health and illness Flashcards
Normally responds as a unified whole but not a series of integral parts.
MAN AS A
BIOLOGICAL BEING
TRUE OR FALSE: Man is not an open and closed system.
FALSE: Man is both an open and closed system.
Man is composed of subsystems that act as a unified whole. What affects one subsystem easily affects the one subsystem(s) within the set.
Open System
He is self-sufficient. He uses up his energy reserves. In doing so, he eventually fails to function and disintegrates.
Closed System
TRUE OR FALSE: Man is an energy unit. His energy is not limitless. It must be continuously replenished as soon as it is utilized.
TRUE
Unique irreplaceable being
MAN AS A
PSYCHOSOCIAL BEING
Rational and logical but can be
provoked
MAN AS A
PSYCHOSOCIAL BEING
The unity of man in body, mind & spirit
MAN AS A
SPIRITUAL BEING
allows man to look for the truth
intellect
expresses man’s own wishes, desire or longing to do what he has set his mind to do
will
something that is essential to the emotional & physiologic health & survival of human.
needs
- Its absence results to illness
- Its presence signals or prevents health
- Meeting an unmet need restores health
basic needs
psychologist who studied positive human qualities and the lives of exemplary people.
Abraham Harold Maslow
★ Biological requirements for human survival
★ If these needs are not met, the human body
cannot function optimally
★ Considered as the most important level.
PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS
★ needs that can be fulfilled by our families and
society
★ Requires the physiological needs to be met
SAFETY NEEDS
★ Involves social needs and feelings of
belongingness
★ The need for interpersonal relationships
motivates behavior
LOVE/BELONGING NEEDS
★ Contains self-esteem and respect from
others/reputation
ESTEEM NEEDS
A person’s motivation to reach his or her own dull potential
SELF-ACTUALIZATION NEEDS
is a state of being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent. (Nightingale)
HEALTH
who stated that health is a dynamic process, which continually changes as the interactions between individuals and their internal & external environments change?
Brill & Kilts (1980)
who stated that health is the “ Dynamic state of being in which the developmental and behavioral potential of an individual is realized to the fullest extent possible”?
(American Nurses Association 1980 )
A STATE OF COMPLETE PHYSICAL, MENTAL , AND SOCIAL WELL BEING AND NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE OR INFIRMITY” (WHO), 1940
Health
state of well-being
wellness
Engages in attitudes and behavior that enhance the quality of life and maximize personal potential
WELLNESS
What are the wellness components?
- Social
- Environmental
- Emotional
- Occupational
- Physical
- Spiritual
- Intellectual
strength, health, nutrition, and exercise.
PHYSICAL DIMENSION
Principles, values, or a set of guiding beliefs to
seek meaning and purpose in life.
SPIRITUAL DIMENSION
Creative and stimulating mental activities to
increase knowledge.
INTELLECTUAL DIMENSION
★ Cleanliness of our surroundings.
★ Clean water, enough food, & clean air
ENVIRONMENTAL DIMENSION
Fostering relationships with others and contributing to society.
SOCIAL DIMENSION
Making use of skills and talents to gain purpose,
happiness, and enrichment in life.
OCCUPATIONAL DIMENSION
Positive feeling of self & enthusiasm towards
life.
EMOTIONAL DIMENSION
Physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental or spiritual functioning is thought to be diminished
ILLNESS
TRUE OR FALSE: Illness is a highly personal state
TRUE
An alteration in body function resulting in a reduction of capacities or a shortening of the normal life span
DISEASE
Involves ways individuals describe, monitor, and interpret their symptoms, take remedial actions and use the health care system
ILLNESS BEHAVIOR
TRUE OR FALSE: all clients progress through each stage
False: NOT all clients progress through each stage
person comes to believe something is wrong
STAGE 1:
SYMPTOM EXPERIENCES
- Individual accepts the sick role and seeks confirmation from family and friends.
- Self-treatment and delaying contact with health care professional as long as possible
STAGE 2:
ASSUMPTION OF THE SICK ROLE
TRUE OR FALSE: Clients are held responsible for their condition
FALSE: Clients are NOT held responsible for their condition
Sick people seek the advice of health professionals either on their own initiative or the urging of significant others.
STAGE 3:
MEDICAL CARE CONTACT
Clients ask for (3) types of information in the medical care contact stage:
- Validation of illness
- Explanation of the symptoms
- Reassurance that they will be alright or prediction of what the outcome will be
After accepting the illness and seeking treatment , the client becomes dependent on the professional for help
STAGE 4:
DEPENDENT CLIENT ROLE
• The client is expected to relinquish the dependent role and resume former roles and responsibilities
STAGE 5:
RECOVERY OR REHABILITATION
Individuals are viewed as physiologic systems with related functions
CLINICAL MODEL
the stage of being free of signs and symptoms of disease
Health
the presence of signs and symptoms of disease
Illness
In this model, health is defined in terms of an individual’s ability to fulfill societal roles
● It includes work, family, and social roles, with performance based on societal expectations
ROLE PERFORMANCE MODEL
Extreme Good health is the flexible adaptation to
the environment and interaction with the
environment to maximum advantage; Focus of the model is stability, with an element of
growth and change
ADAPTIVE MODEL
● Health is a condition of actualization or realization of a person’s potential
● Illness is a condition that prevents self-actualization
● Actualization is the apex of the fully developed
personality, described by Abraham Maslow.
EUDAIMONISTIC MODEL
Aka the Ecological Model
- Used primarily in predicting illness rather than in
promoting wellness
AGENT-HOST ENVIRONMENT MODEL
Environmental factors/stressor that by presence or absence can lead to disease
Agent
Person who may or may not be at risk of acquiring a disease
Host
All factors external to the host that may or may not predispose the individual to the development of disease.
Environment
Used to measure an individual’s perceived level of wellness
HEALTH ILLNESS CONTINUA
● Health axis ranges from wellness to death
● Environmental axis ranges from a very favorable
environment to a very unfavorable one.
DUNN’S HIGH LEVEL WELLNESS GRID
● Illustrates two arrows pointing in opposite directions and joined at a neutral point
● High level wellness (awareness, education, growth)
● Premature death (disability, symptoms, signs)
● Movement to the right indicates increasing levels of
health and well-being, which involve the three steps of wellness: awareness, education, and growth.
ILLNESS-WELLNESS CONTINUUM BY TRAVIS
What are the domains of the inner self?
- Physical
- Spiritual
- Emotional
- Intellectual
Good health is believed to come from a balance of Yin (negative, dark, and feminine) and Yang (positive, bright, and masculine).
YIN AND YANG MODEL
a situation in which a large percentage of a problem is subclinical, unreported, or otherwise hidden from view
ICEBERG MODEL