Social Wellness Flashcards
social cognition
the capacity to think about and make sense of other people and ourselves
social wellness
Social wellness refers to the relationships we have and how we interact with others.
- > a socially well person contributes to one’s human and physical environment for the common welfare of one’s community
cognitive neuroscience
CN attemps to map the brain by function
- > uses fMRI imaging to look at activation during different cognitive tasks
- > discovered that some areas are less active during goal/task focused thinking but more active during rest
social distancing
means to stay at least 6 feet away from other people
general knowledge of COVID-19
- > humans have no immunity
- > it is spread very easily from person to person
- > average time to show symptoms of COVID-19 is close to 6 days (lots of time to spread it to others)
exponential growth
as you go from one day to the next, the number of cases multiplies by a contant (1.25)
how many ventilators are in Canada
3170
Primary and Secondary prevention for COVID-19
primary: stop it before it happens
- > social distancing
- > basic sanitation
- > eduction
secondary: early detection of disease, halt spread, initiate treatment
- > COVID-19 testing
- > preventative screening
social determinants of health
refers to a specific group of social and economic factors within the broader determinants of health.
- > these relate to an individual’s place in society such as income, education or employment (all affected by COVID)
