Health - 1 Flashcards
What is the biological domain for health
Health is having a sound and disease free body
Attributes illness to dysregualtion of bodily systems.
Restore health by treating ailing body
what is the psychological domain of health
Equates health with a general sense of emotional well-being
Health thought of as being able to think clearly, problem solve to think positively and maintain self esteem
What is the social domain of health
Equates health with maintaining strong social networks and friendship groups, having interpersonal skills
Health thought of in terms of being able to lead a social life and contribute to society
Who are more at high risk of developing cancers
People who inherited cancer genes
If you have the cancer gene do you get cancer
Some do as this gene is a risk factor and may be triggered by factors but some do not develope the disease
Describe the pressman 2005 study on undergraduate students
Students completed questionnaire on number of friends
Complete a loneliness questionnaire
Antibody response to flu vaccination
Students with greater social network developed more antibodies
People that were more lonely developed less antibodies
What is the BPSM
The bio-psycho-social model
The biological, psychological, and social systems interact to affect health
What is a main factor in changin of perception of health and wellness
It changes with age. Young people regularly in a state of good health, tend to define health in behavioural terms being able to exercise and eat well.
Older people on the other hand, because they are regularly ill, tend to define health in terms of the absence of illness and being able to function
What was the WHO definition of health in 1948
A state of complete physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Evaluate the WHO definition of health
Positive - acknowledges that health is more than just the absence of illness, and the role that social and psychological factors play
Negative - over reaching, no one is ever in a state of complete well-being. Implies those who are rebellious in society are ill.
What could be used instead of categorising health in discreet categories
Rather than discreet categories like healthy or well, we could view health as existing on the spectrum, where health can improve or deteriorate
