Chapter1 -Health & Wellness Flashcards
Illness
Illness is a subjective experience of loss of health
What framework to guide practice involves?
Person, environment, nursing, health
Determinants of health
Income
Social support network
Education and literacy
Employment and working conditions
Physical environment
Biology and genetic endowment
Health practice
Healthy child development
Health services
Gender
Culture
Social environment
Health promotion strategies
- Building a healthy public policy
- Creat supportive environment
- Strengthen community action
- Develop personal skills
- Reorient health services
Stakeholders representing
The various determinants must collaborate to address health determinants
What is society responsible for?
It’s members of health status
Health status
Is a result of people’s health practice and their social and physical environment
At what are health promotion activities aimed
Increase the level of well-being
What are the most influential health determinants
Income and social status
Health
Health is the extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs, and change or cope with the environment.
•Health is seen as a resource for everyday living - not the object of living.
•Health is a ❤️positive concept ❤️emphasizing social and personal resources as well as physical capacities.
Common Threads
All conceptual frameworks have beliefs about the following
–Person - client
–Environment
–Health
–Nursing