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6.6 Health Impairing Behaviours

6.6 Health Impairing Behaviours. Anthropology and Health. Anthropologists have tended to focus on two aspects of human health: 1. Domestic Scale Cultures Small kinship based societies in which production and distribution of goods is organized on a household basis. Anthropology and Health.

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6.6 Health Impairing Behaviours

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  1. 6.6 Health Impairing Behaviours

  2. Anthropology and Health • Anthropologists have tended to focus on two aspects of human health: • 1. Domestic Scale Cultures • Small kinship based societies in which production and distribution of goods is organized on a household basis

  3. Anthropology and Health • 2. Industrialized Societies • the status of health among people in industrialized countries • Observed that declining social cohesion and growing stress, lead to an increase in the incidence of disease

  4. Sociology and Health • examine the ways in which social structures, allocation of resources, and social practices affect overall health • Inactivity, fast food, • Sociologists ask: what can society do about the situation?

  5. Sociology and Health • Studies show that we must shift away from the medical intervention model • Should be replaced by the health promotion model

  6. Psychology and Health • Focus is on health and wellness issues • Believe that individual factors related to the patient, rather than the societal factors can best explain why people become ill

  7. Issue 1 • Formula Feeding vs Breast Feeding • Anthropology

  8. Issue 2 • Elderly and alone • Clinical Psychology

  9. Issue 3 • Teenage smokers • Sociology

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