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Chapter 10: Health, Illness, and Disability in Canada Flashcards

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complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely negatively as absence of disease of infirmity

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health

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measuring physical health tends to follow a

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biomedical model

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is often invisible and hard to identify, involving one’s state of mind

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mental health

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some advocate for refocusing health around

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resilience

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individuals and societies ability to adapt to circumstances despite adversity

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resilience

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can a persons likelihood of being healthy or ill be simply explained by lifestyle choices, luck, or biology

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no, there are also external social factor that contribute to our health

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refers to the physiological state of one’s body

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physical health

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is the absence of clear physical markers or medically identifiable diseases that determine one’s ____

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physical health

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where the biological characteristics of an individual are examined and diagnosed by a medical professional

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biomedical model

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biomedical and standardized approaches (drawing blood sample) are

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objective measure of health

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are rooted in a biomedical approach to health and illness

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objective measure of health

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are based on personal experience and opinions of individuals

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subjective measures of health

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allows for a more nuanced understanding but can make identifying patterns and comparisons hard

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subjective measures of health

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study distribution and determinants of health and diseases in a population to better control or prevent illness

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epidemiologists

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epidemiologists are interested in measures of health like (2)

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morbidity

life expectancy

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ppl’s ________ are more complex than physical symptoms and diagnoses

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life experiences

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notions of _______ are socially constructed

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social well-being

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the 4 social determinants of health that contribute to both positive and negative health outcomes

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social
political
cultural
economic

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Bruce Link and Jo Phalen argued that some ________ might be the distal causes of disease

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social conditions

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root cause of a particular illness or disease

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distal causes

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individual-level risk factors that can be more closely linked to health and illness, but are not the true source of the ailment

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proximal causes

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argued that to effectively change health outcomes, we must address the source of why some individuals are at a heightened risk of certain diseases

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Link and Phalen

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5 socio-demographic factors known to influence health/illness

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gender
race/ethnicity 
socioeconomic status
age
social location
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allows for a more complex and nuanced understanding of ways social determinants of health contribute to our experiences of health and illness and risk

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intersectionality framework

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has had a negative impact on indigenous ppl’s health

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colonization

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is an area of intersectional health research that examines the impact of exposure to social inequalities overtime, during different developmental stages and for specific cohorts

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life course research

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experiences in conditions that may predispose ppl to either positive or negative health outcomes later in life

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latent effects

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low birth weight is an example of

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latent effects

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not directly related to health outcomes but instead the result of earlier experiences that may lead to other health compromising behaviours

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pathway effects

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association with risk-taking peers during adolescence (smoking, drugs) is an example of

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pathway effects

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involve experiencing multiple or prolonged disadvantages overtime that impact health later in life

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cumulative effects

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life course research has shown that _______ in early childhood has long-term consequences for adult health outcomes

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socioeconomic status

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a social category that contributes to exclusion of and prejudice against ppl with bodily or cognitive variations

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disability

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draws on the lived experiences of marginalized ppl with impairments

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critical disability studies

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use a intersectional and transdisciplinary lens and promote greater inclusivity in society

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critical disability studies

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this type of approach to understanding disability allows us to see how ppls lives are neither static nor permanent states of existence

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life course approach

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someone who is born with an impairment is likely to experience aging with disability differently than someone who becomes impaired as an adult or someone who becomes disabled as a result of aging is an example of

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life course approach

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questions existing socially created definitions of disability, impairment, and normality

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cultural approach

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these studies disprove the notion that experts have knowledge, power, and authority to define what constitutes a disability and what doesn’t

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critical disability studies

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these ppl are the real experts on defining what is a disability or not

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ppl with lived experiences

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behaviours that were once labeled deviant, immoral or crazy have now been

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medicalized

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when previously non-medical problems become defined and treated as medical problems (usually as an illness or disorder)

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medicalization

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what are 2 consequences of medicalization

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  1. more illnesses = more profit for pharm companies (

2. more treatments without regard for individual and social well being

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more illnesses = more profit for pharm companies is called

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disease mongoring

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substance users are wholly responsible for their sinful behaviour and are worthy of stigmatization for failing to make responsible decisions

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moral model of additction

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frames addiction and individual users as patients in need of proper treatment

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medical model of addiction

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this emerged bcuz of increasing power of physicians and economic and political incentives

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medical model

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addiction as a disease is

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socially constructed

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is the leading cause of death among ppl ages 15-24

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suicide

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suicide is often thought as an individual, it is intimately connected with the

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social

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are key to understanding mental health (contrary to adult opinion)

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social relationships

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where spreading news about suicide formally thru media or informally thru word-of-mouth may increase the risk of others considering or attempting suicide

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suicide contagion

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low integration in society, ties to group are weakened or broken

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egoistic suicide

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what are Durkeim’s 4 types of suicide

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  • egoistic suicide
  • anomic suicide
  • altruistic suicide
  • fatalistic suicide
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lack of social regulation, normlessness due to rapid change or instability in society (ex: sudden financial loss)

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anomic suicide

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over-integration, social bonds are too strong, society is valued more than the individual
(ex: suicide bombers, kamikaze pilots)

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altruistic suicide

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individual is overregulated by society, oppression leads to feeling powerless before fate

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fatalistic suicide

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complex system where provinces and territories are responsible for their own healthcare systems

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Canadian health care system

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this type of funding is provided to provinces and territories

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federal funding

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Indigenous ppl on reserves are ______ funded, while off reserve are ______ funded

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federally

provincially

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Canada only publicly funds services that are deemed

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medically necessary

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hospitals, physicians and nurse practitioners

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publicly funded services

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dental, vision, complementary services

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privately funded services

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prescriptions, homecare, mental health

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mixed services

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refers to the enviro and relationships surrounding an individual

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social well-being

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