Health Promotion Movement
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What is a risk factor?
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a condition that increases a persons chances of disease or injury; a variable associated with an increased statistical probability of contracting disease or infection
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What are the 6 dimensions of wellness?
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Physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, interpersonal, environmental
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What is disease?
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Underlying pathology; the practitioners perspective; illness seen in terms of a theory of disorder; may or may not produce symptoms
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What is sickness?
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seen in terms of the social and cultural conceptions of this condition; cultural beliefs and reactions such as fear or rejection affect how the patient reacts; covers what is considered a disorder suitable for medical treatment
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What is illness?
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persons subjective experiences of their symptoms; what the patient brings to the doctor
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What is the morbid society?
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Each civilization defines its own diseases; Belief prevails that defined/diagnosed ill-health is infinitely preferable to any other form of negative label or no label at all
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What is the biomedical model of illness?
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Focuses on the pathological processes; understanding, diagnosing and treating the physical and biological aspects of disease
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Describe the purpose of treatment in the biomedical model of illness?
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Restore the patients physiological integrity or function
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How does the diagnosis happen in the biomedical model of illness?
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Recognizing and applying a label to a pattern of sign and symptoms
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What is meant by the term reductionist?
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Abnormal structure and function of cells, organs and system; ignored the idea that different people respond in different ways to the same underlying pathology
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What is a syndrome?
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A complex set of symptoms that occur together more often than would be expected alone
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In the biomedical perspective of the clinical course of a disease which phase do symptoms appear?
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Pre clinical phase
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In the biomedical perspective of the clinical course of a disease where does diagnosis and therapy begin?
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In the clinical phase
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What is the phase called where social and environmental determinants and risk and protective factors are considered?
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Etiological phase
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What are some examples of the physical environment that can affect health?
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shelter, stable ecosystem, peace, sustainable resources
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What are some examples of the social environment that affect health?
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income, education, social security, equity, social justice and respect for human rights, access to health care services
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What are some examples of biological or behaviour determinants of health?
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genetic factors, ethnicity, lifestyle, smoking, immigration
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From the social ecological model list the social determinants of health over the life span (begin in the middle of the circle)
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Innate individual traits
Individual behaviours Social, family and community networks Living and working conditions Broad social, economic, cultural, health and environmental conditions as well as policies at the global, national, state and local levels |
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What is called when Societies that survive develop public health measures?
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Tribal survival
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What was the health situation like in the ancient greek time period?
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Naturalistic concept of ill health (imbalance between human and environment)
- Personal hygiene - Physical fitness - Healthy food |
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Who is Hippocrates?
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Father of Western Medicine
- Causal relationships and coined term epidemic |
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Explain the Roman Empire period of health
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Great engineers: sewage systems and aqueducts
Administration: public baths, water supply, markets |
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What is the middle ages referred to as?
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The dark ages
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Why was the Middle ages called the dark ages?
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Because they started to shift away from the greek and roman values
- the physical body less important then spiritual self and there was a decline in hygiene and sanitation |
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How many people did the plaque kill?
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25%-50% of the population
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