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Biomedical vs Social Model

Two ways to think about health. The biomedical model treats illness after it happens; the social model prevents it by tackling the conditions that cause it. Neither is 'better' — the exam wants you comparing when each fits. This is the real knowscape from knowhere, not a picture of one. Drag it. Watch what actually changes.

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the one idea

why this one carries the topic.

The biomedical model focuses on treating disease through medical intervention after symptoms appear, while the social model addresses underlying societal factors like poverty and education to prevent disease before it occurs.

what examiners catch — Examiners test whether students can identify that both models have roles in Australia's health system rather than arguing one is superior, and they penalise vague comparisons without specific examples linking each model to outcomes.
what you leave with

four things, not forty.

what's underneath

nothing here is a standalone fact.

knowhere maps every concept to what it rests on and what rests on it — 1 underneath this one, 1 built on top. Each one says why, in a sentence, not as an arrow on a diagram.

this conceptbiomedical vs social modelThe biomedical model focuses on treating disease through medical intervention after symptoms appear, while the social model addresses underlying societal factors like poverty and education to prevent disease before it occurs.
sits under itold and new public healthbecause the history explains why both models exist
built on itthe social model of healthbecause the contrast before the deep dive
the rest of health promotion models

4 more, same treatment.

Each one is its own knowscape in the app — built for how a particular student takes things in, not one explanation handed to everybody.

levels of preventionin the appottawa charter action areasin the appthe social model of healthin the appold and new public healthin the app
this is one of 865

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