List the models of health - Answer Medical and the Wellness or Holistic models
Define the Medical model of health - Answer the medical model of health, is based on the absence of one or more of the five Ds, namely death, disease, discomfort, disability and dissatisfaction.
Define Vital St...
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List the models of health - Answer Medical and the Wellness or Holistic models
Define the Medical model of health - Answer the medical model of health, is based on the absence of
one or more of the five Ds, namely death, disease, discomfort, disability and dissatisfaction.
Define Vital Statistics - Answer numerical data relating to birth, death, disease and health
In the Medical model, how is health measured? - Answer Health is measured using vital statistics.
Specifically statistics related to morbidity and mortality.
Define morbidity - Answer refers to the number of persons in a population who are ill.
Define mortality - Answer refers to the number of deaths per unit of population in a specific region, age
group or other group.
Define incidence - Answer refers to the number of new cases of a particular disease in a given time
period.
Define prevalence - Answer the total number of people within a population with a particular disease.
List some limits of the Medical Model. - Answer 1) Ignores social factors that may affect health
2) Limited integration with mental and behavioral issues that do not stem from diseased organs
3) Rarely considers psychological and social factors in the cause, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of
illness and disease
How does the Medical Model restore health? - Answer Medical Model restores health by curing a
disease or by restoring function to a damaged body part.
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