Defining Health and How to Conduct Health Research Flashcards
Critical health studies
The critical analysis of heealth and health care
Health science vs health studies
Health sciences: Practice of medicine in regards to health
Health studies: Belief that health is more than biological factors
Wellbeing
Being in a state where all of one’s basic necessities are fulfilled
Social sciences involved in health studies and their definitions
Health sociology: The social influences on health
Health geography: The influence of location and space on health
Medical anthropology: Bio-cultural and ecological aspects
Health psychology: How mental processes contribute to health
Health economics: Access to health resources
What questions are asked in health studies?
Social and cultural contructs?
What are the ideologies, principles, and powers?
What are present and future challenges and how are they experienced?
When and how did critical thinking and critical research emerge?
Marxist social science were the roots of critical thinking in 1970s-1980s and then crtical researcher emerged in the 1990s.
What are the 12 core components of being critical thinkers of health?
Challenge societal norms
Find and question the processes behind everyday social practices
Advocate for the minorities
Address issues w/ negative impacts
Enhance research
Involve the public
Think outisde the box
Apply local problems to global issues
Express voices of people affected
Humbleness and reflexivity
Solidarity with minorities
Question “evidence”
What are some criticisms agains health studies?
No longer radical, repetitive, over-theorizes, and lacks a solid political following
Disciplinarity
The notion that it is best to combine types of disciplines to because you have different unique approaches to the same problem
What are the four aspects of health studies?
Social sciences, humanities, empirical/conceptual studies and practice disciplines
What are the main disciplines associated with the social study of health?
Sociology, psychology, georgraphy and ethics
Describe health sociology
How institutions, social structures and communities affect health
Describe health psychology
How people’s thoughts and behaviours influence their health
Describe health geography
How space and place affect health, regardless of if it’s artifical or not
Describe health ethics
Morals in health studies and health care
Multidisciplinarity
Using different distinct disciplines with different approaches for the same problem
Interdisciplinarity
Researchers uses expert’s knowledge from different disciplines by informing each other
Transdisciplinarity
Takes place in all disciplinary approaches to understand the topic
How can each collaborative study be represented?
Multidisciplinary = separate circles
Transdisciplinarity = circles overlap a bit
Transdisciplinarity = everyone overalsp and are inside of a circle
How do you include synonyms when using LibrarySearch
Put “OR” between words
How does the Government of Canada define health?
Mostly a result of lifestyle but is far more complex as well.
How does the WHO define health?
Not just the absence of disease, but also being in a good STATE physically, mentally and socially
What are the two alt definitions of health described in lecture?
One’s ability to adapt when faced with physical, mental and social challenges.
A collective value where everyone has equitable power and resources that contribute to their health care
