Ch 1- Shaping your Health Flashcards
The 7 factors that your health impacts
- Education/career
- Socialize with friends and family
- Chance to travel (Business, relaxation, adventure)
- Meet and connect with new people
- conceive and/or parent children
- hobbies and recreational activities
- live independently
Life Span
Max number of years humans are capable of living
Life Expectancy
Average number of years members of a cohort can expect to live
Life Course
Path people follow through life
Lifestyle
Personalized version of the life course of a cohort can expect to live
Life Fable
“story” of a person’s life, as written and directed by that person
Health Promotion
anything that helps people improve their health status; a movement in which knowledge, practices, and values are transmitted to people for use in lengthening their lives, reducing the incidence of illness, and feeling Better (ex. eat healthy, exercise, good relationships)
Wellness key thing to remember
we each have our own personal full potential. we are not all held the the same fitness standards
Wellness
The unlocking of our full potential through the development of an overall wellness lifestyle (even with chronic illness or limitations) NO COMPARISONS
School Health Education
OLDEST SETTING (of the ways you could educate others about health) coordinated school health programs (food served, programs, health options for staff)
Community/public Health Education
PUBLIC (GOVERNMENT/TAX FUNDED) National, state, county, and city programs
also includes non government funded Voluntary Health Agencies
Work sight Health Education
AKA Work sight Wellness, employee, wellness, etc. (offering flu shots, smoking cessation classes, etc.)
Health Care/Clinical Health Education
Health educator will discuss all the options/ processes of doing something
Healthcare will tell you that you need to do this or that and refer you to a health educator to discuss the details
Health Literacy
You never know what information you wish you could understand
Obtain, interprete, and understand basic health information and services
use such information and services in ways that enhance health
4 COMPONENTS OF A HEALTH LITERATE PERSON
Critical thinker/problem solver
responsible productive citizen
self-directed learner
an effective communicator
Critical thinker/problem solver
- Examine health problems
- formulate ways to solve these problems
- able to find valid reliable information
Responsible, productive citizen
Feel obligated to keep their community, healthful safe, and secure
Self-directed learner
Recognize the need to gather and use health information throughout their life
Effective communicator
-Organize and convey beliefs, ideas, and information about health through a variety of methods
(writing things down/bringing another person ways to communicate well with health professionals
World Health organization (1947)
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
Holistic Health
A view of health in terms of 6 components (Physical, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual, environmental/occupational)
Emotional Dimension
being in/perceive reality cope with stress remain flexible (get out of your comfort zone) compromise to resolve conflict feelings (dealing with them)`
Social Dimension
social skills
work effectively with diverse groups in multiple settings
necessary to be successful in your career
Intelectual Dimension
Process and act on new information
clarify values and beliefs (question things, see what you truly believe to make decisions)
exercise decision-making capacity
(how do I interact with everyone?)
spiritual dimension
relationship to other living things role of a spiritual direction in you life nature of human behavior willingness to serve others (why am I here? what does this all mean)
Environmental/occupational dimension
Employment satisfaction =directly related to health
micro environmental
macro environmental
how stable we feel things around us are
micro environmental
social support, neighborhood, school, work
Macro environmental
country, world at large
Healthy People 2020
National health goals
preventing disease and improving people’s quality of life
(guides what government programing will take place)
2020 Nation al health goals
- Eliminate preventable diseases, disability, injury, and premature death
- achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
- create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
- promote healthy development and healthy behaviors across every stage of life
Morbidity
illness and disease
Mortality
death
6 categories of behavior that cause the most mortality/morbidity
Dietary patterns exercise level tobacco alcohol/drugs intensional or unintentional injuries sexual behavior *these begin when we are young and are interconnected
Ages of College students
traditional- 18-24
nontraditional- 25+
Young adults developmental tasks
forming an initial adult identity establishing independence assuming responsibility broadening social skills nurturing intimacy obtaining employment/developing parenting skills
Suggestions for making changes
- establish and summarize baseline data
- make a personal contract/plan of action
- chart your progress
- encourage family/friends to help
- set up a reward system
- prepare for obstacles
- revise as necessary
- small steps!!
- progress not perfection
- focus on the positive
Steps for behavior change
know your behavior in associated with a health problem
believe your behavior makes you susceptible
recognize risk-reduction strategies exist
believe benefits our way cost
significant others want them to change
Stages of change
there are 6 stages of change
change = progress
pre-contemplation
(first stage of change)
no intent to change
-need to be encouraged to change their thinking
Contemplation
(second stage of change)
thinking about it, going to make change in 6 months
Preparation
(third stage of change)
Actively planning change
Action
(fourth stage of change)
implementing the change
Maintenance
(fifth stage of change)
practicing mew habits for 6 months
Termination
(sixth stages of change)
change efforts are complete (terminated old behavior)\
relapse
it is a reality most people experience at some point, just don’t let it stop you from trying again
Episodic Medicine
- only visit health care provider if you are ill or injured
- to be healthy means an absence of illness, disease, or injury
Preventative/prospective medicine
- patients who are well visit physicians to ID potential for illness
- physicians will test to ID and manage early indications of risk
- GOAL OF IT IS TO PREVENT ILLNESS FROM OCCURING, DELAY, ONSET, AND LESSEN SEVERITY
- to be healthy means an absence of high-level risk for future illness or disease
Physical dimension
- how well body performs intended functions
- physical indicators=RHR, BP, cholesterol, body weight/body fat %
- physical fitness
- level of endurance (make it through your day)
- level of susceptibility (how fast you get sick)
- powers of recuperation ( how fast you recover)
empowerment
a result of preventative care, a useful resource for leading a health, productive, and satisfying life
personalized medicine
newly established understanding of the human genome and associated technology to identify genetic markers that suggest predispositions for future illnesses
regenerative medicine
uses stencil technology to grow replacement body tissues and structures
