Prior To Midterm 1 Flashcards
(203 cards)
The meaning health changes between…
….cultures
-for example schizoprenia and weight loss or gain
Scientific era
Health is a lack of disease
Environmental health
People, and the experiences you are surrounded by
-house state
-relationships
Occupational health
Work and life balance, financial stability
-chemical safety
-meaningful purpose
Social health
Interactions with people
-friends
-connections
Spiritual health
Personal reflection, belief in a higher power or freedom in who/what you believe
Health compared to wellness
Health- state of being
Wellness- state of optimal wellbeing
Disease compared to illness
Disease- objective state of ill health
Illness- subjective, socially constructed
Signs compared to symptoms
Signs- objective, observable (temp or blood pressure)
Symptoms- subjective, not observable (stomach ache)
Acute compared to chronic
Acute- short term
Chronic- long term
Disability
Loss or abnormality
Impairment
Restriction or lack of ability
Impairment
Restriction or lack of ability
Disability as seen in the Medical model
-a personal tragedy
-adjustment for people
-need care
-individual problem
Disability seen in the Social model
Social oppression
-rights
-society needs to adjust
-social problem
Conceptualizations of health
-stability
-actualozation
-resource
-unity
Models of health
-medical
-holistic
-wellness
-social ecological
Medical model of health
Disease
Holistic model of health
All parts of the person
-balance
Wellness model of health
Process
-wide range of factors
Social ecological model of health
Many factors that effect health
-complex
Actualization
Ones true self
-optimal human health
Salutogenic
Difficult situations help people to cope
-creation and maintenance of good health
-meaningfullness
Factors of sociology
-historical
-cultural
-structural
-critical