Better Health For Individuals Flashcards
Relative and Dynamic health.
Relative-
Dynamic- constantly changing.
World Health Organisation meaning of health.
A state of complete physical, mental and social well being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Health as a social construct.
Social construct is a concept that recognises that people have different views based on their social circumstances and ways of seeing, interpreting and interacting with their environment. A number of factors are likely to play a role in our social construct of health including: socioeconomic status, gender/age, level of education, geographic location, cultural background.
Dimensions of health.
Social- gives an individual communication skills and establishes interpersonal relationships.
Spiritual-gives an individual purpose, meaning and connectedness.
Mental-good mental health is characterised by the ability of individuals to function satisfactorily in their community and in the way they interact with others.
Emotional- resilience to cope with daily problems.
Physical- the systems of the body function well and there is absence of disease and other disorders of the body.
Determinants of health.
Socioeconomic factors- employment, education, income.
Sociocultural factors-family, peers, media,religion, culture.
Individual factors- knowledge and skills, attitudes, genetics, gender and age.
Environmental factors- geographical location, access to health services, technology.
When and where was the first International Conference on Health Promotion?
Organised by WHO (world health organisation) in Ottawa, Canada in November 1986.
Action areas of Ottawa charter.
Developing personal skills- enables people to exercise more control over their own health and environments and to make better health choices.
Creating supportive environments- gives support to individuals to improve their health.
Strengthening community action- setting priorities, making decisions and planning and implementing strategies to achieve better health.
Reorienting health services- to improve better health.
Building healthy public policy- joint action contributes to ensuring safer and healthier goods and public services and cleaner, more enjoyable environments.
Definition of equity.
The fairness of allocating health resources to a diverse range of groups or individuals to improve their health outcomes.
Diversity.
Principle that recognises that some groups have special health needs.
Size of rural place.
<5000
