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GT Lecture One
Health in a social context
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Biomedical model is concerned with anything that.....? | disrupts the body's function |
| In the biomedical model, each illness has one underlying cause (_____________) and once that is removed it assumes that ....? | biological, the patient will be healthy again |
| What is acute illness? | Rapid onset and quick to resolve and usually self-treated such as a cough, cold, teething. |
| What is chronic illness? | Long-lasting, sometimes self-manageable such as diabetes, but often not self-manageable, and can onset from an acute illness. Cases can be progressive or cyclical |
| What is the main focus of health psychology? Chronic or Terminal illness? | Chronic |
| What are some examples of acute illnesses? | Food poisoning, sprained ankle, cough, cold |
| What would be some examples of cyclical illnesses? | Herpes, back pain, MS, arthritis |
| It is not just mental health conditions that are cyclical!! | ... |
| The distinction between actue and cyclical depends on what two things? | The illness onset as a set of symptoms (or disease prototype) or the timeframe of an episode of illness (major depression) |
| What is the biopsychosocial model concern with? | Physical processes/pathology, mental processes, structural context |
| Who out the biopsychosocial model together? | Engel |
| What model is the main model used by physicians for diagnosing diseases? | The biomedical model |
| What s the name of the Māori model that is an extension of Engel's biopsychosocial model? | Te Whare Tapa Wha |
| Hoe is Te Whare Tapa Wha an extension of Engel's biopsychosocial model? | Because it includes the same elements - physical, social and mental wellbeing but has added on spiritual wellbeing because Māori believe that spirituality can influence health |
| Māori believe that without spirituality you will lack _________ and be more prone to __________? | wellbeing, illness |
| A study put the Te Whare Tapa Wha to use when looking at smokers. Read over this study and find out what they found from it....? | ....they found that taking part in a Māori focused programme which bought back ideas of Māori spirituality was a good predictor for quitting smoking. |
| The definition of health psychology is quite similar to the definition of______________________. They overlap. | clinical psychology |
| There are several different ways that SES can be defined/operationalized. What are they? | Education attainment, Income/social benefit status, job category, access to amenities (neighborhood status), and in material terms such as transportation (access to car) and property ownership. |
| What is the lowest possible SES? | Being homeless - having no home address. |
| What are the differences between Structural and Sem-Structural Interviewing?? | Structural quantitates participants views and involves closed questions, fixed answer choice, a specific set order while semi-structured investigates participants views and involves open questions, no leading questions, no set order and ability to probe |
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