Chapter 3
Measuring the Dimensions of Health
In Chapter 3, Segall and Fries ask what it means to be in good health and how
good health is measured.
Learning Objectives
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The meaning of good health
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How is good health measured
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Antonovsky salutogenic model of health
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Ill health and good health
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Differentiation between illness and wellness
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Expand the definition of health and wellness beyond absence of illness
and disease
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Differentiation between population health and personal health
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Mixed method approach (survey, documents, interview)
Summary
Chapter 3 begins by differentiating personal health status and population health
status. Whereas personal health status embraces a biomedic perspective,
population health is multi-dimensional and includes all members of society
regardless of health status. In spite of its critiques, Segall and Fries argue that
there are many reason why a population health perspective is useful: it examines
social production of health and the role of social relation in maintain good health,
it provides a way of looking at how social factors affect health, and it is committed
to promoting health for all by addressing inequalities.
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- Fall '11
- James
- Sociology, World Health Organization, The Sociology of Health and Illness
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