Intro to Health (lecture)

Question 1

What are health concerns of the century?

Answer 1

• Mental health
• Diseases of lifestyle
• Accidents
• Health care (wait time, access, costs)
• Environmental issues

Question 2

What do the concerns of the century depend on?

Answer 2

Environment, groups, living. Everyone has different health outcomes

Question 3

What are determinants of Health?

Answer 3

• Income and status
• Education (lower literacy= poor health outcomes)
• Social support network (Community, and support that influences and allows us to make better health decisions/outcomes (people around us modelling healthy living)
• Environment (Physical- what the natural environment is like, pollution, water, food source. And social- human built environment, roads, living conditions)
• Genetics (what we inherit will determine how long we live, and what diseases we get in our lifespan)

Question 4

Other determinants of health

Answer 4

• personal health practices/coping skill (how we deal with stress, and situations)
• Health services/access to health care
• Sex and Gender (females and males play different roles in society, and have different common diseases)
  Peoples circumstances affect their health- when factors are combined, net effect on health is great

Question 5

Why do babies need to develop along a healthy pathway?

Answer 5

• when babies are neutered in a stimulating healthy environment, it allows for the development of neural connections
• Conversely, when babies are raised in a violent and chaotic environment, this can develop into an adult brain that has levels of stress hormones in situations, and lack of coping abilities.
• This also prevents babies from fighting disease and illness faster

Question 6

What is the Holistic model of health?

Answer 6

• Exemplified/characterized by the 1947 WHO definition:
  “A state of physical, mental, and social well being and not merely by the absence of disease and infirmity”
• Broadened medical perspective
• Introduction of positive health

Question 7

Factors that influence health and well- being: Leading to an optimal health outcome

Answer 7

• Healthy relationships
• Responsible decision making
• Having resiliency

Question 8

Factors that influence health and well- being: Leading to premature death

Answer 8

• Risky behaviour/situations
• Destructive relationships
• Lack of health knowledge

Question 9

Definition of health and wellness

Answer 9

Health: the overall condition of the body or mind, and the presence or absence of illness or injury
Wellness: Optimal health and vitality encompassing all the dimensions of well being

Question 10

What does the dimensions of health and wellness refers to?

Answer 10

The dynamic ever changing process of trying to achieve ones individual potential in each of the interrelated dimensions

Question 11

What are the dimensions of Health and wellness

Answer 11

• Physical
• Mental
• Social
• Occupational
• Emotional
• Environmental
• Spiritual

Question 12

The factors of health

Answer 12

• Some factors are under our control, others are not
• Factors do not exist in isolation

Question 13

Factors we can control

Answer 13

Risk factors that can be controlled include blood pressure, diabetes, weight, smoking and other wellness factors like physical activity and stress level

Question 14

Factors we can’t control

Answer 14

• Age. The older you are, the higher your risk of stroke.
• Sex. Your risk of heart disease and stroke increases after menopause.
• Genetics

Question 15

Evolution- Definitions of Health

Question 16

Medical model

Answer 16

Most extreme form”
* Body is a machine, fix it when its broke
Emphasis: treating specific physical disease
* resolving health problems
De- emphasizes prevention
Measures health by its absence