Exam 2 Flashcards
Healthy People
- Provides evidence based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and preventing disease
Health
- WHO defines as “state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”
Health beliefs
a person’s ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and illness
- can be based on reality or false expectations, facts or misinformation, common sense or myths, or good or bad experiences
Positive health behaviors
- immunizations
- scheduled screenings (colonoscopy, mammogram)
- proper sleep patterns
- adequate exercise
- stress management
- nutrition
Negative health behaviors
- smoking
- drug or alcohol abuse
- risky sexual behaviors
- poor diet
- refusing to take necessary medications
Disease
medical condition that causes distress for a person in the form of its symptoms
- generic term
Illness
a state in which a person’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired
Acute illness
short duration and severe
Chronic illness
persists longer than 6 months
Illness behavior
the manner in which people who are ill from a disease act
Internal variables that influence illness and illness behavior
perception of illness and nature of illness
External variables that influence illness and illness behavior
visibility of symptoms, social group, cultural background, economics, and accessibility to health care
Health Belief Model
addresses the relationship between a person’s beliefs and behaviors
First component of Health Belief Model - Individual Perception
perceived susceptibility and perceived seriousness of disease
Second component of Health Belief Model - Likelihood of Action
perceived benefits of preventive action minus perceived barriers to preventive action
Third component of Health Belief Model - Likelihood that a person will take preventive action
perception, factors, and likelihood leads to likelihood of taking recommended preventive health action
Cues to Action - Health Belief Model
- mass media campaigns
- advice from others
- illness of family member or friend
- newspaper or magazine article
Health Promotion Model
- defines health as a positive, dynamic state, not merely the absence of disease
- describes the multidimensional nature of people as they interact within their environment to pursue health
Step One of Health Promotion Model
individual characteristics and experiences including prior related behavior and personal factors (biological, psychological, and sociocultural) lead to behavior specific cognitions and affect
Step Two of the Health Promotion Model
prior related behavior include activity-related affect, perceived self-efficacy, perceived benefits of action, and perceived barriers to action while personal factors include interpersonal influences and situational influences and options, demand characteristics, esthetics
Step Three of the Health Promotion Model
the factors along with immediate competing demands and preferences lead to commitment to a plan of action, which further leads to a health-promoting behavioral outcome
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
- used to understand the interrelationships of basic human needs
- certain human needs are more basic than others and must be met before other needs
Holistic health model
- looks at the relationships among body, mind, spirit, and how these affect health
- attempts to create conditions that promote optimal health
Internal variables that influence health
- developmental stage
- educational background
- perception of functioning
- emotional factors
- spiritual factors
External variables that influence health
- family role and practices
- social determinants of health
Developmental Stage
- a person’s developmental stage sometimes differs from the chronological age
- adapt your nursing care based on a patient’s developmental stage and the ability to participate in self care
Intellectual Background
- beliefs about health are shaped in part by educational background, traditions, and past experiences
- cognitive abilities shape the way a person thinks, including the ability to understand factors involved in illness
Perception of functioning
- collect subjective data about a way a patient perceives physical functioning such as: level of fatigue. shortness of breath or pain
- collect objective data about actual functioning such as: blood pressure, height measurements, and lung sounds
Emotional factors
- a patient’s degree of stress, depression, or fear influences health beliefs and practices
Spiritual factors
- some religions restrict the use of certain forms of medical treatment
Family role and practices
- influence how each family member defines heath and illness and values health practices
- families’ perceptions of the seriousness of diseases and their history of preventative care behaviors (or lack) influence how patients think about health
Social determinants of health
- economic stability, education access and quality, health care access and quality, social and community context, and neighborhood and built environment
- examples: poverty, food insecurity, no primary health care, culture, exposure to violence, and access to green spaces
Health disparity
a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage
Health inequities
health differences that are avoidable, unnecessary, unfair, and unjust
Health promotion
helps individuals maintain or enhance their present health
Health education
helps people develop a greater understanding of their health and how to better manage their health risks