Concepts of Health and Illness Flashcards
is state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity (WHO).
Health
The illness-wellness continuum that ranges from high-level wellness to premature death.
Travis’s Illness-Wellness Continuum
Describes the relationship between a person’s belief and behavior
Health Belief Model
What are the 4 parts of Smith’s Model of health?
Clinical model — identifies health as absence of signs and symptoms of disease or injury
Role performance model — health is identified in terms of individual’s ability to perform his/her work
Adaptive model — Health is a creative process; disease is a failure in adaptation; focuses on the ability of the
person to cope
Eudemonistic model — health is seen as a condition of actualization or realization of person’s potential
States that there are three interactive factors that affect health and illness
LEAVELL AND CLARK’S AGENT-HOST- ENVIRONMENTAL MODEL (ECOLOGIC MODEL)
person who may or may not be at risk of acquiring the disease
Host
any factor or stressor that can cause or lead to illness
Agent
any factor external to the host that may or may not predispose the person to the development
of the disease
Environment
is the state in which the person’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual
functioning is diminished or impaired compared with previous experiences
Illness
an alteration in body functions resulting in reduction of capacities or a shortening of the normal life
span
Disease
What are the common causes of a Disease?
- Biologic agents (microorganisms)
- Inherited genetic defects (hemophilia)
- Developmental defects (imperforated anus)
- Physical agents (hot and cold substances)
- Chemical agents (emissions from smoke)
- Tissue response to injury (inflammation)
- Faulty chemical / metabolic process (inadequate iodine — goiter)
- Emotional / physical reaction to strew (anxiety)
What are the stages of Illness?
- Symptom Experiences
- Assumption of the sick role
- Medical care contact
- Dependent Patient Role
- Recovery or Rehabilitation
It refers to any situation, habit, environmental, physiologic psychologic condition, or another variable that increases the vulnerability of the individual to illness or accident such as:
- Genetic and physiological factors
- Age
- Environment
- Lifestyle
Risk factors
What are the three levels of prevention created by Leavell and clark?
Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
Occurs after a disease or disability has occurred and the recovery process has begun
TERTIARY PREVENTION
To encourage optimal health and to increase the person’s resistance to illness
Seeks to prevent a disease or a
condition at a pre-pathologic state
PRIMARY PREVENTION
• It is also known as health maintenance
• Seeks to identify specific illnesses or conditions at an early stage with prompt intervention to prevent or limit
disability
SECONDARY PREVENTION
Is a universal phenomenon, All people experience it. It Is also a condition in which the person responds to changes in the formal balanced state
STRESS
is any event or stimulus that causes an individual to experience stress
STRESSOR