Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Illustrate how diverse factors (sociocultural, psychological, economic, occupational, environmental, legal, political, spiritual, and technological) interact to influence the health of an individual and the population.
• Describe approaches and challenges to working with different vulnerable populations to improve their health. (ex. people experiencing homelessness; people at extremes of the age continuum).

Assessments

• End of Integration Foundation (IF)

• End of MF 4

Tags

Health Advocate Health Advocate Part 4 Professional Competencies 4 Week 3 Part 4 Week 3 Concepts of Health and Its Determinants Providing anti-oppressive health care Population Health, Health Equity and Determinants of Health 2.5 Apply principles of socio-behavioural sciences to the provision of patient care, including assessment of the impact of psychosocial and cultural influences on health, disease, care-seeking, care concordance, care adherence and barriers to and attitudes toward care. 6.2 Identify aspects of the healthcare system that serve as barriers and enablers of providing healthcare to and optimizing the health of patients and the population 6.3 Advocate for quality patient care and optimal patient care systems that support patient- and population-centred care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable Patient Advocacy [N03.706.678] Health Equity [N05.300.430.383] Health Policy [N03.706.825.608.428] Homeless Persons [M01.325] Patient Advocacy [I01.880.604.631] Poverty [N01.824.600] Social Marginalization [I01.880.853.872] Socioeconomic Factors [N01.824] Vulnerable Populations [M01.965]