Ch.3 Health, Wellness, and Health Disparities Flashcards
What is Acute vs. Chronic illness?
• Acute – short term, less than 3 months
• Chronic – long term, more than 3 months.
What are the effects of illness on families?
• Think about role change & stress (scared, self blame).
• Overprotection, severe anxiety.
• Frightened & alone.
What are the definitions of illness through the 4 stages?
• Stage 1: Experiencing Symptoms (sniffles, back hurts).
• Stage 2: Assuming Sick Role (CVS, Doctor, Urgent Care).
• Stage 3: Assuming Dependent Role (fatigue, getting medication).
• Stage 4: Achieving recovery & rehab (feeling better but not fully).
What is the primary, secondary, and tertiary health prevention, definitions and examples?
• Primary – promotes health & prevention (nothing wrong; getting a vaccine, diet, covid).
• Secondery – Focusing on early detection & treatment (physical, dental)
• Tertitary – Already diagnosed. Goal is to reduce disability & rehabilitate ( have a diagnosis, game plan to treat).
What are the models of Health Promotion and Illness prevention?
• Health Belief Model
• Health Promotion Model
• Revised Health Promotion Model
• Health Illness Continuum
• Stages of Change Model
What is the Health Belief?
health decision making, when to seek care.
o Focus on susceptibility, seriousness, benefits of action.
What is the Health Promotion Model?
how people intercact with their environment as they persue health.
What is the Revised Health Model?
o Activity – related affects.
o Commitment to a plan of action.
o Competing demands.
- Subjective – what pt. says.
- Objective – what we can see (x-rays, MRI, vitals sigs).
What is the Health Illness continuum?
you’re not stuck getting sick, you can get better.
o Death <- illness <- Normal Health -> Good Health -> High-level Wellbeing
What is the stages of change model?
o Addiction Medicine.
o Denial don’t think they have a problem.
o Action: going forward with change.
What are the health disparities and barriers to healthcare?
• Health equity – everyone has access to conditions needed to thrive.
• Health disparity – a health difference that is linked with a social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage (impacts how healthcare is recieved).
• Inclusion – everyone feeling they belong/ have a purpose.
• Implicit Bias – unconscious assumptions (conivict as a pt.).
What are the human dimensions of health?
• Physical – genetic inheritance, age, race, gender, development.
• Emotional – how mind affects body.
• Intellectual – past experience/ educational background.
• Environmental – housing, sanitation climate.
• Sociocultural – economic level, lifestyle, culture.
• Spiritual – spiritual beliefs & values.
Which is an example of an acute illness?
A. Diabetes
B. Rheumatoid arthritis
C. Pneumonia
D. Osteoporosis
Answer: C. Pneumonia
Rationale: Pneumonia is an acute illness that has a rapid onset of symptoms and lasts only a relatively short time. Diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis are chronic illnesses that cause a permanent change, require special patient education for rehabilitation, and require a long period of care or support.
True or False: A person who is experiencing a productive cough and fever takes a sick day to recuperate and decide whether to make an appointment with the doctor. This person is said to be in stage 3 of illness behavior: assuming a dependent role.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False
Rationale: A person who defines oneself as sick and self-medicates or visits a doctor is said to be in stage 2 of illness behavior: assuming the sick role.
True or False: A person who keeps in touch with neighbors in an attempt to foster a “community feeling” is promoting one’s emotional human dimension.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False
Rationale: A person who keeps in touch with neighbors in an attempt to foster a “community feeling” is promoting one’s sociocultural human dimension.
