Models for Health and Wellness Welcome / Course Introduction & Unit 1: History and Sociology of Medicine Walt Mateja, PhD, MPH.

Models for Health and Wellness

Welcome / Course Introduction

&

Unit 1: History and Sociology of Medicine

Walt Mateja, PhD, MPH

What We Will Cover in this Seminar?

• Course Syllabus• Overview of Course Topics• The History and Sociology of Medicine• Wrap Up and Questions

Instructor Contact Information

Walt Mateja, PhD, MPHemail: [email protected]: WaltMateja

*Seminar Day & Time: Monday, 7:00 pm

*Eastern Time

Other Available Flex Seminars

Monday / 7:00 pm (ET) – Walt Mateja – [email protected]: WaltMateja

Wednesday / 8:00 pm (ET) – Rachel May [email protected]

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Tuesday / 9:00 pm (ET) – Tywanna Purkett -

Course Materials

Course Materials: • Software: Microsoft Word is required for all Kaplan Courses

• Text: Holtz, C., (2008). Global health care: Issues and Policies. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

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Feedback on Assignments

Instructor’s Grading Criteria/Timetable:

• All course projects will be graded within five days of their due date (the Sunday of the following unit). Seminar Option 1 grades will be updated within 48 hours of the scheduled seminar. Seminar Option 2 grades and Discussion board grades will be updated each week no later than Sunday of the week following the Unit’s completion. 

Late Submission of Assignments

Late Work Policy:

• Late work will not be accepted unless there are clear and compelling extenuating circumstances.

• If you have extenuating circumstances that prevent you from completing course assignments/exams you must contact your instructor immediately—prior to the assignment/exam/quiz due-date unless prevented from doing so by emergency circumstances. Examples of extenuating circumstances are serious personal and/or family illness/hospitalization, death in the family, weather-related evacuation/emergencies, work emergencies, and issues related to active military assignment.

• Personal computer/software/internet connectivity issues and course blocks are not considered extenuating circumstances.

• Granting of late-work submission due to extenuating circumstances is at the discretion of the instructor and will require documentation for verification of extenuating circumstances. If late work submission is granted, the instructor will establish new due-dates and requirements without loss of course points.  

Course Deliverables/Grading

Seminars 9 @ 10 points 90 points

Discussions 9 20 180

Projects / Quiz(Units 1, 2, 6, & 7)

4 60 240

Papers(Units 3 & 4)

Projects(Unit 5 and 8)

4 65 260

Final Project 1 230 230Total: 1000 points

Course Overview

• Unit 1: The History and Sociology of Medicine

• Unit 2: Multicultural Perspective to Understanding Health

• Unit 3: Paradigm Shifting: Health and Wellness

• Unit 4: Global Practice of Medicine• Unit 5: Community-Based Models of Health

and Wellness

Course Overview (continued)

• Unit 6: Public and Private Models of health and Wellness

• Unit 7: Health and Wellness Model Geopolitical Factors

• Unit 8: Health and Wellness Model Design: Multi-cultural Factors

• Unit 9: Analysis of an Optimum Model of Health and Wellness

• Conclusion: Applying Models of Health and Wellness to Your Professional Life

Any Questions?

• Syllabus

• Course Expectations

History and Sociology of Medicine

• Health & Wellness

• A Brief History of Some Significant Milestones in the History of Medicine

Health and Wellness

• Is there a difference between “Health” & “Wellness”?

• If so, in your opinion what is the difference?

World Health Organization (WHO)

“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19-22 June, 1946; signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization, no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on 7 April 1948.

http://www.who.int/about/definition/en/print.html

What Are the Characteristics of Health?

• Health is a function of one’s subjective feelings.

• Health implies an ability to function.

• Health implies an ability to adapt.

• All of the above

What are Some Dimensions of Wellness?

• Social Wellness

• Physical Wellness

• Emotional Wellness

• Career Wellness

• Intellectual Wellness

• Environmental Wellness

• Spiritual Wellness

Caribbean Private Sector Response to Chronic Diseases (May 2008). Retrieved electronically on 2/22/10 from http://www.paho.org/english/ad/dpc/nc/7-dimensions-wellness.pdf

How Did We Get Here?

As you may be able to guess . . .

Health and wellness can imply a great many things.

What are the historical influences that have shaped our current understanding of health & wellness?

The Evolution of Scientific Medicine

There are many different ways to approach the history of medicine, but for simplicity we can classify the progression of medicine into five main eras:

•Ancient Times prior to 600 BC•Greco-Roman (600 BC – 500 AD)•Middle Ages (500 AD to 1500 AD)•Renaissance/Enlightenment (1500 AD – 1800AD)•Modern (1800 to current)

Ancient Medicine (prior to 600 BC)

• Mesopotamia (Code of Hammurabi, medical procedures documented)

• Egypt (mummies, evidence of treatment by healers, attention to diagnosis and treatment)

• China (Yin-Yang - balance, acupuncture, herbal drugs, aspects of traditional Chinese medicine are still widely used today)

• India (removed bladder stones, used alcohol as anesthetic, aspects of traditional Indian Medicine are still widely used today).

Greco-Roman Medicine (600 BC – 500 AD)

• Hippocrates

• Galen

• Public Health (paved streets, sanitation/sewer system, garbage removal, water supply, public baths, etc.)

Middle Ages (500 AD – 1500 AD)

• Christian Influences in Europe

• Islamic Medicine

Renaissance/Enlightenment (1500 AD – 1800 AD)

• Development of Scientific Methods

• Hospitals Medical Schools

• Discoveries

Modern Medicine (1800 AD – Current)

• Scientific Discoveries

• Public Health

• Prevention/Education

Key Ideas to Consider

What are:

•Humoral Theory of Disease?

•Anatomical Theory (Anatomical Pathology)?

•Germ Theory of Disease?

Leading Causes of Death (U.S)1900 and 1998

• Pneumonia • Tuberculosis• Diarrhea

• Heart Disease• Cancer• Stroke• COPD• Accidents

Leading Causes of Death, 1900-1998, Retrieved on 2/22/10 from http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/dvs/lead1900_98.pdf

That’s It . . . .

Any questions or comments?