Taking a biological and ecological approach is to look at how we interact with our surrounding environment. More specifically the ecological standpoint views how our interactions with other organisms (plants, animals, insects, etc.) give rise to opportunities and constraints. Dealing with the health and disease of environmental situations, the abiotic elements (climate, inorganic materials, etc.) as well as culture, each show ways of identifying the well being and existence of humans. With an association with agriculture, these interactions can have devastating results when looking at areas that experience prevalent illness due to poor agricultural methods.
Medical ecology has shown to spark controversy over poor health having contributions of "inferior genes" and relating to social Darwinism. With political respects of medical ecology, it seems that there could be breakthroughs with health studies relating to our environment that would be beneficial when associating economic situations. This would play a significant role with respect to CHD as we would be able to study how our environment impacts our social behavior and the ability of humans to resist or become susceptible to disease from these environmental factors.
An article that may show some reasoning of CHD from James Trostle, shows that social and environmental relations play a significant role in the way that we are affected by disease and illness. Through the interactions of our environments we experience social aspects that can greatly affect our health through the lack of social studies that are necessary to demonstrate appropriate health techniques and methods. Without such things, we are quite susceptible to disease with weakness in our social structures to solve the political demands of community health and medicine.
Citations:
1. "The Vertex-Animated Human Heart." Picture. Accessed August 12, 2013, http://www.anatomium.com/3dheart.html
2. James Trostle, "Anthropology and Epidemiology in the Twentieth Century: A Selective History of Collaborative Projects and Theoretical Affinities, 1920 to 1970," Anthropology and Epidemiology, Culture, Illness, and Healing 9 (1987):59-94.
3. "Global research agenda for nutritional science." Picture. Accessed August 12, 2013, http://www.nyas.org/publications/EBriefings/Detail.aspx?cid=38eb8a81-ed18-49f4-b9d1-0a5d887e712c
Medical ecology has shown to spark controversy over poor health having contributions of "inferior genes" and relating to social Darwinism. With political respects of medical ecology, it seems that there could be breakthroughs with health studies relating to our environment that would be beneficial when associating economic situations. This would play a significant role with respect to CHD as we would be able to study how our environment impacts our social behavior and the ability of humans to resist or become susceptible to disease from these environmental factors.
An article that may show some reasoning of CHD from James Trostle, shows that social and environmental relations play a significant role in the way that we are affected by disease and illness. Through the interactions of our environments we experience social aspects that can greatly affect our health through the lack of social studies that are necessary to demonstrate appropriate health techniques and methods. Without such things, we are quite susceptible to disease with weakness in our social structures to solve the political demands of community health and medicine.
Citations:
1. "The Vertex-Animated Human Heart." Picture. Accessed August 12, 2013, http://www.anatomium.com/3dheart.html
2. James Trostle, "Anthropology and Epidemiology in the Twentieth Century: A Selective History of Collaborative Projects and Theoretical Affinities, 1920 to 1970," Anthropology and Epidemiology, Culture, Illness, and Healing 9 (1987):59-94.
3. "Global research agenda for nutritional science." Picture. Accessed August 12, 2013, http://www.nyas.org/publications/EBriefings/Detail.aspx?cid=38eb8a81-ed18-49f4-b9d1-0a5d887e712c