Before Midterm #1

Question 1

What is Health

Answer 1

Different for individuals/cultures
ever-changing
a state of being
multiple types

Question 2

How was health viewed in the scientific era

Answer 2

Defined as the freedom of disease

Question 3

What is health now

Answer 3

Health is multidimensional
viewed as the quality of life and wellness

Question 4

What are the multidimensional types of health

Answer 4

Spiritual
Intellectual
Occupational
Physical
Emotional
Social
Environmental

Question 5

Spiritual Health

Answer 5

Comfort
purpose in life
how you express self
belief systems
self-belief

Question 6

Social Health

Answer 6

Connections
supportive environment
good friends

Question 7

Emotional Health

Answer 7

Feelings
can be happy or sad

Question 8

Environmental Health

Answer 8

The world
the things around you
positive/safe environment
clean=better
community health
physical environment

Question 9

Occupational Health

Answer 9

Being happy/feeling good at work
healthy connections
getting good pay to survive in society

Question 10

What is Well-being

Answer 10

a state of optimal well-being
considers how someone feels about their health

Question 11

Disease

Answer 11

An objective state of health
uses science to determine

Question 12

Illness

Answer 12

subjective
socially constructed
Influenced by time/place/feelings

Question 13

Signs

Answer 13

Objective/observable
basis for diagnosis

Question 14

Symptoms

Answer 14

Subjective
cannot directly observe
must ask questions to find out

Question 15

Acute

Answer 15

Short term illness
eg. broken arm, cold

Question 16

Chronic

Answer 16

Long term illness
eg. Parkinson’s

Question 17

Impairment

Answer 17

Loss or abnormality of physical, psychological, or anatomical functions
eg. limb amputation, paralysis

Question 18

Disability

Answer 18

Restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity in a manner considered normal

Question 19

Disability Models

Answer 19

Individual model
social model

Question 20

Individual Model (Disabilities)

Answer 20

Personal tragedy
personal problem
individual treatment
care
control
medicalization
expertise
professional dominance
adjustment
attitudes
individual adaptation

Question 21

Social Model (Disabilities)

Answer 21

Can change society’s health
Social oppression theory
social theory
social action
individual & collective responsibility
self-help
experience
affirmation
behaviour
rights
choice
social change

Question 22

Medical model (disabilities)

Answer 22

Personal tragedy
individuals problem
“medicine possesses the cure”
Med prof are “experts” in their lives
diagnosed need to adjust
need care
prof makes decisions in their “best interests”
is a policy issue

Question 23

Social Model (in regards to medical model)

Answer 23

Experience oppression
is a social problem
self-advocacy + support groups
are their own experts
have rights
should be included
political issue

Question 24

Sociology

Answer 24

study of human relationships

Question 25

Sociology looks at medicine as

Answer 25

historical factors cultural factors structural factors critical factors

Question 26

How was health viewed in the pre+midevil times

Answer 26

Illness- connected to spirits body+soul- were beyond human intervention- reliant on deities (go) for health

Question 27

1800's

Answer 27

rapid change on how the body & disease were viewed

Question 28

Old treatment (1800)

Answer 28

spiritual entity with spiritual cures

Question 29

New treatment (1800)

Answer 29

body is a machine and needs to be fixed by doctors (mechanics) Biomedical model

Question 30

Biomedical model

Answer 30

objectification (body is parts) medical scientism (science is superior) victim blaming (pt behavior) reductionism (microbes) biological determinants (assumption biology causes issues)

Question 31

1960's

Answer 31

agriculture + better living conditions = better health brings in the social model of health

Question 32

Social model of health

Answer 32

change in how ill health is caused risk factors- individual causes SDOH

Question 33

3 dimensions of the social model

Answer 33

Social production + distribution of health + illness Social Constrction Social organization

Question 34

Criticisms

Answer 34

To fast of social change over-emphasis of med model harm difficult + complex problems for a short term under estimation of individual responsibility + psychological factors

Question 35

Structure

Answer 35

Systems- ecological/political

Question 36

Agency

Answer 36

Human agency- social interaction

Question 37

Rights of the Sick Role

Answer 37

Exempt from normal responsibilities have social roles + responsibilities

Question 38

Responsibilities of the sick role

Answer 38

Get well seek competent medical help comply with treatments