Ch 6 potter Health & Wellness Flashcards
initiative provides evidence-based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease
Healthy People
promotes a society in which all people live long, healthy lives
- identifies leading health indicators
Healthy People 2020,
as a “state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”
health
are a person’s ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and illness.
Health beliefs
include immunizations, proper sleep patterns, adequate exercise, stress management, and nutrition.
Common positive health behaviors
include practices that are harmful to health, such as smoking, drug or alcohol abuse, poor diet, and refusing to take necessary medications.
Negative health behaviors
of this model involves an individual’s perception of susceptibility to an illness
Health Belief Model 1st component
individual’s perception of the seriousness of the illness.
-influenced and modified by demographic and sociopsychological variables, perceived threats of the illness, and cues to action
Health Belief Model 2nd component
is the likelihood that a person will take preventive action.
Health Belief Model 3rd component
defines health as a positive, dynamic state, not merely the absence of disease
Health Promotion Model (HPM)
(1) individual characteristics and experiences;
(2) behavior-specific knowledge and affect;
(3) behavioral outcomes, in which the patient commits to or changes a behavior.
Health promotion model focuses on the following 3 areas:
recognizes the natural healing abilities of the body and incorporates complementary and alternative interventions such as music therapy
- empowers patients to engage in their own recovery and assume some responsibility for health maintenance
- meditation, music therapy, reminiscence, relaxation therapy, therapeutic touch, and guided imagery
holistic health model
addresses the relationship between a person’s beliefs and behaviors
health belief model
is based on the theory that all people share basic human needs, and the extent to which basic needs are met is a major factor in determining a person’s level of health.
Maslow’s’ hierarchy of needs
each person has unique personal characteristics and experiences that affect subsequent actions.
Health promotion model
include a person’s developmental stage, intellectual background, perception of functioning, and emotional and spiritual factors
-coping skills and his or her locus of control (the degree to which people believe they control what happens to them)
Internal variables
family practices, psychosocial and socioeconomic factors, and cultural background.
External variables
economic stability, education, health and health care, social and community context, and neighborhood and built environment
five categories of SDOH (Social determinants of health)
are often classified as either passive or active.
Health promotion activities
individuals gain from the activities of others without acting themselves ex: drinking water
passive strategies of health promotion,
, individuals become personally involved. For example, weight-reduction and smoking-cessation programs
active strategies of health promotion
Its goal is to reduce the incidence of disease
-health education programs, nutritional programs, and physical fitness activities.
Primary prevention
focuses on preventing the spread of disease, illness, or infection once it occurs.
Secondary prevention
occurs when a defect or disability is permanent and irreversible. It involves minimizing the effects of long-term disease or disability by interventions directed at preventing complications and deterioration
Tertiary prevention
