Chapter 6/Health and Wellness Flashcards
What are the four goals of Healthy People 2020?
- Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, 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 quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
Define: Health
more than the absence of disease. A state of physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Model that addresses the relationship between a person’s beliefs and behaviors
Health Belief Model
Model that is directed at increasing a patient’s level of well-being
Health Promotion Model
Model that attempts to meet the patient’s basic needs
Basic Human Needs Model
Model that attempts to create conditions that promote optimal health
holistic health model
What are the levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Self-actualization Self-esteem Love and belonging Safety and security Physiological
What are the internal variables that influence health and health beliefs and practices?
Developmental stage Intellectual background Perception of functioning Emotional factors Spiritual factors
Developmental Stage
the nurse considers the patient’s level of growth and development when using his/her health beliefs and practices as a basis for planning care. adjust care to patient’s level of understanding and emotional state
Intellectual background
a person’s beliefs about health are shaped in part by the persons knowledge, lack of knowledge, or incorrect information about body functions, illnesses, educational background, or past experiences
Perception of functioning
the way people perceive their physical functioning affects health beliefs and practices
Emotional Factors
The patient’s degree of stress, depression, or fear can influence health beliefs and practices
Spiritual Factors
Spirituality is reflected in how a person lives his or her life, including the values and beliefs exercised, the relationships established with family and friends, and the ability to find hope and meaning in life
3 external variables that influence health and health beliefs and practices
Family practices
Socioeconomic factors
Cultural background
Family practices
The way that patients’ families use health care services generally affects their health practices
