 
Class of 2017
 Go Back | | Session Title: | | Determinants of Health | | | Teaching Hours: | | Teaching and Learning Methods | Total Scheduled Hours = 2
Discussion, Large Group (>12) = 1
Lecture = 1 |
| | Description: | | | To ensure that students appreciate issues related to population health and understand the determinants of health. It will include a discussion of the population health approach to individual and community health and its relevance to medical practice. | Keywords: | | Determinants of health |
| Discussion, Large Group (>12) | | 1 hour(s) | | Lecture | | 1 hour(s) | | Blueprint ID | Learning Objectives | | 7265 | As defined by Health Canada and the World Health Organization, discuss alternative definitions of health. | | 7266 | As defined by Health Canada and the World Health Organization, describe the determinants of health. These include:
o Income and Social Status
o Social Support Networks
o Education and Literacy
o Employment and Working Conditions
o Social Environment
o Physical Environments
o Personal Health Practices and Coping Skills
o Healthy Child Development
o Biology and Genetic Endowment
o Health Services
o Gender
o Culture
| | 7267 | Identify the important determinants of health including:
o employment
o income
o social status
o culture
o social support systems
o education
o housing
o diet and exercise
o lifestyle issues
o gender
o genetics
| | 7268 | Explain how the differential distribution of health determinants influences health status; and | | 7269 | Explain the possible mechanisms by which determinants influence health status. | | |
| Blueprint ID | Course Goals | | 7048 | Identify social determinants of health, risk factors for illness and the interaction between behavioural, socioeconomic, environmental and cultural factors influencing the health of the community
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal: ha-1 | | 7049 | With community and health care workers, identify the top three areas for focused advocacy
Linked Program Competencies
To This Course Goal: ha-1 ha-2 ha-3 | | ha-1 | Health Advocate
Identify the important determinants of health, risk factors for illness, interaction between the population and their physical, biological and social environment, and personal attributes. | | ha-2 | Health Advocate
Identify public policies and trends that affect health locally, nationally, and globally, and barriers to access for populations, including persons with disabilities, the underserved and the marginalized. | | ha-3 | Health Advocate
Assess and respond to issues in the Canadian health care system and advocate for patients at all levels. |
| (078-1) CONCEPTS OF HEALTH AND ITS DETERMINANTS | | (127) PROVIDING ANTI-OPPRESSIVE HEALTH CARE |
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