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    Unit 1 models of health There are two different models of health of which will be looking at the bio medical model and social model of health‚ there are numerous models and explanations that highlight biological as well as social and psychological processes (Naidoo and Wills‚ 2008; Aggleton‚ 1990). The biomedical model is what dominates today’s medical profession‚ “People are healthy so long as they show no signs of bodily abnormality” (Aggleton‚ 1990). This is a typical biomedical statement

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    Thirty years ago‚ people may have defined health primarily in doctors‚ hospitals and drugs. Today people have a much broader image of what it means to be healthy. People’s views of healthiness include; healthy eating‚ taking vitamins and regular exercise‚ to therapy‚ sensible drinking and healthy social relationships. Sociology of health is not confined to the narrow‚ area of medicine. According the World Health Organisation(WHO)‚ health is ‘a state of complete physical‚ mental and social wellbeing

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    Outline and evaluate one or more definitions of abnormality (12) Deviation from social norms is one definition of abnormality‚ according to this definition you are considered to be ’abnormal’ if you engage in a behaviour that the rest of society does not as society has accepted specific patterns of behaviour that they consider to be ’normal’ such as being polite‚ going to work and education and more. There are unwritten social rules that we have to stick to‚ these rules care culturally relative

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    There are four ways of defining abnormality: • Deviation from social norms • Failure to function adequately • Deviation from ideal mental health • Deviation from the statistical norm Deviation from social norms: Social norms are acceptable or expected patterns of behaviour. According to this definition‚ abnormality is deviation or violation of acceptable patterns of behaviour or social norms. For example it is not acceptable to say you hear voices in your head (schizophrenia). It is not a

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    C. Takaful Operating Models • The Mudaraba Model The mudaraba is a kind of partnership in which one party that affords supplies funds while the other offers its expertise and management. It is based on classic profit sharing principles‚ for example a partnership in which two parties involved‚ one is fund provider which is called the participant‚ while the other person or party is called the operator who provides expertise and management of the fund. Both share the profits of the joint venture

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    Full model vs. LASSO models After creating and evaluating the full model‚ a back model and step model were created using backwards selection and stepwise selection‚ respectively. Additionally‚ there were two LASSO models created. Both of these LASSO models were created using a weight of 4 (TPR) to 1 (FPR). Full Model 2 also has these weights‚ so we will use this model to compare to the LASSO models. The first LASSO model created was using “lambda 1SE.” This model was very minimal‚ only using 5

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    the social model have numerous evidence to support their findings and a common lay view was that mental health is affected by and a response to the broader social factors like the environment (Tew‚ 2005). Mr A can agree that his depression is likely to be a result of his life struggles and his unemployment status in relation to his depression as he believed he had the responsibility to cater for his family’s needs and by him being unemployed he felt he wasn’t able to be a good role model for his children

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    Biomedical model and biopsychological model are ways to identify an illness or disease. Biomedic is an approach when the mind and body are seen as separate entities mainly focusing on how to repair the body whereas biopsychological model sees the mind and body as interdependent entities meaning that they influence one another. They both focus on the body but when it comes to biopsychological model one factor is not enough to come to a conclusion. All of the three component which are biological‚

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    methods are the Tulsa Model and the Marzano model. The method of evaluation that will be utilized for this report will be the Tulsa Model. The Tulsa Model gives ratings from 1-5 on many functions of teaching. The observation is broken down into Classroom Management (30%)‚ Instructional Effectiveness (50%)‚ Professional Growth (10%)‚ Interpersonal Skills (5%)‚ and Leadership (5%). Through this model‚ a high portion of Oklahoma’s teachers are a part of the evaluation processes. The model balances the evaluation

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    Per Stephen Morse addictions can be broken down into two models. The medical model and the moral model‚ or moral failure. In general‚ the medical model of addiction puts forth that the cause of addiction has a biological‚ neurological‚ genetic or environmental cause‚ and that the resulting behaviors are a symptom of the disease‚ while the moral model ascribes that those behaviors are due to a moral failure. “Although no uncontroversial definition of addiction exists and “addiction” and “addict”

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