Quiz 2 Flashcards
What is the Life course framework
A conceptual framework that helps explain
health and disease patterns – especially
health disparities – across populations
What does the Life course framework point to
Points to broad social, economic and
environmental factors as underlying
causes of persistent inequalities in health
What does the lifecourse framework help understand
understand factors that
support optimal health and developmental
trajectories over a lifetime and across
generation
The five defining principles of life framework
- Principle of Life Span Development,
- Principal of Human agency
- principle of timing,
- principle of linked lives,
- principle of historical time and place
Principle of Life Span Development suggests
that health and well-being are lifelong processes
and can only be fully understood within the
context of experiences across one’s entire
lifespan
Principle of human agency highlights the
central roles of personal control and behavior in health and illness
Principle of timing suggests that
our health is
shaped not only by what happens to us but also
by timing, duration and sequencing
Principles of linked lives explains
the notion of
interdependent lives
Principle of Historical Time and Place:
highlights
the ways in which period, cohort, and
contextual factors influence the life course
What is trajectories
pathways, period of life span
transition
Embedded within trajectories, usually take
place within a relatively brief time frame (e.g.,
childbirth or turning 18)
Turning Points
A redirection of life course through changes in
situation, meaning, and/or behavior (e.g.,
marriage or retirement)
Whats embedded in trajectories
critical period, transition, and turning points
Postive stress response
a normal and essential part of healthy devlopment
Example of postive stress response
getting a vaccine, first day of school
