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Determinants of Health

I am currently teaching a class to 1st year BScN (Canadian) students and one of the first courses I have to teach is relating to the determinants of health. I have been able to pull off quite a bit of info from Health Canada but was trying to think of something fun or creative to get this subject across. Can anyone help?

Thanks In Advance

Nancy

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Just rambling...

How about trying to look at what doctors actually eat? Like do cardiologist eats lots of juicy hamburgers? Or if a MD in respirtory smokes a lot?

Do the same for nurses, what are their diets?

Or how to be a nurse and stay healthy at the same time?

Or how to be a student nurse and stay healthy?

-Dan

Good ideas so far :)

You may want to start out with an open-ended question: 'How do you personally define health?'

Then, have them write down their definition on a sheet of notebook paper.

You could also ask them to list what they would consider 5 determinants of health.

This would be a nice ice-breaker and open the class for discussion.

Most lay people define health as "the ability to work."

Of course, there's a whole lot more to it than that.

Most health care professionals define "health" as a continuum that goes from extreme sickness to optimal wellness.

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What about the Health Beliefs Model and associated theories?

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