Major Deteriments Of Health Flashcards
Karl Marx definition of health
The capacity to do productive work
Parsons definition of health
Sociologically a state of optimum capacity for effective performance of valued tasks
The WHOs definition of health
A state of complete physical, mental and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
How is health sensitive to society’s demands
Different criteria for different people
E.g. healthy soldier/ healthy professor
Who does obesity disproportionately affect?
More deprived areas
More likely to buy cheap food
And access to safe outdoor play - exercise
Is obesity more environmental or genetic
Environmental
What are the detriments of health
- Biological
- Environment
- Lifestyle
- Health service
What are the biological factors as a determinant of health
- Age (comorbidities)
- Sex
- Genetic (predisposed to type 2)
What are the environmental factors?
Physio-chemical - air/ water/ radiation
Biological - microbes
Socioeconomic - employment, education, political stability
Why are lifestyle factors?
Smoking
Alcohol consumption
Physical activity
Nutrition - malnutrition
Risky behaviours
What are the health service factors?
Clinical medicine - huge role in stopping diseases (polio) through vaccines
Medical care
What determinant of health has had the smallest impact?
Health service
Most health is gained or lost in the real world outside the health care setting
Factors like Hygiene, nutrition and reproductive behaviour play bigger role
What is the role of clinical medicine?
- To prevent death
Due to emergencies / infectious diseases - Prevent disease
- Improving length/ quality of life in fatal conditions
- Improving quality of life in non fatal conditions
- Treating genetic disorders
- Overall Care
What are 2 types of prevention?
Primary- smoking, diet (habits)
Secondary - screening programmes
The determinants of health according to the socio-economic approach are:
- personal health processes
- individual capacity and coping skills
- social and economic environment
- physical environment
- health services
