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Health Studies, Natural Environment is all organisms, elements and…
Health Studies
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Health Literacy, Products and Services
Health Literacy: The ability for individuals to access, read and comprehend health information and to use this information to make informed, wise decisions.
Critical Literacy: The ability to synthesise health information and technology with discernment and judgement.
Skills for Health Literacy:
The ability to access, read and comprehend health information.
Accessing: The ability to obtain, retrieve and locate the information you need.
Reading: The ability to be able to read the health information you have accessed.
Comprehending: The ability to grasp the health information and put it into practice.
Beliefs, Attitudes and Values
Attitude: The negative or positive feelings an individual attaches to an object, to people or to situations.
Value: The general principles by which an individual lives their life by that are not specific to an object or situation. They are the moral standards an individual draws upon to make decisions.
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Influences of the Media, Advertising and Marketing- The media aims to change people's beliefs with the hope it will influence their attitude or behaviour towards a product.
- If you have a positive attitude towards something then you may intend to do or buy it.
- They also aim to influence normative beliefs, which will then affect the subjective norm.
Interrelationship Between Beliefs, Attitudes and Values
- When a person has several beliefs that all relate to an object or situation and cause the individual to become prone to action, they become attitudes.
- They can also become values as they can be used to evaluate, compare and judge.
- Beliefs are translated into attitudes through values.
Natural Environment is all organisms, elements and landscapes found on the Earth's surface.
Food and Water Quality: Refers to the concern of viruses and bacteria being present in the food or water which are dangerous to one's health.
Vector Agents: An organism that transmits diseases, parasites or infection from one host to another.
Ultraviolet Radiation: The high-energy rays most commonly coming from sunlight. Due to the depletion of the Ozone layer from human activity, we are less protected from UV.
Outdoor Air Quality: Refers to the quality of the air outside, This has deteriorated due to air pollution which is harmful to health.
Extreme Weather: Refers to extreme weather events such as violent storms that cause harm to local populations and reduce the ability for the population to maintain social determinants of health.
Housing: Can impact health in many ways such as overcrowding, poor housing condition and hazards in or around the home. This can impact the health of the residents and at time the surrounding neighbours.
Built Environment: refers to aspects of our surroundings which are created or modified by people, rather than occurring naturally
Indoor Air Quality: Refers to the continents in the air inside of buildings which can be detrimental to our health and cause conditions such as asthma or cancer.
Walkability: Refers to how conductive an area is for walking which can influence health behaviours and encourage (or discourage) physical activity.
Transport: Is the physical infrastructure, vehicles and operations that provide for the movement of people and goods from one location to another.
Green Space: Is an area of open land within or next to an urban area like parks which can be used for leisure activities and increase exercise.
Environmental Noise: Unwanted sound that may cause annoyance, disturb communication or interfere with sleep and mental tasks.
Body weight
Suggests excess body fat has increased the risk of developing a range of health problems like cardiovascular disease.
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Some people- based on genetic and biological factors- may be more likely to gain weight or lose weight than others.
Birth Weight
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Studies show that low birth weight babies have lower risk of surviving the first years of life and are prone to ill-health throughout childhood.
- Individual
- Groups
- Populations
- Education
- Motivatiobnal
- Organisational
- Economic
- Regulatory
- Technological
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Disease Management is an approach to healthcare that teaches patients how to manage a chronic disease.
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Principles of Disease Management:
- Care planning
- Self- monitoring
- Self- administered treatment
- Allied health professionals
- Emergency contact
- Review
Formation of Beliefs
Self- Generated
Experience: People can develop beliefs due to an experience they have had.
Reflection: The internal processing of a concept to work out what an individual truely believes.
Externally Generated
Experts: Researching literature, seeking information and advice from highly-qualified people.
Authority: Some positions of leadership bring with them power that people will believe what they say because of the title they hold.
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Health Products and Services can be influenced through:
- Media
- Transport
- Cost
- Consumer confidence
-Product placement
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Formation of Values
- Can be acquired as a result of being part of a religious or ethnic group.
- Can develop a set of basic or core values as young people and then base the rest of their values around this set.
- Generally based on culture, ethnicity, demographics and other factors such as peers.
Formation of Attitudes
The cognitive component: thoughts and beliefs people hold.
The affective component: emotional feeling
The behavioural component: predispositions to act a certain way.
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An individual's access to money which can be in or out of their control (wealth and economic status).
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The Ottawa Charter of Health Promotion sets out five action areas to guide implementation and effective health promotion to enable, mediate and advocate health.
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Activities that target a specific population or the larger community that are designed to be implemented before the onset of problems as a means to prevent substance abuse or the detrimental effects from occurring.
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