CHildren's Health Promotion Flashcards
What is health promotion [2]
Any activity designed to promote health behaviour and preventing ill health
What does health promotion involve [4]
Legislation
Provision of preventative services
Development of activities to promote and maintain healthy lifestyle
Health education and health Protection
What is primordial prevention?
What is it primarily influenced by [1]
Defined as prevention of risk factors themselves
Government policies and legislation. Doesn’t involve healthcare
What is primary prevention [2]
Give 2 examples
Prevent onset of illness and reduce severity e.g. smoking cessation, immunisation
What is secondary prevention [1]
Detection of disease at pre-clinical stage
What is tertiary prevention [1]
Give 3 examples
Measures to limit distress of disability
Eg Physio/OT, Quality outcome framework, patient visits
What is health education [1]
Aims [1]
Activity involving communication with individuals or groups Aimed at changing knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behaviour
What is health protection and is governed by….
Activities directed at factors beyond control of individual Regulation + polices
Health determinants [4]
Genetics
Access
Environment
Lifestyle
What are the theories of health promotion [3]
- Education - knowledge to enable skills to make choices
- Socio-economic - polices to make healthy choice easy
- Psychological - readiness to change
What is empowerment [4]
Generation of power in people who considered themselves unable to control situations
Heightened consciousness of action
An ability to resist social pressure
Utilise coping strategies when faced with an unhealthy choice
What are the 6 steps of the cycle of change
Pre-contemplation
Contemplation - provide info, discuss pro+ cons, risk screening
Planning - build confidence and motivation
Ready for action - plans made
ACTION - coping strategies, encouragement in failure, strategies to maintain goals
Maintenance - regress or maintain - give slip back protocols, coping strategies
Why might parent bring in a well child that they think is unwell [4]
Pressure from others and no support
Anxiety due to inexperience
Depression
Social issue, child abuse
What to do in the situation with the child [6]
Listen and observe, explain what you are doing
Read notes
Examine properly
Discuss with other health professionals
Review
Reassure, Investigate, Refer
What do children need for health promotion [7]
Eat with their family, 5 fruit and veg
60 minutes exercise daily
8-10 hours of sleep
Limit screen time
Avoid teenage pregnancy
Benefit system
Single parent family
