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CRN 30364 and
30365
Due Tuesday, 02 February 2010
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in my Inbox by the posted date/time. No late work will be accepted without
advance discussion. No exceptions.
(10 points possible)
You may use the following
Web links or
find similar Internet/Web links to understand the concept of
folk medicine,
sick role
and body image. I suggest you download copies of these articles
for your notebook as well.. Individuals and cultures have unique views on what health looks like and how illness should be treated. Different conditions are acknowledged or cared for differently amongst cultural groups. For example, in some cultures mental illness is associated with a stigma. If someone is hallucinating or has a family member that is considered by that group to be abnormal, the person may hidden, left to survive on their own or ignored or shunned by other family members and the community. Cultural beliefs and values influence attitudes and subsequently actions of members of that group. 1. What does it mean to be healthy to you? 2.) How do you know you are ill? In other words what do you do when you are sick? How do you define illness? 3. List the four (4) key concepts (components) to the sick role. ( e.g., definition of health and illness)
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjcd/HST%202200/Sick%20Role.ppt,
Illness and Sick-Role Behavior: Encyclopedia of Public Health Media Literacy Introduction: Media Literacy refers to how media message influence society and also refers to consumer saavy in being able to discern reliable and credible sources of information from sources that are attempting to promote a political view or sell a product or service. While both facets of media literacy are important to health our focus will be on refining one's skills in locating reliable health information 1.
Describe criteria that can be used to differentiate whether or not health literature (including web based)
discussing health issues is credible and / or reliable. (Teague et al, 2009,
Your Health Today, 2nd ed. Chap. 1 pages 14-17)
Evaluation
criteria for Internet information. |
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