Concepts of Health
Health is closely tied to social structures
Socioenvironmental Approach
The key component to Canada's social safety network, funded by general taxation.
Medicare
includes illness prevention services (screening and immunizations)
Level 2: Disease and Injury Prevention
The most influential determinant of health
Income and Social Status
Early detection of disease
Secondary
Represents stability and placed less emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention
Medical Approach
subjective experience of stability and balance
Wellness
Public administration, comprehensiveness, universality, portability, accessability
Principles of the Canadian Health Act
Increases opportunities for job and income security
Education and Literacy
COVID-19 immunization is an example of this
Primary Prevention
The first document to shift emphasis from a medical approach to a behavioural approach
The Lalonde Report
is political
addresses health issues in context of social, economic, and political environment
emphazises empowerment
Health Promotion
The fastest growing component of health care
Home Care
Health determinants
Building healthy public policy
creating supportive environments
strengthening community action
developing personal skills
Reorienting health services
Health Promotion Strategies
Identity, body image, role performance, self-esteem
Components of Self-Concept
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
WHO definition of health
Public health, physicians offices, assisted living facilities, home care
Community Sector
People living in poverty are most likely to experience this health disparity
Food insecurity
Falls prevention is an example of this health promotion strategy
Develop personal skills
This document supported a socioenvironmental approach to health
The Ottawa Charter
Aimed at developing actions to improve health
Population Health Model
This level of care is aimed at improving quality of life through education, advocacy, collaboration, and reserach
Added in 1996
Gender, Culture, and Social Environment
This is directed towards increasing the level of well-being and self actualization
Health Promotion Strategies