Models of health Flashcards

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What is physical health?

A

mechanical functioning of body

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What is mental health?

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ability to think clearly

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3
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What is emotional health?

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ability to recognise emotions

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4
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What is social health?

A

ability to make relationships

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5
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What is societal health?

A

linked to everything surrounding that person

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What is BIOMEDICAL model?

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health is freedom from diseases and abnormalities

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What are advantages of biomedical model?

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  • success in diagnosis and treatment

- objective and standardised

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What are disadvantages of biomedical model?

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  • social and mental factor not included
  • less individualised
  • focus only on physical changes and diagnosis
  • disease orientated
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What is the WHO model?

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health is a complete state of physical, mental and social well being

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What are advantages of WHO model?

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  • all aspects considered

- holistic and subjective

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What are disadvantages of WHO model?

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  • unrealistic
  • too generalised as differences between people
  • interactions not considered
  • hard to define complete state
  • any defect can be seen as not healthy
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What is SOCIAL model?

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health is an optimum capacity of an individual for effective performance of roles and tasks for which he has socialised

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What are advantages of social model?

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  • address social ,economic and environmental determinants

- specific to everyone

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What are disadvantages of social model?

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mental health not considered

it is role dependant and some unemployed

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What is health and illness?

A

standards of adequacy relative to capacities for performance of activities carried out

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What is illness?

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subjective state felt by individual

17
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What is disease?

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pathological condition recognised by indications agreed between indications

18
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what is a sickness?

A

social state from feeling ill or diseased reflected in a change in lifestyle e.g taking absence

19
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What is quality of life ?

A

person’s perception of their position in life in regards to social and intellectual conditions in relation to their goals

20
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What is oral health?

A

standard of health of oral and tissues which enables individual to eat and speak and socialise without disease or discomfort

21
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What are factors influencing health and well being?

A

1) fixed factors
2) Lifestyle and behaviour
3) social, psychological and cultural
4) socio-economic factors
5) access to services
6) Environment

22
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what are fixed factors?

A

age sex genes

23
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What are lifestyle factors?

A

diet alcohol and physical

24
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What is social, psychological and cultural factors?

A

social support and interactions
culture beliefs and traditions
stress and emotional state

25
Q

What socio economic factors?

A

income and poverty affect access to health

not living a healthy lifestyle

26
Q

What is access to service factors?

A

lack of access to health services

no transports

27
Q

What is environmental factors?

A

water fluoridation

high pollution

28
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What are upstream factors?

A
policies 
wealth
environment
education
transport
29
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What are downstream factors ?k

A

knowledge

behaviours and lifestyle

30
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What are common risk factors?

A
diet 
stress
oral hygiene
alcohol
smoking
31
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What is common risk factor approach?

A

Healthy public policy> health and life skill training> lifestyle> risk factors> Diseases

32
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what do risk factors lead to?

A
CVD
Cancers
Sex health
accidents
mental health
33
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What health policy?

A

taxes on alcohol and tobacco

34
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What are oral health inequalities?

A

age
social class
area of living- fluoridation/ access to care
race/culture

35
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What is social class inequality?

A

education difference and poverty means poor oral health