Exam Flashcards
WHO defenition of health?
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social Well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity“
the three outer circles of the health definitions circle?
Global
Environmental
Societal
The inner six parts of the health definitions circle?
EMPSSS
emotional mental Physical sexual spiritual social
Western scientific module, six parts?
Biomedical Reductionist mechanistic Allopathic Pathogenic Dualistic
Unified view of health? 4 parts?
Health as an ideal state
Health as an commodity
Health as an personal strength or ability
Health as an ability to do socialized daily tasks
Health concepts, 5 things
Health as not ill Health as physical fitness Health as social relationships Health as function Health as psycho social well-being
Explain the illness-wellness continiuum
(pre-mature death - disability - symptoms - Signs) Neutral point of health (Awareness - Education - Growth - High level wellness)
What is a disease?
•A disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of a physical injury
Disease-illness relationships explain the module
Top left (Feels ill, has disease) = ill health Top Right ( Feels ill, no disease) = malingering Bottom left ( feels fine, has disease) = screening Bottom right (feels well, no disease) = healty
Economic loss due to sickness in UK?
12 Billion pounds
How much does each cancer patient cost in the uk?
ca. 30.000 GBP to treat each patient.
Over the next 6 years, how much is the cost of a cancer patient expected to go up?
expected to reach 40 000 GBP per patient
UK spending on T2DM vs norway?
This is equivalent to $1.437 per patient Norway spends $10.368 per patient !
Leading cause of death world wide?
Cardio vascular disease.
Leading cause of death in the UK?
Cancer. 29%
Dahlgren and whitehead, 1991 what seven parts fall under living and working conditions.
Unemployment Healthcare and service Water and sanitation housing agriculture and food production work environment Education.
From Dahlgren and whitehead, 1991 age, sex and Hereditary stand in the midlde, what four points spring out of this module?
Living and working conditions
Individual lifestyle factors
Social and Community networks
Socioeconomic, culture and environment
Smoking is the predominent cause of?
Smoking is the predominant cause of COPD causing both emphysema (lungnaþembu) and lung damage.
Obesity is responsible for?
- Being the 5th leading cause of global deaths
- 44% of Diabetes
- 23% of Ischemic Heart Disease
- 7-41% of Cancer
What are the steps of the Trans-Theoretical Model of Behaviour Change
Pre-contenplation Contemplation preperation action maintenance Termination
Capland and holland 1990 what are the four paradigms of health promotion
Radical humanist Top left
Radical structuralist Top right
Humanist Bottom left
Traditional Bottom right
What is a radical humanist?
Holistic view of health
De-professionnalization
Self-help networks
What is a radical structuralist?
Health reflects structural inequalities
Need to challenge inequity and radically transform society
Whats a humanist?
Holistic view of health
Aims to improve understanding and development of self
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