Health

Question 1

State definition health?

Answer 1

WHO 1948
State of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing

Question 2

What are 2 different models of health?

Answer 2

Biomedical
Social

Question 3

Explain biomedical model of health?

Answer 3

Physical and biological factors
Healthcare professionals
Focus diagnosis, cure and treatment
Mind and body treat sperately

Question 4

Explain social model of health?

Answer 4

Wide range factors
Wide range ppl practise it
Focus prevention
Mind body treated together

Question 5

Explain sick role and state 4 componenets?

Answer 5

Illness harmful social functioning- allow legitimate deviance social obligation
1) Patient exempt social norms
2) Patient not responsible for condition
3) Effort should made get well
4) Effort co-operate medical professionals
Sickness determined HC professional

Question 6

Criticism sick role?

Answer 6

Fail account conflict
Chronic conditions- remain ill can’t better
Can’t account social change- patients want be more responsible health

Question 7

State 3 theories of health? Issues?

Answer 7

1) Health as ideal state
WHO definition- problems must absent
Issues- is anyone ever healthy, not achievable, mislead

2) Health as state social functioning
Health is means toward social functioning
Disease has removed
Can still healthy (function socially) with chronic condition
Issues- narrow def seeing health as opp disease
- patient normal state may unhealthy
- refuse treatment might healthy

3) Health as personal strength/ability
Focus how ppl respond challenges
Holistic ideas
Issues- vague

Question 8

Stae 6 sociological models of health?

Answer 8

1) Sociology
Study social relations and processes

2) Functionalism
Health determined capcity able to complete tasks required from society
Illness state social deviance

3) Marxist
Economy base society- income and wealth

4) Social paradox
Disease caused social factors but treated with biological interventions

5) Medical hypothesis
Professionalisms see problems in terms own profession
Doctor- medical

6) Iatrogenous
Unintended adverse effects therapeutic intervention

Question 9

State sociological sociology model health?

Answer 9

Sociology
Study social relations and processes

Question 10

State sociological functionalism model health?

Answer 10

2) Functionalism
Health determined capcity able to complete tasks required from society
Illness state social deviance

Question 11

State sociological marxist model of health?

Answer 11

Marxist
Economy base society- income and wealth

Question 12

State sociological social paradox model of health?

Answer 12

Social paradox
Disease caused social factors but treated with biological interventions

Question 13

State sociological medical hypothesis model of health

Answer 13

Professionalisms see problems in terms own profession
Doctor- medical

Question 14

State sociological iatrogenous model of health?

Answer 14

Unintended adverse effects therapeutic intervention

Question 15

Define illness?

Answer 15

Social, lived experience of symptoms and suffering

Question 16

Define disease?

Answer 16

Technical malfunction or deviation from the norm which is scientifically diagnosed

Question 17

State 4 theories of illness/disease?

Answer 17

1) Culver and Gert
Judge by culture- deviate from statistical norm
Issue- mix disease and illness

2) William White
State organism- disruption homeostasis

3) Peery and Miller
Imbalance between individual and env- disturb structure/function

4) Biomedical model
More disease=Poorer health
Problems resolved remedies- health exists outside person
Issue- not all problems solved remedy
- solution with medical practitioner- not individual

Question 18

Explain Culvert and Gerts theory of illness/disease?

Answer 18

Culver and Gert
Judge by culture- deviate from statistical norm
Issue- mix disease and illness

Question 19

Explain William and White theory of illness/disease?

Answer 19

William White
State organism- disruption homeostasis

Question 20

Explain Peery and Milly theory of illness/disease?

Answer 20

Peery and Miller
Imbalance between individual and env- disturb structure/function

Question 21

Explain biomedical model?
Issues

Answer 21

Biomedical model
More disease=Poorer health
Problems resolved remedies- health exists outside person
Issue- not all problems solved remedy
- solution with medical practitioner- not individual

Question 22

State 2 determinants of health?

Answer 22

Structural determinant
Lifestyle factors promote mortality

Question 23

State 5 structural determinants of health?

Answer 23

1) Genetic
2) Constitutional- age/sex
3) Culture
4) Lifestyle
5) Living and working conditions

Question 24

State 5 lifestyle factors promote mortality?

Answer 24

1) Smoking
2) Obesity
3) Sedentary lifestyle
4) Excess alcohol
5) Poor diet

Question 25

What 2 things can health behaviours be?

Answer 25

Behaviours can be health promoting or damaging

Question 26

Explain health belief model? State 4 components
What are 3 different health behaviours?

Answer 26

People’s beliefs influence their health-related actions or behaviors

Becker 1974
Individuals must believe:
1) Susceptibility- they are susceptible to the condition
2) Severity- it has serious consequences
3) Benefits- that taking action reduces their risks
4) Benefit- that the benefits of taking action outweigh the costs

Types
1) Health behaviour- aimed prevent disease
2) Illness behaviour- aimed seek remedy
3) Sick role behaviour- aimed get well

Question 27

What is sick role behaviour?

Answer 27

Aimed getting well