[9] PRELIMS | LEVELS OF PREVENTION Flashcards
A guiding principle in health care that emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention rather than the management of symptoms and illness
HEALTH MAINTENANCE
HEALTH MAINTENANCE
- A systematic program or procedure planned to ____
- Includes counseling, screening, and other preventive services designed to minimize the ____ and to assure optimal ____ health throughout the natural life cycle
- A systematic program or procedure planned to prevent illness, maintain maximum function, and promote health
- Includes counseling, screening, and other preventive services designed to minimize the risk of premature sickness and death and to assure optimal physical, mental, and emotional health throughout the natural life cycle
LEVELS OF PREVENTION
- Health Promotion
- Disease Prevention
PRIMARY PREVENTION
LEVELS OF PREVENTION
- Early Diagnosis
- Prompt Treatment
SECONDARY PREVENTION
LEVELS OF PREVENTION
- Rehabilitation
TERTIARY PREVENTION
- Core of public health effort
- Consists of activities which are undertaken before diseases strike
- Applied to generally healthy people in order to keep them well
PRIMARY PREVENTION
PRIMARY PREVENTION
- Core of ____
- Consists of activities which are undertaken ____
- Applied to ____ in order to keep them well
- Core of public health effort
- Consists of activities which are undertaken before diseases strike
- Applied to generally healthy people in order to keep them well
HEALTH PROMOTION
“Health promotion is the process of enabling individuals and communities to ____ and thereby improve their health” - (WHO)
“Health promotion is the process of enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health” - (WHO)
- Represents a unifying concept for those who recognize the basic need for change in both the ways and conditions of living in order to promote health
- A process directed towards enabling people to take action
HEALTH PROMOTION
HEALTH PROMOTION
- Represents a unifying concept for those who recognize the ____ in both the ways and conditions of living in order to promote health
- A process directed towards enabling people to ____
- Represents a unifying concept for those who recognize the basic need for change in both the ways and conditions of living in order to promote health
- A process directed towards enabling people to take action
HEALTH PROMOTION
- A concept and set of ____ – an essential guide in addressing major health challenges
- A concept and set of practical strategies – an essential guide in addressing major health challenges
HEALTH PROMOTION
- OBJECTIVE: to enable individuals, families, groups and the community to ____ for development
- OBJECTIVE: to enable individuals, families, groups and the community to maintain health and realize their full potential for development
HEALTH PROMOTION
- Consists of activities aimed at maintaining or enhancing people’s ____
- Consists of activities aimed at maintaining or enhancing people’s physical, mental or social well-being
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH PROMOTION
[1] Concerned for the ____, in the context of everyday life, rather than just focusing on those ____
[1] Concerned for the population as a whole, in the context of everyday life, rather than just focusing on those at risk from specific disease
FOUNDING PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH PROMOTION
[2] Directed at the ____ to ensure that the total environment, beyond the control of the individual, is favorable to health
[2] Directed at the causes or determinants of health to ensure that the total environment, beyond the control of the individual, is favorable to health