This week’s topics
Concepts and Models of Health
- WHO definition of health
- Biomedical versus socio-medical models
- Holistic health perspectives
- Subjective versus objective ill health
- The evolving definition of health: A holistic perspective.
- What is individual wellbeing?
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Evaluate the concept of health and ill health.
- 1.2 Compare and contrast models of health.
Activity
Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: evaluate the concept of health and ill health.
Study materials
Videos
- The evolving definition of health: A holistic perspective. · YouTube · Dr. Wally Bartfay Lectures in the Health Sciences · 36 min · for registered students
- What is individual wellbeing? · YouTube · Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) · 16 min · for registered students
- What is individual wellbeing? · YouTube · Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) · 16 min · for registered students
- Biomedical Model of Health | Health | AQA A-Level Sociology · YouTube · tutor2u · 6 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Noba Psychology module: Happiness: The Science of Subjective Well-Being · Reading · Noba, textbook chapter · for registered students
- Care and support statutory guidance (Care Act 2014, DHSC) · Reading · GOV.UK, guidance · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
