Introduction

Question 1

WHO definition of health

Answer 1

Health is physical, social, and mental well-being, not just absence of disease

Question 2

3 terms health is measured in

Answer 2

Absence of physical pain, disability, or deadly condition
Emotional well-being
Satisfactory social functioning

Question 3

Allopathic medical model

Answer 3

Sees body as a machine to be fixed when broken

All members of population must be healthy, everything must work together like a machine

Question 4

Holistic model

Answer 4

All parts must be working to be in full health

Focuses on whole person rather than single issue

Question 5

6 Levels of Holistic model

Answer 5

Mental
Emotional 
Physical
Social 
Environmental 
Spiritual

Question 6

Wellness Model

Answer 6

from premature death to high level wellness

Question 7

Alternative Medicine - how many people turn to it?

Answer 7

70% of world relies on treatments that differ from western standards
Canada, one fifth of Canadians aged 12 and over 5.4 mil ppl had used some form of alternate therapy

Question 8

Examples of alt therapy

Answer 8

Massage therapy, chiropractor, accupuncture

Question 9

Incidence

Answer 9

Measure of disease used to determine a persons probability of being diagnosed with a disease in a time frame

Question 10

Prevalence

Answer 10

Likelihood of having a disease

Question 11

Morbidity

Answer 11

Term for illness

Question 12

Mortality

Answer 12

Term for death

Number of deaths due to a disease divided by total population