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HLTH 101Public Health - ANS-longevity of the population and the extent to which the population is
healthy and free of disease
Epidemiology - ANS-study of patterns, causes, and effects of various health related
features in a population
Population Attribute - ANS-A characteristic of a group of people that does not apply to
each and every ind. of that group. A statistic as an average, ave BP for group-- may not
equate to all or any members of the group
Biomedical model of health - ANS-conventional model of health and disease.. distinction
bw the ind who has various attributes that incr. or decr. susceptibility, resilience,
vulnerability, and a set of factors that interact with ind. characteristics as potential
threats to health or "risks"
behavioural model of health - ANS-lifestyle understood as choices the individual makes
population model of health - ANS-health outcomes of a group of individuals, including
the distribution of such outcomes within a group
Lalonde Report - ANS-health care services are not primary means of improving health,
rather economic progress has brought threats
Epp Report - ANS-introduces the health promotion framework.. multifactorial approach
that aims at engaging communities, gov, at all levels to support ind in making healthy
choices, as well as create a more healthy and social environment
Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion - ANS-calls for coordination of all levels of gov,
non-gov, communities and families in pursuit of physical and social environment
conducive to health, access to health info, development of life skills and opportunities
for making healthy choices.
Health promotion - ANS-process of enabling people to increase control over, and to
improve, their health. I moves beyond a focus of individual behaviour and towards a
wide range of social and environmental interventions
, Heath education - ANS-combination of learning experiences designed to help
individuals and communities improve their health, by increasing knowledge or
influencing their attitudes
Public Health Agency of Canada - ANS-Protects the health and safety of Canadians
through the prevention of chronic disease and injuries, public health emergencies, and
infectious disease outbreaks
World Health Organization - ANS-direct international health within the United Nations
system and to lead partners in global health responses
Population health - ANS-longevity of a population and extent to which population is
healthy and free of disease-- used interchangeably with public health
Health disparities - ANS--inequalities.. patterned differences in disease incidence,
disability, and life expectancy bw sub-populations
Health inequities - ANS-Patterned differences in disease incidence, disability, and life
expectancy, bw sub-populations that arise from conditions that can be changed by
collective action, such as changes in public policy
Health gradients - ANS-universal finding that health and life expectancy improve and
disease incidence falls as income, education level, quality of job, or neighbourhood
rises.
political ideology - ANS-Relatively coherent system of values, beliefs, or ideas of a
social group and taken granted as natural of inherently true
neoliberal political ideology - ANS-An ideology that emerged in the 1970's and 1980's
that holds governments should minimize tax and regulatory burden on ind and
corporations, reduce public services in favour of for-profit corporate services, and
promote economic growth through encouraging consumerism
collectivist or social democratic ideology - ANS-governments pursue policies aimed at
assisting to all citizens to achieve as affluent and successful a life as possible. Universal
programs and steeply progressive taxation
environmental or green ideology - ANS-Interconnectedness bw humans, human health,
and environment. Believe economic growth is a driver in economic destruction.
Emphasize role of ind and small groups
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