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FAISAL KHAN
DEMONSTRATOR (DENTAL)
INSTITUTE OF PARAMEDICAL SCIENCES
KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY PESHAWAR
Behavioural sciences
• A branch of science (as psychology, sociology, or anthropology) that
deals primarily with human action and often seeks to generalize
about human behavior in society
• This means both a direct interaction between mind and body as well
as indirect effects through intermediate factors
Environment
• School/work place
• Church Social
• Social norms / cultural norms • Support: formal/informal
• Community / Health services • Roles: work/family/peers
• Neighborhoods / National • Physician-patient
economy relationship
• Mass media • Socioeconomic status
• Policy / laws