Models of Health

M1- Assess the bio medical examination and socio- medical lessons of health. Models of Health The Biomedical of health reduces the number of premature mortality and morbidity numbers. The model is apply to show people what parts of the body can work together to ensure we digest good health. It searches for a faulting and corrects it for the individual. The models looks at the body as a machine, if something is faulty then they fix it so it can work again. This is mainly used in the western area of the world.The model is popular because the treatment is cheap, it has the use of scientific methods, the knowledge from the experts is used to reach a conclusion on what the fault is of the individual and the health of the public has got better. The main focus is to find the treatment for the disease instead of finding a way to prevent the disease. The biomedical models view of health supports the National Health Service (NHS) via their policies and practices.Not a lot of concern is gi ven to the environmental factors and social factors that may have caused the illness. The biomedical model of health links really well with the functionalist perspective because they say illness doesnt work well for society. The strengths of the biomedical model of health is The Socio- medical model of health focuses on the social factors that subsidize to health and wellbeing of the society like poor housing, poverty, pollution and all those things that change a persons health.This model searches for where the problem is arising from via environment or the way the individual lives i. e poverty. The research has stated that the life expectancy has risen and death range have fallen due to the change and improvement of sanitation, housing and free NHS treatment except Dental treatment and glasses. This model says the individual may not be the cause for the illness but their location. The socio- medical model goes well with the conflict theorists than the functionalists.