Week 3 - Reading: Chapter 2 - Key Concepts in Health Promotion Flashcards
1
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What are concepts?
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- crucial for research and practice
2
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What do concepts do?
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- Define a field
- Stimulate theory-building
- Reflect its values
3
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What are some key concepts covered in Chapter 2: Key Concepts in Health Promotion?
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- Health
- Health Promotion
- Social Determinants of Health
- Empowerment
- Health Literacy
- Quality of Life
4
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What does concepts in health promotion reflect?
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- Evolution in health promotion thinking and practice
5
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What is the concept of health?
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- Health is fundament across various fields
- Multiple views on health exist
6
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What influential definitions of health exist?
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- WHO: focus on complete well-being
- Lalonde’s: ‘health field concept’
7
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What does the concept of health in health promotion reflect?
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- Transition in thinking from individualistic to social and policy views
8
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What do Canadian models of health emphasize?
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- A broad social determinants approach
9
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What is the Ottawa Charter’s concept of health promotion?
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- Emphasizes enabling individuals to improve health
10
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What does Green and Kreuter’s definition of health promotion include?
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- Various strategies for health improvement
11
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How does Health Education differ from Health Promotion?
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- Health Promotion evolved from health education, expanding focus beyond individual behaviours
12
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How does health education remain relevant?
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- within health promotion as one of its strategies
13
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What does the social determinants of health focus on?
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- Economic and social conditions shaping health
14
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Is the social determinants of health relevant?
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- Globally by WHO and addressed in various national policies
15
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Describe empowerment as a concept of health promotion
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- process of enabling individuals or communities to gain control over their lives
