ecological/system level change theories

Question 1

what is the population health promotion model

Answer 1

preventing illness by addressing the root cause
- on what do we take action
- how do we take action
- with whom do we take action (family, community, system, individual)

Question 2

what is the social ecological theory

Answer 2

looking at relationships to understand their behaviour and how we can change it

based on how relationships shape a person

• individual
• interpersonal
• organizational
• community
• society

Question 3

what is the complexity science theory

Answer 3

basically life is rlly complicated
world is messy
change happens through interractions and adaptation

• interconnectedness: everything influences everything
• emergence: new patterns come from many small changes
• nonlinearity: change can cause big effect or no effect at all
• adaptation
• unpredictability what

Question 4

what is the critical social theory

Answer 4

looks at social system: how can it be more equitable

looks at power and inequality
social critique
emancipation (empower people to resist)
reflection

Question 5

what is intersetionalit y

Answer 5

understanding how different parts of ones identity can create unique experiences of advantages and oppression

Question 6

what is relative risk

Answer 6

incidence among people exposed to X vs. incidence of people not exposed to x

Question 7

what is incidence

Answer 7

number of new cases that occur within a population at a given time

Question 8

what will incidence and prevalence look like with chronic disease

Answer 8

incidence will be lower and prevalence will be high er

Question 9

what are proportional morbidity ratios

Answer 9

deaths from a specific cause