Health Illness Continuum Flashcards
Health people 2020
- attain higher quality, longer lives free of preventable disease
- achieve health equity of all groups
- create social and physical environments to promote good health
- promote quality of life, healthy developments, and healthy behaviors across all life stages
Internal variables
- developmental stage
- intellectual background
- perception of functioning
- emotional factors
- spiritual factors
External variables
- family practices
- socioeconomic factors
- cultural back ground
Health promotion
- helps a client maintain or enhance their present levels of health
- activities motivate people to act post overly to reach the goal of more stable health
Wellness
- how people care for themselves in a healthy way
- includes physical awareness, stress management and self responsibility
Illness prevention
Protects clients from actual or potential threats to health. Illness prevention activities motivate people to avoid declines in health
Risk factors
- genetic and physiological factors
- age
- environment
- lifestyle
Illness and illness behavior
- involves the way a person monitors their body
- what OTC and prescribed meds they use
- when they choose to go to the health care system
Stages of health behavior change
- Precontemplation
- contemplation
- preparation
- action
- Maintenance stage
Impact of illness on family and client
- client and family often experience changes in roles, body image, self concept and family dynamics
- each individual will respond uniquely to illness, tailor interventions to pt.
Primary prevention
Activities that proceed disease or dysfunction, applies to physical and emotional health
- this person is not sick
Secondary prevention
Focuses on the individual who is experiencing health problems or sickness
Tertiary prevention
The defect or the disability is permanent or irreversible
-goal is to deteriorate not as quickly
Restorative care
For those recovering from an acute or chronic illness or home health nursing
Critical pathways
Multidisciplinary pathway of what is to be expected
