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HMS, HIC EQ-Bank 071 MC

Which approach to health is best reflected in the statement: "Health is not merely the absence of disease, but a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing"?

  1. Biomedical model
  2. Salutogenic model
  3. Ecological model
  4. Sociocultural model
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\(D\)

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  • D is correct as the sociocultural model recognises health as influenced by broader social, cultural, environmental, and economic factors rather than just focusing on disease and injury.

Other options:

  • A is incorrect because the biomedical model focuses primarily on physical aspects of disease.
  • B is incorrect as the salutogenic model emphasises factors maintaining wellbeing despite illness.
  • C is incorrect since the ecological model examines interactions between individual and social determinants.