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Old Public Health Approach Definition
Focused on improving the physical environment in which people lived and worked. Aimed to reduce mortality rates from Infectious Diseases
Biomedical Model of Health Definition
focuses on the physical or biological aspects of disease and illness. It involves diagnosing and treating illnesses
Social Model of Health Definition
A conceptual framework within which improvements in health and wellbeing are achieved by directing effort towards adressing the social, economic and environmental determinants of health.
Private Health Insurance Rebate
policy holders receive a rebate or refund on their premiums for private health insurance
Lifetime Health Cover
people who take up private insurance after the age of 31 pay an extra 2% on their premiums for every year they are over the age of 31
health promotion
the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health
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